Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections
One third of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
Political control[]
Political control of the unitary authority has been held by the following parties:[1]
Party | Tenure | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 1973–1986 | |
No overall control |
1986–1988 | |
Conservative | 1988–1995 | |
No overall control |
1995–1996 | |
Labour | 1996–2003 | |
No overall control |
2003–2004 | |
Conservative | 2004–2018 | |
No overall control |
2018–2019 | |
Labour | 2019–present |
The council comprises 63 councillors who represent the borough and its residents. Each councillor typically serves for a four-year term, representing an electoral ward.
Code | Ward name | Localities covered (approximate) | Population | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
00BUFY | Altrincham | Altrincham | 11,873 | [2] |
00BUFZ | Ashton upon Mersey | Sale | 9,726 | [2] |
00BUGA | Bowdon | Altrincham, Bowdon, Dunham Massey, Dunham Town and Warburton | 9,284 | [2] |
00BUGB | Broadheath | Broadheath, Sale and Timperley | 13,069 | [2] |
00BUGC | Brooklands | Brooklands and Sale | 10,572 | [2] |
00BUGD | Bucklow-St. Martins | Carrington, Partington and Sale | 10,540 | [2] |
00BUGE | Clifford | Old Trafford | 12,003 | [2] |
00BUGF | Davyhulme East | Davyhulme, Dumplington and Urmston | 9,680 | [2] |
00BUGG | Davyhulme West | Davyhulme and Flixton | 10,006 | [2] |
00BUGH | Flixton | Flixton | 10,828 | [2] |
00BUGJ | Gorse Hill | Stretford and Trafford Park | 12,171 | [2] |
00BUGK | Hale Barns | Hale, Hale Barns and Timperley | 9,812 | [2] |
00BUGL | Hale Central | Altrincham and Hale | 10,543 | [2] |
00BUGM | Longford | Firswood, Old Trafford, and Stretford | 12,163 | [2] |
00BUGN | Priory | Sale | 10,917 | [2] |
00BUGP | Sale Moor | Sale | 10,508 | [2] |
00BUGQ | St. Mary's | Sale | 11,795 | [2] |
00BUGR | Stretford | Stretford | 11,318 | [2] |
00BUGS | Timperley | Brooklands and Timperley | 11,201 | [2] |
00BUGT | Urmston | Flixton and Urmston | 11,271 | [2] |
00BUGU | Village | Brooklands and Timperley | 10,899 | [2] |
00BU | Trafford | All | 230,179 | [2] |
The current composition of the Borough Council is as follows:
Party | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 40 | ||
Conservative | 17 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 3 | ||
Green | 3 |
Council elections[]
One third of the council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
- 1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 10 May.
- 1975 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 1 May.
- 1976 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 6 May.
- 1978 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 4 May.
- 1979 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 3 May.
- 1980 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 1 May.
- 1982 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 6 May.
- 1983 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 5 May.
- 1984 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 3 May.
- 1986 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 8 May.
- 1987 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 7 May.
- 1988 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 5 May.
- 1990 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 4 May.
- 1991 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 2 May.
- 1992 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 7 May.
- 1994 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 5 May.
- 1995 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 4 May.
- 1996 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 2 May.
- 1998 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 7 May.[3]
- 1999 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 6 May.[4]
- 2000 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 4 May.[5]
- 2002 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 2 May.[6]
- 2003 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 1 May.[7]
- 2004 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 10 June.[8] All seats contested due to boundary changes
- 2006 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 4 May.[9]
- 2007 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 3 May.[10]
- 2008 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 1 May
- 2010 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 6 May
- 2011 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 5 May
- 2012 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 3 May.
- 2014 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 22 May.
- 2015 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 7 May.
- 2016 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 5 May.
- 2018 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 3 May.
- 2019 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 2 May.
- 2021 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 6 May (delayed from May 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic).[11][12]
By-election results[]
By-elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aidan Williams | 1,050 | 64.7 | +26.3 | |
Conservative | Sarah Marland | 456 | 28.1 | +11.0 | |
UKIP | Andrew Beaumont | 65 | 4.0 | -9.3 | |
Green | Joe Ryan | 33 | 2.0 | -2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Lepori | 18 | 1.1 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 594 | 35.7 | +21.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,662 | 22.0 | -10.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amy Marie Whyte | 2,086 | 46.0 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | Dave Morgan | 1,778 | 40.9 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Alexander Latham | 271 | 6.2 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Mike Bayley-Sanderson | 91 | 2.1 | ||
Green | Joe Ryan | 80 | 1.8 | -2.0 | |
Independent_(politician) | Stephen John Farndon | 36 | 0.8 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 308 | 7.1 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 4342 | 44.3 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Boyle | 1,377 | 44.5 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Brenda Houraghan | 1,258 | 40.6 | +1.8 | |
UKIP | Ron George | 234 | 7.5 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Will Jones | 150 | 4.8 | +0.4 | |
Green | Joe Ryan | 67 | 2.2 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 119 | 3.8 | -3.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,097 | 30.3 | -8.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
By-elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Hooley | 1,070 | 52.2 | -3.4 | |
Labour | Bill Clarke | 757 | 36.9 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Vernon | 222 | 10.8 | -4.8 | |
Majority | 313 | 15.3 | -13.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,049 | 27.2 | -21.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ken Bullman | 1,152 | 51.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Chappell | 750 | 33.3 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Tom Ross | 349 | 15.5 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 402 | 17.9 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,251 | 27.3 | -25.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. D. Cornes | 2,030 | 57.6 | +0.2 | |
Labour | N. K. Roberts | 1,493 | 42.4 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 537 | 15.2 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,523 | 50.0 | -2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. A. Beaumont | 935 | 81.8 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | M. Ali | 144 | 12.6 | -9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | F. C. Beswick | 64 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 791 | 69.2 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,143 | 17.9 | -10.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. W. Stennett | 1,207 | 78.8 | +16.7 | |
Conservative | C. H. Davenport | 226 | 14.8 | -17.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | F. C. Beswick | 99 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 981 | 64.0 | +34.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,532 | 17.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. E. Garlick | 1,656 | 48.0 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | H. Walker* | 1,654 | 47.9 | -2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | F. C. Beswick | 140 | 4.1 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.1 | +34.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,450 | 42.9 | -6.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
By-elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. C. Harney | 2,582 | 59.6 | -11.2 | |
Labour | H. F. Busteed | 674 | 15.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. P. Pawson | 567 | 13.1 | -0.5 | |
Green (UK) | M. R. Rowtham | 506 | 11.7 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 1,908 | 44.1 | +3 | ||
Turnout | 4,329 | 47.3 | +14.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Acton | 1,563 | 52.6 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | J. G. Graham | 1,406 | 47.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 157 | 5.3 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,969 | 37.2 | +14.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. G. Brownhill | 1,610 | 56.7 | +5.0 | |
SDP | R. J. Thompson | 683 | 24.0 | +24.0 | |
Labour | P. Miller | 550 | 19.3 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 927 | 32.6 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,843 | 29.6 | -13.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. A. Lane | 1,209 | 68.3 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | C. J. Levenston | 562 | 31.7 | +9.0 | |
Majority | 647 | 36.5 | -8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,771 | 24.3 | -11.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. F. L. Wood | 1,150 | 38.2 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | S. M. A. O'Beirne | 983 | 32.7 | -10.9 | |
SDP | B. M. Keeley-Huggett | 793 | 26.4 | +26.4 | |
Green (UK) | N. J. Eadie | 81 | 2.7 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 167 | 5.6 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,007 | 37.4 | -11.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Acton | 1,321 | 44.7 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | E. May | 871 | 29.5 | -14.5 | |
SDP | P. J. Carlon | 762 | 25.8 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 450 | 15.2 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,954 | 37.1 | -6.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal_Party_(UK) | J. E. Parry | 1,608 | 40.5 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | A. M. Durbin | 1,213 | 30.6 | -6.9 | |
Labour | M. J. Goggins | 1,146 | 28.9 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 395 | 10.0 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,967 | 49.4 | +2.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. J. Watkins | 1,433 | 47.3 | -1.7 | |
Liberal | G. K. Stuart | 1,388 | 45.8 | -2.6 | |
Labour | R. J. Short | 208 | 6.9 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 45 | 1.5 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,029 | 33.8 | -11.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | R. B. Slack | 1,338 | 38.6 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | D. Merrell | 1,138 | 32.9 | -0.9 | |
Labour | R. Crewe | 988 | 28.5 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 200 | 5.8 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,464 | 41.2 | -9.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | D. E. Earl | 1,400 | 40.1 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | P. Schofield | 1,199 | 34.3 | -2.3 | |
Labour | R. A. Tully | 895 | 25.6 | -6.9 | |
Majority | 201 | 5.8 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,494 | 44.4 | -4.4 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. M. Seex | 1,417 | 43.3 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | D. P. Harding | 1,242 | 37.9 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | J. A. Cottrell | 617 | 18.8 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 175 | 5.3 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,276 | 39.7 | -4.8 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
By-elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. P. Harding | 858 | 41.3 | +41.3 | |
Labour | A. Stringer | 752 | 36.2 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | L. O'Rourke | 466 | 22.4 | -38.3 | |
Majority | 106 | 5.1 | -16.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,076 | 20.0 | -55.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. E. Cottam | 1,187 | 42.7 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | J. A. Schofield | 1,127 | 40.5 | -4.0 | |
Liberal | H. D. Locksley | 466 | 16.8 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 60 | 2.2 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,780 | 29.1 | -43.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. G. Currie | 1,183 | 56.7 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | E. H. Faulkner | 579 | 27.7 | -3.4 | |
Labour | P. B. Ayo | 325 | 15.6 | -5.8 | |
Majority | 604 | 28.9 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,087 | 31.7 | -13.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. Almond | 1,862 | 58.7 | -8.1 | |
Labour | B. Brotherton | 744 | 23.5 | -9.7 | |
Liberal | W. J. Golding | 566 | 17.8 | +17.8 | |
Majority | 1,118 | 35.2 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,172 | 28.1 | -10.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Holden | 1,307 | 67.1 | +19.5 | |
Labour | J. Gregory | 640 | 32.9 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 667 | 34.3 | +11.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,947 | 24.3 | -20.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. A. G. Morgan Evans | 1,752 | 46.2 | -13.8 | |
Labour | T. J. Packham | 1,191 | 31.4 | ||
Liberal | M. Wood | 849 | 22.4 | ||
Majority | 561 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,792 | 34.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
References[]
- ^ Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (5 May 2016). "Declaration of result of poll: Trafford" (pdf). Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Area profiles: demographics". infotrafford.org.uk. Trafford Innovation and Intelligence Lab. 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (7 May 1998). "Local Election Results 1998". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (6 May 1999). "Local Election Results 1999". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (4 May 2000). "Local Election Results 2000". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (2 May 2002). "Local Election Results 2002". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (4 May 2003). "Local Election Results 2003". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (10 June 2004). "Local Election Results 2004". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (4 May 2006). "Local Election Results 2006". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (3 May 2007). "Local Election Results 2007". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (25 November 2004). "November By Elections 2004". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
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