Boothstown and Ellenbrook (ward)

For the area of Boothstown, Greater Manchester, see Boothstown. For the area of Ellenbrook, Greater Manchester, see Ellenbrook, Greater Manchester.

Boothstown and Ellenbrook is an electoral ward of Salford, England.^[2] The ward was created in 2004 following recommendations made by the Boundary Committee for England.^[3] It is represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South.^[4] The 2011 Census recorded a population of 9,532.^[1] Following extensive boundary changes to wards across the City of Salford, Boothstown and Ellenbrook was expanded to include the village of Roe Green. These new boundaries were first contested on 6 May 2021 in all-out elections, requiring all three ward councillors to stand for re-election.

Boothstown and Ellenbrook
Electoral ward
Boothstown Post Office
Coat of arms
Motto:  Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law
Coordinates: 53.511°N 2.412°W / 53.511; -2.412
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Salford
Created	May 2004
Named after	Boothstown and Ellenbrook, Greater Manchester
Government   UK Parliament constituency: Worsley and Eccles South
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Salford City Council
• Mayor of Salford	Paul Dennett (Labour)
• Councillor	Les Turner (Conservative)
• Councillor	Robin Garrido (Conservative)
• Councillor	Bob Clarke (Conservative)
Population
• Total	9,778
Ward profile conducted by Salford City Council in 2014[1]

Councillors

Boothstown and Ellenbrook electoral ward within Salford City Council.

The ward is represented by three councillors:

• Les Turner (Con)^[5]
• Darren Ward (Con)^[6]
• Bob Clarke (Con)^[7]

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004		Christine Gray (Con)		Robin Garrido (Con)		Beryl Howard (Con)
2006		Christine Gray (Con)		Robin Garrido (Con)		Beryl Howard (Con)
2007		Christine Gray (Con)		Robin Garrido (Con)		Beryl Howard (Con)
2008		Christine Gray (Con)		Robin Garrido (Con)		Andrew Cheetham (Con)
2010		Jillian Collinson (Con)		Robin Garrido (Con)		Andrew Cheetham (Con)
2011		Jillian Collinson (Con)		Robin Garrido (Con)		Andrew Cheetham (Con)
2012		Jillian Collinson (Con)		Robin Garrido (Con)		Andrew Cheetham (Con)
2014		Jillian Collinson (Con)		Robin Garrido (Con)		Andrew Cheetham (Con)
2015		Jillian Collinson (Con)		Robin Garrido (Con)		Andrew Cheetham (Con)
2016		Jillian Collinson (Con)		Robin Garrido (Con)		Bob Clarke (Con)
2018		Jillian Collinson (Con)		Robin Garrido (Con)		Bob Clarke (Con)
2019		Jillian Collinson (Con)		Darren Ward (Con)		Bob Clarke (Con)
2021		Les Turner (Con)		Darren Ward (Con)		Bob Clarke (Con)

  indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in 2020s

May 2021

2021^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Clarke	2,205	56.84	N/A
	Conservative	Darren Ward	1,797	46.33	N/A
	Conservative	Les Turner	1,345	34.67	N/A
	Labour	Teresa Pepper	1,257	32.41	N/A
	Labour	Cameron Robinson	1,209	31.17	N/A
	Labour	Charlie Rowley	750	19.33	N/A
	Green	Diana Battersby	499	12.86	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chisnall	354	9.13	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gizella Hughes	140	3.61	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Biesiadzinski	130	3.35	N/A
Turnout			3,879	39.84	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Boundary changes in wards across the City of Salford meant that all three councillors in each ward were required to stand for re-election in the May 2020 poll, although this was postponed for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elections in 2010s

May 2019

2019^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Ward	1,378	52.18	−4.16
	Labour	Phil Cusack	731	27.68	−7.35
	Green	Diana Battersby	314	11.89	+8.99
	UKIP	John Bailey	200	7.57	+5.37
Majority			647	24.50
Turnout			2,641	34.94	+0.94
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.60

May 2018

2018^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jillian Collinson*	1,456	56.4
	Labour	Phil Cusack	906	35.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian McKinlay	87	3.4
	Green	Morvern Rennie	75	2.9
	UKIP	Arthur Snelgrove	57	2.2
Majority			551	21.3
Turnout			2,586	34.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2016

2016^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Clarke	1,389	50.6	−7.2
	Labour	Lee Colin Rowbotham	739	26.9	−4.3
	UKIP	Joseph William Evans	386	14.1	N/A
	Green	Lauren Amy Barnes	192	7.0	−1.1
	TUSC	Kit Watson	23	0.8	−1.4
Majority			650	23.7	−2.8
Turnout			2,744	36.8	−30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2015

2015^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Garrido*	2,924	57.8	+15.7
	Labour	Lee Colin Rowbotham	1,580	31.2	+3.9
	Green	Linda Margaret Davies	410	8.1	−1.6
	TUSC	Wayne Peter Tomlinson	109	2.2	N/A
Majority			1,344	26.5	−15.6
Turnout			5,063	67.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2014

2014^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jillian Collinson*	1,117	42.1
	Labour	Mike Pevitt	723	27.3
	UKIP	David Wibberley	554	20.9
	Green	Diana Joy Battersby	258	9.7
Majority			394	14.9
Turnout			2,652
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2012

2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Cheetham*	1,179	49.4	−18.4
	Labour	Mike Pevitt	778	32.6	+16.7
	UKIP	Paul Woodburn	181	7.6	N/A
	Green	Tom Dylan	134	5.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Gregory	115	4.8	−11.6
Majority			401	16.8
Turnout			2,404	31.3	−4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2011

2011^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Garrido*	1,521	51.5	−7.4
	Labour	Thomas Murphy	988	33.4	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Mulleady	236	8.0	−7.7
	UKIP	David Hudson	211	7.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout

May 2010

2010^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jillian Collinson	2,583	49.9	−17.8
	Labour	Stephen Ord	1,536	29.7	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Mulleady	1,029	19.9	+3.5
Majority			1,047	20.2	−31.1
Turnout			5,174	68.3	+32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in 2000s

2008^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Cheetham	1,867	67.7	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Connett	452	16.4	+0.7
	Labour	Abdul Shahid	437	15.9	−4.2
Majority			1,415	51.3
Turnout				36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Garrido*	1,520	58.9
	Labour	Philip Cusack	518	20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Drake	404	15.7
	Green	Roy Battersby	137	5.3
Majority			1,002
Turnout			2,579	34.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Gray	1,354	54.3
	Labour	Philip Cusack	615	24.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Benjamin	300	12.0
	Green	Roy Battersby	224	9.0
Majority			739	29.6
Turnout			2,493	33.3	−7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2004^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beryl Howard	1,458
	Conservative	Robin Garrido	1,363
	Conservative	Christine Gray	1,309
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dunn	986
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Riding	912
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Higgin	691
	Labour	Neville Gregory	526
	Labour	Michael Felse	474
	Labour	Andrew Nicol	464
Turnout			8,183	40.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)