Ashton upon Mersey is an electoral ward of Trafford covering the northern part of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale, Greater Manchester, including Ashton Village.
The ward was created in 2004 from parts of the former Mersey St. Mary's and St. Martin's wards.
Its electoral history since 2004 is as follows:[1]
| 2011 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mike Whetton* | 1,715 | 50.5 | +6.0 | |
| Labour | Michael Wilton | 1,162 | 34.2 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Marritt | 288 | 8.5 | -12.7 | |
| Green | Joseph Westbrook | 229 | 6.7 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 553 | 16.3 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,394 | 46.3 | -25.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Lamb* | 2,325 | 44.5 | -15.6 | |
| Labour | Michael Wilton | 1,568 | 30.0 | +11.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Terry Corbett | 1,107 | 21.2 | +7.9 | |
| Green | Sara Ahsan | 224 | 4.3 | -4.0 | |
| Majority | 757 | 14.5 | -27.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5224 | 71.5 | +31.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Brian Rigby* | 1,762 | 60.1 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | Michael Wilton | 535 | 18.3 | -2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Terry Corbett | 389 | 13.3 | +0.7 | |
| Green | Marian Sudbury | 244 | 8.3 | -2.6 | |
| Majority | 1,227 | 41.9 | +7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,930 | 40.4 | -1.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mike Whetton* | 1,646 | 55.3 | -3.1 | |
| Labour | Sophie Taylor | 631 | 21.2 | -4.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Duncan Irving | 376 | 12.6 | +12.6 | |
| Green | Marian Sudbury | 342 | 10.9 | -4.8 | |
| Majority | 1,015 | 34.1 | +1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,977 | 42.1 | +2.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Lamb* | 1,645 | 58.4 | +3.3 | |
| Labour | Sophie Taylor | 728 | 25.9 | -4.0 | |
| Green | Daniel Leach | 442 | 15.7 | +9.3 | |
| Majority | 917 | 32.5 | +14.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,815 | 39.4 | -10.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2004 (after boundary changes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Brian Rigby* | 1,817 | 19.9 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Whetton | 1,680 | 18.4 | ||
| Conservative | John Lamb* | 1,534 | 16.8 | ||
| Labour | Simon Beaumont* | 969 | 10.6 | ||
| Labour | Joyce Eaton | 968 | 10.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Terence Corbett | 798 | 8.7 | ||
| Labour | Tahira Rasul | 798 | 8.7 | ||
| Green | Michael Addelman | 585 | 6.4 | ||
| Turnout | 9,149 | 49.9 | |||
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