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Salford City Council
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Salford City Council is the local authority for the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough with city status in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2011.
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Salford City Council | |
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Leadership | |
Tom Stannard since 1 February 2021 [2] | |
Structure | |
Seats | 60 councillors plus elected mayor[3] |
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Joint committees | Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 2 May 2024 |
Next election | 7 May 2026 |
Motto | |
Salus populi suprema lex (The welfare of the people is the highest law) | |
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Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 5AW | |
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The council has been under Labour majority control since the metropolitan borough was created in 1974. Since 2012 the council has been led by the directly elected Mayor of Salford, which post has been held by Paul Dennett of the Labour Party since 2016. The council is based at Salford Civic Centre in Swinton.