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Result of the Eccles By Election

Posted by Editor on 21st October 2011 at 01:02 AM
Result of the Eccles By Election
Labour candidate Michael Wheeler has been declared the winner in the 2011 Eccles by election

The turnout for the by election, held on Thursday 20 October 2011, was 25.15%, with 2260 votes cast. Wheeler won with a majority of 526.


The votes were cast as follows:


Nicholas Johnson – The Conservative Party - 701

Valerie Kelly – Liberal Democrats - 125

Kay Pollitt – British National Party - 147

Alan Dominic Valentine – Independent - 53

Michael Wheeler – The Labour Party - 1227



The by election was called following the death of Councillor John Cullen in September 2011.



The political makeup of the council remains:

Labour - 43

Conservative - 11

Liberal Democrats - 3

Independent - 2


Photo: Michael Wheeler

Report as offensive or innapropriate Comment by Salford and Proud ( member )  24th October 2011
The late John Cullen was a highly respected school teacher and Labour Councillor, does being a school teacher rule you out of local politics because you are not a manual worker getting your hands dirty. Get a grip steve c before making wild statements aboout Michael Wheeler.

Report as offensive or innapropriate Comment by jerry ( member )  24th October 2011
Probably closer to working in a factory or builder's merchant than his nearest rival, the tory. How about a profile to find out more about this man?

Report as offensive or innapropriate Comment by steve c ( member )  23rd October 2011
looking at the cut of his jib,yet another aspiring career politician,i bet he has never worked in a factory or building site,no doubt he WORKS ha ha for some local authority,salford people are fools for electing people of this poor quality

Report as offensive or innapropriate Comment by Salford and Proud ( member )  21st October 2011
Congratulations to Michael Wheeler, let us hope he can do as fine a job as John Cullen who will be sadly missed. The only blot on this by election was the odious BNP party polling 147 votes,beating the Liberal Democrat party candidate by 20 odd votes, not very good performance really was it, owt to say Norman Owen?

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