Hale Barns is an electoral ward of Trafford covering the village of Hale Barns and parts of the villages of Hale and Timperley.
The ward was created in 2004 largely from parts of the old Hale and Village wards.
Its electoral history since 2004 is as follows:[1]
| 2011 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bernard Sharp* | 2,439 | 68.5 | +7.0 | |
| Labour Co-op | Barbara Twiney | 549 | 15.4 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Barbara Doyle | 391 | 11.0 | -12.3 | |
| Green | Sarah McIlroy | 180 | 5.1 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 1,890 | 53.1 | +14.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,559 | 46.8 | -22.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Dylan Butt* | 3,279 | 61.5 | -10.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sandra Taylor | 1,240 | 23.3 | +9.1 | |
| Labour | Joyce Acton | 663 | 12.4 | +2.9 | |
| Green | Sarah McIlroy | 150 | 2.8 | -1.3 | |
| Majority | 2,039 | 38.2 | -21.8 | ||
| Turnout | 5,332 | 69.7 | +29.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Patrick Myers | 2,216 | 72.2 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sandra Taylor | 437 | 14.2 | -2.2 | |
| Labour | Emily Spurrell | 290 | 9.5 | +0.4 | |
| Green | Andrew Gratton | 125 | 4.1 | -0.6 | |
| Majority | 1,779 | 60.0 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,068 | 40.3 | -1.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bernard Sharp* | 2,177 | 69.8 | -1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sandra Taylor | 511 | 16.4 | -2.2 | |
| Labour | Andrew Western | 284 | 9.1 | -1.3 | |
| Green | Jane Smith | 148 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 1,666 | 53.4 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,120 | 42.2 | +3.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Dilriaz Butt* | 2,061 | 71.1 | -9.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Elliott | 538 | 18.6 | -0.5 | |
| Labour | Moira Lythgoe | 301 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
| Majority | 1,523 | 52.5 | +39.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,900 | 39.2 | -14.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2004 (after boundary changes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Mullins* | 2,515 | 30.6 | ||
| Conservative | Bernard Sharp | 2,223 | 27.0 | ||
| Conservative | Dilriaz Butt | 1,917 | 23.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Barry Hepburn* | 1,567 | 19.1 | ||
| Turnout | 8,222 | 53.8 | |||
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