Hale Central is an electoral ward of Trafford covering the most of the village of Hale and a small part of Altrincham Town Centre.
The ward was created in 2004 largely from parts of the old Hale and Altrincham wards.
Its electoral history since 2004 is as follows:[1]
| 2011 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Patricia Young* | 2,040 | 59.0 | +4.1 | |
| Labour Co-op | Beverley Harrison | 751 | 21.7 | +4.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Julian Newgrosh | 339 | 9.8 | -12.3 | |
| Green | Samuel Little | 327 | 9.5 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 1,289 | 37.3 | +4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,457 | 45.9 | -25.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alan Mitchell* | 2,961 | 54.9 | -11.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Julian Newgrosh | 1,191 | 22.1 | +10.1 | |
| Labour | Gwyneth Brock | 915 | 17.0 | +3.5 | |
| Green | Sam Little | 328 | 6.1 | -2.1 | |
| Majority | 1,770 | 32.8 | -20.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,395 | 71.8 | +33.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Chris Candish | 1,861 | 66.3 | +3.1 | |
| Labour | Beverly Harrison | 379 | 13.5 | -0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Pauline Cliff | 338 | 12.0 | +1.6 | |
| Green | Sarah McIlroy | 231 | 8.2 | -4.5 | |
| Majority | 1,482 | 52.8 | +3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,809 | 38.1 | -2.4 | ||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Patricia Young* | 1,813 | 63.2 | +2.2 | |
| Labour | Beverly Harrison | 395 | 13.8 | +1.3 | |
| Green | Samuel Little | 364 | 12.7 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Armaan Chohan | 299 | 10.4 | -5.1 | |
| Majority | 1,418 | 49.4 | +3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,871 | 40.5 | +1.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alan Mitchell* | 1,641 | 61.0 | -14.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Michael Mills | 418 | 15.5 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | Beverly Harrison | 335 | 12.5 | +1.3 | |
| Green | Samuel Little | 295 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
| Majority | 1,223 | 45.5 | +12.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,689 | 38.6 | -13.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2004 (after boundary changes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Colin Foster | 2,069 | 26.3 | ||
| Conservative | Patricia Young | 1,967 | 25.0 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Mitchell | 1,912 | 24.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Elliott | 1,042 | 13.2 | ||
| Labour | Beverly Harrison | 880 | 11.2 | ||
| Turnout | 7,870 | 51.6 | |||
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