A huge thank-you to all Salford residents who turned out on Thursday to vote for their Conservative candidate!
Salford Conservatives gained three more seats - Cadishead, Eccles and Walkden South - from Labour and successfully defended Worsley and Boothstown & Ellenbrook wards for a total of 13 Conservative Councillors.
Across the City, Labour lost 6 seats and their vote share was neck-and-neck with the Conservatives. Conservatives have strengthened their position as the official opposition to the Labour Party on Salford City Council, and Labour are now only 6 seats from losing control at the next elections in 2010.
Today, local residents across Salford have the opportunity to send a message to a Labour Party that has failed them and let them down both on a local and national level.
The maternity services at Salford Royal (Hope) Hospital are closing down and our Labour Councillors stand idly by. Our Council Tax has risen by 79% over the past decade, but our local services have not improved - our bins are not emptied efficiently, our roads and pavements are neglected, and now Labour want to charge us £7.50 a day (nearly £2000 per annum!) just to drive into work or visit friends and family!
Unlike Labour, Conservative Councillors listen to the concerns of local residents and stand up for the views of the local community. In Salford this year, it’s time for a change - time to vote out Labour Councillors who do not listen and elect Conservative Councillors who will take note of the issues raised by local residents.
Conservatives can and are winning across Salford. Your vote on Thursday is important - please use it wisely by voting Conservative.
Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague dropped in to Irlam & Cadishead yesterday to lend his support to Conservative candidates Stephen Fitzsimmons and Lyn Bramer-Kelly and talk to shoppers and staff outside Tesco Irlam about the effect of Labour’s 10p tax bomb for hard-working local people.
William and local activists spoke and handed out flyers to hundreds of local residents in Irlam & Cadishead and received an excellent response.
Published on April 26, 2008
in Eccles.
North-West Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim dropped into Eccles town centre today to campaign with local candidates Judith Tope (Eccles, Monton and Ellesmere Park) and Abdul Mannan (Barton, Peel Green and Patricroft) along with local activists including Eccles Councillor Ann Davies.
Shoppers and traders from across Eccles expressed their anger at Labour’s neglect of the area and Gordon Brown’s abolition of the 10p tax rate, causing thousands of families in Eccles to pay more tax from this month.
Pictured below: Sajjad Karim MEP and Cllr Ann Davies discuss local issues with an Eccles resident.
A Message From Cllr Karen Garrido
Over the past months I have been saying to you that for too long Labour has had a stranglehold on Salford and has taken you for granted.
How many times have you heard “I do not vote because it won’t make a difference” or “I never vote, Labour always get in around here”? Well, this is not true anymore - for the first time in decades, the Conservative vote is virtually level with Labour across the whole City. Only six further Councillors need to be gained from Labour for them to lose overall control of the Council.
May I thank the 17472 people who voted Conservative - that’s an increase of over 3000 on last year.
I know the people we have met over this election have been very clear that they have had enough of this Labour Council, and there is real desire in Salford for new ideas and new leadership. Whether you voted Conservative or not, our increased team of 13 Conservative Councillors will work hard over the next 12 months on the issues that you have said matter to you; opposing the congestion charge, fighting to retain good schools, improving the repair and maintenance of our roads and pavements, tackling the financial mismanagement of our City and providing more affordable family homes.