Trafford Council election, 2007

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Elections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 39.9%, 2.7% higher than the previous year.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Trafford Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	13	0	0	0	59.1	46.33	29,371	-1.7%
	Labour	8	0	0	0	36.4	29.6	18,782	-0.4%
	Liberal Democrat	2	0	0	0	9.5	12.6	7,359	+2.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	8.3	5,267	-0.6%
	British National Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	297	+0.5%
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	252	+0.4%
	UK Independence	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	100	-0.1%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	92	+0.2%

[edit] Ward results

Altrincham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Williams	1,618	56.0
	Labour	Graham Crean	651	22.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Kelly	413	14.3
	Green	Liz O’Neill	209	7.2
Majority			967	33.4
Turnout			2,819	38.1	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashton upon Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whetton	1,646	55.3
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	631	21.2
	Liberal Democrat	Duncan Irving	376	12.6
	Green	Marian Sudbury	342	10.9
Majority			1015	34.1
Turnout			2,977	42.1	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephanie Poole	2,132	71.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Chappell	351	11.7
	Labour	Thomas Hague	297	9.9
	Green	Bridget Green	222	7.4
Majority			1,781	59.3
Turnout			3,002	41.5	-2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Weston	1,530	51.2
	Labour	Peter Baugh	834	27.9
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Cliff	397	13.3
	Green	Martin Bate	226	7.6
Majority			696	23.3
Turnout			2,987	36.4	-9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Higgins	1,769	56.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Clarke	614	19.5
	Labour	David Hampson	536	17.0
	Green	Nicola Campling	229	7.3
Majority			1,155	36.7
Turnout			3,148	40.3	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow-St. Martins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith	1,106	52.6
	Conservative	Anne Cavanagh	517	24.6
	British National Party	Andrew Harris	297	14.1
	Green	William Gradwell	181	8.6
Majority			589	28.0
Turnout			2,101	31.4	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ejaz Malik	1,364	59.2
	Green	Sarah Bailey	352	15.3
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Adams	297	12.9
	Conservative	Eleanor Heaton	292	12.7
Majority			1,012	43.9
Turnout			2,305	33.4	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Brockbanks	1,679	58.4
	Labour	Nigel Roberts	902	31.4
	Green	Jennie Gander	202	7.0
	Socialist Labour	James Flannery	92	3.2
Majority			777	27.0
Turnout			2,875	38.2	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Reilly	1,784	60.6
	Labour	Philip Morgan	891	30.3
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	267	9.1
Majority			893	30.4
Turnout			2,942	39.2	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flixton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe	1,652	50.7
	Labour	Dolores O’Sullivan	1,054	32.4
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Elliott	330	10.1
	Green	Anne Power	220	6.8
Majority			598	18.4
Turnout			3,256	40.2	+1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gorse Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Cordingley	1,211	30.0
	Labour	Laurence Walsh	1,125	27.9
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	502	12.5
	Conservative	Graeme Levenston	431	10.7
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Beswick	290	7.2
	Green	Sarah King	264	6.6
	Green	Philip Leape	208	5.2
Majority			1,403	34.8
Turnout			4,031	28.8	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Hale Barns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Sharp	2,177	69.8
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Taylor	511	16.4
	Labour	Andrew Western	284	9.1
	Green	Jane Smith	148	4.7
Majority			1,666	53.4
Turnout			3,120	42.2	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Young	1,813	63.2
	Labour	Beverly Harrison	395	13.8
	Green	Samuel Little	364	12.7
	Liberal Democrat	Armaan Chohan	299	10.4
Majority			1,418	49.4
Turnout			2,871	40.5	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauleen Lane	1,313	45.5
	Conservative	Roderick Allan	868	30.1
	Green	Bernard Kelly	388	13.4
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Wright	317	11.0
Majority			445	15.4
Turnout			2,886	35.1	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Griffin	1,225	42.1
	Conservative	Sean Anstee	927	31.8
	Liberal Democrat	James Eisen	412	14.2
	Green	Zoe Power	348	12.0
Majority			298	10.2
Turnout			2,912	39.6	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Bennet	1,175	40.6
	Conservative	Brian Shaw	1,013	35.0
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Clarke	306	10.6
	English Democrats	Craig Healey	252	8.7
	Green	Bridget Battye	150	5.2
Majority			162	5.6
Turnout			2,896	39.2	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Bunting	1,642	54.9
	Labour	Tom Ross	783	26.2
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Webster	332	11.1
	Green	Simon Campling	134	4.5
	UK Independence	Stephen Farndon	100	3.3
Majority			859	28.7
Turnout			2,991	36.2	-0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Adshead	1,398	50.9
	Conservative	Colin Hooley	849	30.9
	Liberal Democrat	John O’Connor	263	9.6
	Green	Joe Ryan	237	8.6
Majority			549	20.0
Turnout			2,747	36.9	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Colledge	1,955	48.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Brophy	1,924	47.5
	Green	Jadwiga Leigh	168	4.2
Majority			31	0.8
Turnout			4,047	49.3	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Kelson	1,450	43.6
	Labour	William Clarke	1,308	39.3
	Green	Helen Jocys	296	8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	272	8.2
Majority			142	4.3
Turnout			3,326	42.7	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Bowker	1,534	49.7
	Conservative	Chris Candish	1,125	36.4
	Labour	Leon Thomas	299	9.7
	Green	Michael Leigh	130	4.2
Majority			409	13.2
Turnout			3,088	40.1	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing