Trafford Council

Trafford Council
Type
Type	Metropolitan district council of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor of Trafford	Cllr Laurence Walsh, Labour since 25 November 2020
Leader of the Council	Cllr Andrew Western, Labour since 23 May 2018
Chief executive	Sara Todd since 1 February 2019
Structure
Seats	63 councillors
Political groups	Administration   Labour (40) Opposition   Conservative (17)   Liberal Democrat (3)   Green Party (3)
Joint committees	Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post, third of council elected three years out of four
Last election	2018 (one third of councillors) 2019 (one third of councillors) 2021 (one third of councillors)
Next election	(one third of councillors) (one third of councillors) (one third of councillors)
Meeting place
Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford
Website
trafford.gov.uk

Trafford Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England.^a It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Trafford.

Parliamentary representation[]

Trafford is currently covered by three constituencies: Altrincham and Sale West (nine wards), Stretford and Urmston (nine wards) and Wythenshawe and Sale East (three wards).^[1]

Wards and councillors[]

Each ward is represented by three councillors.^[2]

Council Wards
1 Altrincham
2 Ashton on Mersey
3 Bowdon
4 Broadheath
5 Hale Barns
6 Hale Central
7 St Mary's
8 Timperley
9 Village
10 Bucklow St Martins
11 Clifford
12 Davyhulme East
13 Davyhulme West
14 Flixton
15 Gorse Hill
16 Longford
17 Stretford
18 Urmston
19 Brooklands
20 Priory
21 Sale Moor

See also[]

• Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Notes[]

^a The short name of Trafford Council is currently used by the authority for most purposes, however the longer names of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council and Trafford Borough Council are commonly used in relation to the council.

^b Delayed from 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

References to Note 1

• The Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) Order 2006, SI 2006/3096, art 5.
• "CONSTITUTION FOR EXECUTIVE GOVERNANCE" (PDF). Trafford Council. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

References to Note 2

• "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
• "May's local and mayoral elections postponed for a year due to coronavirus". ITV News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

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