Walkden South

For the area of Walkden, Greater Manchester, see Walkden.

See also: Walkden North

Walkden South
Electoral ward
Walkden South ward within Salford City Council.
Coat of arms
Motto:  Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law
Coordinates: 53.5198°N 2.3963°W / 53.5198; -2.3963
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Salford
Created	May 2004
Named for	Southern Walkden
Government   UK Parliament constituency: Worsley and Eccles South
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Salford City Council
• Mayor of Salford	Paul Dennett (Labour)
• Councillor	Irfan Syed (Labour)
• Councillor	Joshua Brooks (Labour)
• Councillor	Hilaria Asumu (Labour and Co-operative)
Population
• Total	11,715
Ward profile conducted by Salford City Council[1]

Walkden South 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] The 2021 Census recorded a ward population of 11,715.[4]

Councillors

The ward is represented by three councillors:

• Councillor Irfan Syed (Labour)[5]
• Councillor Joshua Brooks (Labour)[6]
• Councillor Hilaria Asumu (Labour and Co-Operative)[7]

Councillor Syed is an Advisor to the social enterprise Visible Outcomes 4U Limited. His partner is listed as a Director, along with fellow Salford City Councillor Wilson Nkurunziza.[8][9] Councillor Syed is Chair of the Salford City Council Health and Adults Scrutiny Committee.

Councillor Joshua Brooks works at the IT company CDW Limited. He is a school governor at St Joseph the Worker Roman Catholic Primary School and Treasurer of Friends of Walkden Station.[10]

Councillor Hilaria Asumu is a Director of a childcare business called SafeHausUK,[11] at her home in Worsley village. Her partner works at Manchester University and the NHS.[12]

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004		David Lewis (Con)		Iain Lindley (Con)		Stanley Witkowski (Lab)
2006		Les Turner (Con)		Iain Lindley (Con)		Stanley Witkowski (Lab)
2007		Les Turner (Con)		Iain Lindley (Con)		Stanley Witkowski (Lab)
2008		Les Turner (Con)		Iain Lindley (Con)		Nicky Turner (Con)
2010		Les Turner (Con)		Iain Lindley (Con)		Nicky Turner (Con)
2011		Les Turner (Con)		Iain Lindley (Con)		Nicky Turner (Con)
2012		Les Turner (Con)		Iain Lindley (Con)		Richard Critchley (Lab)
2014		Les Turner (Con)		Iain Lindley (Con)		Richard Critchley (Lab)
2015		Les Turner (Con)		Iain Lindley (Con)		Richard Critchley (Lab)
2016		Les Turner (Con)		Iain Lindley (Con)		Richard Critchley (Lab)
2018		Laura Edwards (Lab)		Iain Lindley (Con)		Richard Critchley (Lab)
2019		Joshua Brooks (Lab)		Laura Edwards (Lab)		Richard Critchley (Lab)
2021		Joshua Brooks (Lab)		Irfan Syed (Lab)		Margaret Ann Morris (Lab)
2022		Joshua Brooks (Lab)		Irfan Syed (Lab)		Margaret Ann Morris (Lab)
2023		Joshua Brooks (Lab)		Irfan Syed (Lab)		Hilaria Asumu (Lab)
2024		Joshua Brooks (Lab)		Irfan Syed (Lab)		Hilaria Asumu (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in the 2020s

May 2024[13]

2024[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joshua Brooks*	1,575	52.3	+30.8
	Green	Tom Dylan	244	8.1	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rowan Cerys Blessing	140	4.7	−2.4
	Conservative	Christopher Alan Bates	740	24.6	N/A
	Independent	Paul Whitelegg	311	10.3	N/A
Majority			835	27.7	+5.2
Turnout			3,034	33.06	+4.96
	Labour hold

May 2023[15]

2023[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilaria Asumu	1,318	52.6	N/A
	Green	Anna Elizabeth Mackinlay Totterdill	257	10.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rowan Cerys Blessing	178	7.1	N/A
	Conservative	Janet Hainey	754	30.1	N/A
Majority			564	22.5	N/A
Turnout			2,532	28.1	−2.5
	Labour hold

May 2022[15]

2022[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irfan Syed*	1,281	47	+33.5
	Green	Thomas Matthew Dylan	494	18.2	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Ann Murphy	271	10	N/A
	Conservative	Azmat Husain	674	24.8	N/A
Majority			607	22	+21.4
Turnout			2,739	30.61	−4.9
	Labour hold

May 2021[15]

2021[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irfan Syed	1,066	13.5	N/A
	Labour	Margaret Ann Morris	1,347	17.0	N/A
	Labour	Joshua Brooks*	1,703	21.5	N/A
	Conservative	Lewis Croden	1060	13.4	N/A
	Green	Thomas Matthew Dylan	501	6.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Lewis	259	3.3	N/A
	Conservative	Jason Thomas Gallagher	978	12.3	N/A
	Conservative	Chris Midgley	1014	12.8	N/A
Majority			6	0.6	−6.7
Turnout			7928	35.47	+11.77
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Elections in the 2010s

June 2019 (election deferred due to the death of a candidate[19])

2019[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joshua Brooks	802	39.6%
	Conservative	David Cawdrey	654	32.3%
	Green	Thomas Matthew Dylan	254	12.6%	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	John-Paul Atley	173	8.6%
	UKIP	Tony Green	140	6.9%
Majority			148	7.3	−3.2
Turnout			2030	23.7	−11.6
	Labour hold

May 2018

2018[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Edwards	1,460	50.5
	Conservative	Anne Broomhead	1,157	40.0
	Green	Thomas Dylan	159	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Cowpe	113	3.9
Majority			303	10.5
Turnout			2,895	35.30
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

May 2016

2016[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard John Critchley*	1,421	43.4	+5.7
	Conservative	Anne Susan Broomhead	1,266	38.6	−2.8
	UKIP	Ann Lord	390	11.9	−2.5
	Green	Thomas Matthew Dylan	149	4.5	+0.1
	TUSC	Jamie Carr	29	0.9	−0.6
Majority			155	4.7
Turnout			3,276	41.8	−23.4
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Lindley*	2,162	41.4	−8.3
	Labour	Rob Sharpe	1,969	37.7	−0.6
	UKIP	Albert Redshaw	749	14.4	+9.8
	Green	Thomas Dylan	238	4.6	N/A
	TUSC	Thomas Thurman	76	1.5	N/A
Majority			193	3.7	−7.5
Turnout			5,219	65.2	+20.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2014

2014[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Turner*	1,186	38	+0.1
	Labour	Robert Andrew Sharpe	1,105	35.5	+1.5
	UKIP	Albert Redshaw	626	20.1	N/A
	Green	Matthew J R Clark	145	4.7	N/A
	English Democrat	Paul Whitelegg	55	1.8	−2
Majority			81	2.6	−1.3
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2012

2012[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Critchley	1,169	40.1	+15.1
	Conservative	Anne Broomhead	1,116	38.3	−12.3
	UKIP	Albert Redshaw	269	9.2	N/A
	Green	Diana Battersby	159	5.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carson	105	3.6	−10.5
	English Democrat	Paul Whitelegg	88	3.0	N/A
Majority			53	1.8
Turnout			2,943	35.9	−4.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

May 2011

2011[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Lindley*	1,784	49.7	−1.3
	Labour	Tracy Kelly	1,379	38.4	+11.3
	UKIP	Albert Redshaw	167	4.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carson	142	4.0	−4.9
	English Democrat	Paul Whitelegg	117	3.3	N/A
Majority			405	11.3	+7.4
Turnout				44.3

May 2010

2010[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Turner*	2,026	37.7	−12.9
	Labour	Brendan Ryan	1,815	33.8	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Ogden	1,015	18.9	+4.8
	BNP	Tommy Cavanagh	285	5.3	−5.0
	English Democrat	Paul Whitelegg	203	3.8	+3.8
Majority			211	3.9	−21.7
Turnout			5,373	66.7	+26.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

May 2008

2008[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicky Turner	1,649	50.6	−0.4
	Labour	Brendan Ryan	815	25.0	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Ogden	458	14.1	+5.2
	BNP	Tommy Cavanagh	336	10.3	+3.0
Majority			834	25.6
Turnout				40.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

May 2007

2007[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Lindley*	1,578	51.0
	Labour	Adrian Brocklehurst	839	27.1
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carson	274	8.9
	BNP	Tommy Cavanagh	225	7.3
	Green	Simon Battersby	179	5.8
Majority			739
Turnout			3,095	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2006

2006[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Turner	1,385	47.5
	Labour	Adrian Brocklehurst	900	30.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Ogden	632	21.7
Majority			485	16.6
Turnout			2,917	38.9	−1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2004

2004[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Witkowski	1,031
	Conservative	Iain Lindley	1,010
	Conservative	David Lewis	1,008
	Conservative	Glenis Purcell	978
	Labour	Valerie Burgoyne	928
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Rushton	921
	Labour	Norbert Potter	858
	Liberal Democrats	John Grant	855
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Brown	825
	Independent	David Bowers	222
Turnout			8,636	40.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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