Local Elections 2016: Tweet your candidates in Salford
On Thursday 5th May, people across Greater Manchester have the opportunity to vote for the people who will be their local councillors.
We’ve been surveying candidates’ views on the issues we campaign on. See the results as they come in.
If you live in Salford it would be great if you could encourage your local candidates to let you know their views on a range of environmental issues. Click on the links below and send your local candidates a Tweet asking them to complete our election survey.
We have listed all the candidates we can find Twitter names for – if you know other candidates’ details please let us know. If your ward candidates are not shown, please send a tweet to the political parties in Salford listed below. You can find which local ward you live in by putting your postcode into the Write to Them website.
Salford local election candidates on Twitter
| Barton | |
| John Mullen (Labour) | Tweet to @JohnMullen1960 |
| Boothstown and Ellenbrook | |
| Lee Rowbotham (Labour) | Tweet to @LeeRowbotham |
| Broughton | |
| David Jones (Green) – see his responses. | |
| Jim King (Labour) – see his responses. | |
| Shneur Odze (UKIP) | Tweet to @ShneurOdze |
| Cadishead | |
| John Walsh (Labour) | Tweet to @johnwalsh1358 |
| Eccles | |
| Peter Wheeler (Labour) | Tweet to @PWheeler56 |
| Irlam | |
| Tracy Kelly (Labour) | Tweet to @TJKelly18 |
| Barry Woodling (Green) | Tweet to @BarryWoodling |
| Irwell Riverside | |
| Wendy Olsen (Green) – see her responses. | |
| Kersall | |
| Jason Reading (Green) – see his responses. | |
| Langworthy | |
| Chris Barnes (UKIP) | Tweet to @OrdsallUKIP |
| Paul Longshaw (Labour) – see his responses. | |
| Ian Pattinson (Green) – see his responses. | |
| Little Hulton (2 vacancies) | |
| Matthew Lightfoot (Conservative) | Tweet to @mattbloomer |
| Robert Sharpe (Labour) | Tweet to @robert_a_sharpe |
| Colette Weir (Labour) | Tweet to @colettedann |
| Salford Mayor | |
| Stuart Cremins (Republic) – see his responses. | |
| Paul Dennett (Labour) | Tweet to @paul4citymayor |
| Wendy Olsen (Green) – see her responses. | |
| Ordsall | |
| Adam Carney (Conservative) | Tweet to @AdamRCarney |
| Emma van Dyke (Green) – see her responses. | |
| Pendlebury | |
| Paul Brighouse (Green) – see his responses. | |
| Stuart Cremins (Independent) – see his responses. | |
| Andy Olsen (UKIP) | Tweet to @andyolsenukip |
| Swinton North | |
| Derek Antrobus (Labour) – see his responses. | |
| Stacey Olsen (UKIP) | Tweet to @staceygwi |
| Steven Willett (Green) – see his responses. | |
| Weaste and Seedley | |
| Adam Kennaugh (Conservative) – see his responses. | |
| Worsley | |
| Stuart Dickman (Labour) | Tweet to @StuDickman |
| Twitter for Salford Political Parties | |
| Conservatives | Tweet to @SalfordCons |
| Green | Tweet to @SalfordGreens |
| Labour | Tweet to @SalfordLabour |
| Liberal Democrats – no candidates in Salford |
