1 November 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 of 64 seats on Salford City Council 33 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of results of 1928 election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Salford City Council were held on Thursday, 1 November 1928. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Labour Party | 27,984 (48.2%) | 9 (56.3%) | 9 / 16 | 23 (35.9%) | 23 / 64 | |||||
| Conservative Party | 25,549 (44.0%) | 6 (37.5%) | 6 / 16 | 23 (35.9%) | 23 / 64 | |||||
| Liberal Party | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 16 | 10 (15.6%) | 10 / 64 | |||||
| Independent | 4,477 (7.7%) | 1 (6.3%) | 1 / 16 | 8 (12.5%) | 8 / 64 | |||||
| Communist | 58 (0.1%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 16 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 64 | |||
| 23 | 10 | 8 | 23 |
| 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. Finburgh M.P.* | 2,608 | 56.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | J. A. Webb | 2,002 | 43.4 | +5.5 | |
| Majority | 606 | 13.1 | |||
| Turnout | 4,610 | 67.1 | +8.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. F. Crane* | 2,478 | 52.4 | −6.0 | |
| Conservative | H. Bescoby | 2,194 | 46.4 | +4.8 | |
| Communist | G. Staunton | 58 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 284 | 6.0 | −10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 4,730 | 69.8 | +3.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. H. Lyons* | 1,312 | 42.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | J. Ashworth | 1,244 | 40.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | I. Copson | 546 | 17.6 | −4.4 | |
| Majority | 68 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,102 | 69.9 | +6.9 | ||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A. Millwood* | 1,992 | 54.0 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | J. Briggs | 1,699 | 46.0 | −1.6 | |
| Majority | 293 | 8.0 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,691 | 53.9 | −0.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. L. Clampitt* | 1,743 | 54.7 | −2.7 | |
| Labour | G. H. Pearson | 1,441 | 45.3 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 302 | 9.4 | −5.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,184 | 60.6 | +1.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. W. Weir* | 1,727 | 71.5 | −3.0 | |
| Labour | H. Ingle | 687 | 28.5 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 1,040 | 43.0 | −6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,414 | 47.5 | −0.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. R. V. Haynes | 1,997 | 51.3 | +0.1 | |
| Labour | E. Corbey* | 1,892 | 48.7 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 105 | 2.6 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,889 | 71.8 | +9.5 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Brentnall* | 1,952 | 52.1 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | G. Fearnehough | 1,762 | 47.9 | −8.6 | |
| Majority | 160 | 4.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,744 | 58.5 | −3.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Lemmon* | 2,329 | 59.1 | −3.5 | |
| Conservative | R. Heywood | 1,613 | 40.9 | +3.5 | |
| Majority | 716 | 18.2 | −7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,942 | 58.7 | +6.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Howard* | 2,487 | 55.5 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | T. Catterall | 1,991 | 44.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 496 | 11.0 | |||
| Turnout | 4,478 | 64.8 | +10.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. W. Kay* | 2,091 | 52.5 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | F. W. Beresford | 1,892 | 47.5 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 199 | 5.0 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,983 | 61.0 | +0.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | F. Jones* | 1,874 | 54.4 | −3.7 | |
| Conservative | O. A. Buck | 1,529 | 44.4 | +2.5 | |
| Independent | C. W. Renshaw | 43 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 345 | 10.0 | −6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,446 | 62.1 | +7.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. H. Kearns* | 2,009 | 54.2 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | T. Worrall | 1,695 | 45.8 | −4.3 | |
| Majority | 314 | 8.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,704 | 62.5 | −4.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | P. Ashcroft* | 1,801 | 60.8 | −2.3 | |
| Labour | F. Gardner | 1,162 | 39.2 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 639 | 21.6 | −4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,963 | 63.6 | +1.0 | ||
| Independent gain from | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | E. A. Hardy* | 1,869 | 57.4 | +10.5 | |
| Independent | E. Ainsworth | 1,389 | 42.6 | −10.5 | |
| Majority | 480 | 14.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,258 | 58.8 | +7.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Binns* | 1,787 | 60.4 | −4.2 | |
| Labour | W. Neill | 1,173 | 39.6 | +4.2 | |
| Majority | 614 | 20.8 | −8.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,960 | 53.5 | −5.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||