Electoral ward in England
![Coat of arms of Walkden North](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Coat_of_Arms_of_Salford_City_Council.svg/90px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Salford_City_Council.svg.png)
Coat of arms
Motto: Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law |
Coordinates: 53°32′02″N 2°24′00″W / 53.534°N 2.400°W / 53.534; -2.400 |
Country | United Kingdom |
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Constituent country | England |
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Region | North West England |
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County | Greater Manchester |
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Metropolitan borough | Salford |
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Created | May 2004 |
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Named for | Walkden |
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Government UK Parliament constituency: Worsley and Eccles South |
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• Type | Unicameral |
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• Body | Salford City Council |
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• Mayor of Salford | Paul Dennett (Labour) |
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• Councillor | Adrian Brocklehurst (Labour Co-operative) |
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• Councillor | Samantha Bellamy (Labour) |
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• Councillor | Jack Youd (Labour) |
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Population |
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• Total | 13,555 |
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Ward profile conducted by Salford City Council in 2024.[1] |
Walkden North is an area and electoral ward of Salford, England.[2] It is represented in Westminster by Yasmin Quereshi MP for Bolton South and Walkden.[3] Information from the 2021 Census recorded a population of 13,555.[4]
Councillors
The ward is represented by three councillors:
Councillor Jack Youd is Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for Finance, Support Services and Regeneration.[8] Cllr Youd is a Unison Trade Union Official, Company Secretary of the Salford Unemployed and Community Resource Centre and a School Governor at Christ the King Primary School. His partner is an Assistant Head Teacher.[9]
Councillor Sammie Bellamy is Deputy Chair of Health and Adult Scrutiny Panel.[10] Councillor Bellamy is on the Forhousing Customer Committee and owns a property in Winton.[11]
Councillor Adrian Brocklehurst is Chair of the Children's Scrutiny Panel.[12] Councillor Brocklehurst is employed as a Health and Safety Manager at Manchester City Council and owns a property in Walkden.[13]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
2004 | | Barbara Miller (Lab) | | William Pennington (Lab) | | Vincent Devine (Lab) |
2006 | | Barbara Miller (Lab) | | William Pennington (Lab) | | Vincent Devine (Lab) |
2007 | | Barbara Miller (Lab) | | William Pennington (Lab) | | Vincent Devine (Lab) |
2008 | | Barbara Miller (Lab) | | William Pennington (Lab) | | Vincent Devine (Lab) |
2010 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | William Pennington (Lab) | | Vincent Devine (Lab) |
By-election 3 March 2011 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | William Pennington (Lab) | | Brendan Ryan (Lab)[14] |
2011 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | William Pennington (Lab) | | Brendan Ryan (Lab) |
2012 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | William Pennington (Lab) | | Brendan Ryan (Lab) |
2014 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | William Pennington (Lab) | | Brendan Ryan (Lab) |
2015 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | Samantha Bellamy (Lab) | | Brendan Ryan (Lab) |
2016 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | Samantha Bellamy (Lab) | | Brendan Ryan (Lab) |
2018 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | Samantha Bellamy (Lab) | | Brendan Ryan (Lab) |
2019 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | Samantha Bellamy (Lab) | | Brendan Ryan (Lab) |
2021 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | Samantha Bellamy (Lab) | | Jack Youd (Lab) |
2022 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | Samantha Bellamy (Lab) | | Jack Youd (Lab) |
2023 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | Samantha Bellamy (Lab) | | Jack Youd (Lab) |
2024 | | Adrian Brocklehurst (Lab Co-op) | | Samantha Bellamy (Lab) | | Jack Youd (Lab) |
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat won in by-election.
Elections in 2020s
May 2022
2022 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jack Youd* | 1,213 | 51.5 | −11.0 |
| Britain First | Ashlea Simon | 508 | 21.6 | N/A |
| Conservative | Adrees Masood | 269 | 11.4 | −11.6 |
| Green | Frederick Battersby | 215 | 9.1 | −9.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Grant | 143 | 6.1 | −4.9 |
Majority | 705 | 29.9 | |
Turnout | 2,357 | 25.15 | +1.76 |
Registered electors | 9,372 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
May 2021
2021[15] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Adrian Brocklehurst | 1,365 | 62.5 | N/A |
| Labour | Sammie Bellamy | 1,106 | 50.7 | N/A |
| Labour | Jack Youd | 875 | 40.1 | N/A |
| Conservative | Craig Thompson | 501 | 23.0 | N/A |
| Green | Frederick Battersby | 411 | 18.8 | N/A |
| Conservative | Jon Carlyle | 400 | 18.3 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats | Jessica Sutherland | 240 | 11.0 | N/A |
Turnout | 2,183 | 23.39 | N/A |
| Labour win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in 2010s
May 2019
2019[16] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Samantha Bellamy* | 976 | | |
| UKIP | Bernard Gill | 470 | | |
| Conservative | Ian Macdonald | 296 | | |
| Green | Christopher Seed | 255 | | |
Majority | 506 | | |
Turnout | 2005 | 21.92 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
May 2018
2018[17] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour Co-op | Adrian Brocklehurst* | 1,201 | 53.9 | |
| Conservative | James Macdonald | 421 | 18.9 | |
| UKIP | Bernard Gill | 148 | 6.6 | |
| Green | Diana Battersby | 114 | 5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joseph Harmer | 73 | 3.3 | |
Majority | 780 | 35.0 | |
Turnout | 1,961 | 24.48 | |
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |
May 2016
2016[18] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Brendan Patrick Ryan* | 1,146 | 54.1 | +4.4 |
| UKIP | Bernard Gill | 526 | 24.8 | +0.8 |
| Conservative | Shazia Qayyum | 243 | 11.5 | −7.5 |
| Green | Diana Joy Battersby | 130 | 6.1 | +1.9 |
| TUSC | Terry Simmons | 60 | 2.8 | +0.2 |
Majority | 620 | 29.3 | +3.6 |
Turnout | 2,118 | 25.2 | −28.2 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
May 2015
2015[19] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Samantha Bellamy | 2,263 | 49.7 | −14.1 |
| UKIP | Bernie Gill | 1,094 | 24.0 | +16.5 |
| Conservative | Daniel Hill | 866 | 19 | +3.6 |
| Green | Usama Absar Ahmed | 188 | 4.2 | N/A |
| TUSC | Andrew Carrs | 118 | 2.6 | N/A |
Majority | 1,169 | 25.7 | −22.7 |
Turnout | 4,550 | 53.4 | +23.6 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
May 2014
2014[20] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Adrian Brocklehurst* | 1,144 | 48.6 | −2.3 |
| UKIP | Bernard Gill | 717 | 30.5 | N/A |
| Conservative | Daniel Hill | 261 | 11.1 | −10.8 |
| Green | Tom Dylan | 116 | 4.9 | N/A |
| English Democrat | Laurence Depares | 84 | 3.6 | −6.1 |
| Independent | Paul Stephen Woodburn | 31 | 1.3 | N/A |
Majority | 427 | 18.1 | −10.9 |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.3 | |
May 2012
2012[21] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Brendan Ryan | 1,183 | 61.4 | +14.1 |
| UKIP | Bernard Gill | 329 | 17.1 | N/A |
| Conservative | Ian Macdonald | 232 | 12.0 | −22.6 |
| English Democrat | Laurence Depares | 101 | 5.2 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Ogden | 82 | 4.3 | −13.8 |
Majority | 854 | 44.3 | |
Turnout | 1,945 | 22.6 | −3.4 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
May 2011
2011[22] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | William Pennington* | 1,604 | 64.5 | +14.9 |
| Conservative | Chris Bates | 387 | 15.6 | −11.3 |
| English Democrat | Laurence Depares | 193 | 7.8 | N/A |
| UKIP | Paul Woodburn | 188 | 7.6 | −3.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Ogden | 116 | 4.7 | −7.6 |
Majority | 1,217 | | |
Turnout | 2,515 | 29.8 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
By-election 3 March 2011
By-election 3 March 2011[14] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Brendan Patrick Ryan | 1,291 | | |
| Conservative | Chris Bates | 209 | | |
| English Democrat | Laurence Depares | 125 | | |
| BNP | Keith Fairhurst | 92 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Carson | 62 | | |
Majority | 1,082 | | |
Turnout | 1,786 | 20.9 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
May 2010
2010[23] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Adrian Brocklehurst | 2,231 | 50.7 | +3.4 |
| Conservative | Stephen Birch | 960 | 21.8 | −12.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Carson | 764 | 17.4 | −0.7 |
| English Democrat | Laurence Depares | 424 | 9.6 | +9.6 |
Majority | 1,271 | 28.9 | +16.2 |
Turnout | 4,398 | 52.1 | +26.1 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Elections in 2000s
2008[24] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Vincent Devine | 1,033 | 47.3 | −2.3 |
| Conservative | Eileen MacDonald | 756 | 34.6 | +7.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Fernley | 395 | 18.1 | +5.8 |
Majority | 277 | 12.7 | |
Turnout | | 26.0 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
2007[25] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | William Pennington* | 1,123 | 49.6 | |
| Conservative | Judith Tope | 609 | 26.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Ogden | 279 | 12.3 | |
| UKIP | Bernard Gill | 253 | 11.2 | |
Majority | 514 | | |
Turnout | 2,264 | 27.3 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
2006[26] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Barbara Miller | 1,062 | 55.2 | |
| Conservative | Walter Edwards | 542 | 28.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margita Shevchikova | 319 | 16.6 | |
Majority | 520 | 27.0 | |
Turnout | 1,923 | 24.0 | −10.2 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
2004[27] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Vincent Devine | 1,349 | | |
| Labour | William Pennington | 1,288 | | |
| Labour | Barbara Miller | 1,162 | | |
| Conservative | Walter Edwards | 617 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Daryll Toone | 599 | | |
| Conservative | Eileen MacDonald | 566 | | |
| Conservative | Graham Bedingham | 508 | | |
Turnout | 6,089 | 34.2 | |
| Labour win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) |
| Labour win (new seat) |
References
- ^ Walkden North Ward Profile. Salford City Council. 2024.
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- ^ "Yasmin Quereshi MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Walkden North (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Councillor Adrian Brocklehurst". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Councillor Sammie Bellamy". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Councillor Jack Youd". sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
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