Mersey St. Mary's was an electoral ward of Trafford covering the eastern half of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale, Greater Manchester.
The ward was abolished in 2004 to be replaced largely by the new Ashton upon Mersey and St. Mary's wards.
Its electoral history since 1973 is as follows:[1]
| 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Lamb | 2,877 | 54.4 | -1.4 | |
| Labour | Sophie Taylor | 1,548 | 29.3 | -1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Graham Rogers | 779 | 14.7 | +1.5 | |
| Socialist Labour | James Flannery | 81 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 1,329 | 25.1 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 5,285 | 55.8 | +1.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Brian Rigby* | 2,914 | 55.8 | -9.0 | |
| Labour | Sophie Taylor | 1,621 | 31.0 | +8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Graham Rogers | 687 | 13.2 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 1,293 | 24.8 | -17.2 | ||
| Turnout | 5,222 | 54.6 | +22.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Tolhurst* | 2,048 | 64.8 | +6.1 | |
| Labour | Tamira Rasul | 720 | 22.8 | -9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Graham Rogers | 395 | 12.5 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 1,328 | 42.0 | +15.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,163 | 32.5 | -1.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sharp* | 1,935 | 58.7 | -4.6 | |
| Labour | Conquest | 1,056 | 32.1 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Legge | 304 | 9.2 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 879 | 26.5 | -8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,295 | 33.7 | -1.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | B. D. Rigby* | 2,155 | 63.3 | +13.2 | |
| Labour | J. Bennett | 952 | 28.0 | -7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | G. P. Rogers | 297 | 8.7 | -6.1 | |
| Majority | 1,203 | 35.3 | +20.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,404 | 34.7 | -3.6 | ||
| 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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