The conservative candidate vying to become Salford’s mayor has claimed that the first round of results do not convey a total walkover.

Labour candidate Ian Stewart has a dominating lead over the Conservative’s Karen Garrido as second count announced.

Salford’s mayoral election has gone to a second count, after candidates failed to gain the necessary 50% needed first time around.

Salford City Leader of the Council has suggested that today’s Mayoral elections are likely to go to a second vote.

The ‘proud’ brother of Salford mayoral candidate and ex-convict Paul Massey has spoke of how his brother has changed for the better.

The English Democratic candidate for today’s Salford Mayoral election states that the biggest winners will be the people that did not bother to vote.

Salford mayoral candidate Ian Stewart has hit out at Liberal Democrat candidate Norman Owen as tensions rise at the count.

Salford will learn who will become their first ever elected mayor today with the count beginning at 11am this morning.

The voting system being used in the Salford mayoral elections is the Supplementary Vote System.

Deposed Claremount councillor and Salford mayoral candidate Norman Owen has come out fighting this morning.

Candidates have started to arrive at the historic count that will decide Salford’s first directly-elected mayor.