Trafford Council election, 1998

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 7 May 1998. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2002. The Labour Party held overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

	Seats	+/-
Labour	36	+1
Conservative	23	+1
Liberal Democrat	4	-1
Independent	0	-1
Labour hold

Summary

Trafford Local Election Result 1998
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	12			+1	57.1	44.2	24,844
	Conservative	8			+1	38.1	44.8	25,185
	Liberal Democrat	1			-1	4.8	9.1	5,114
	Independent	0			-1	0	1.4	773
	Socialist Labour	0			0	0	0.5	266

Ward results

Altrincham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. F. M. Fildes	1,700	50.7	+1.4
	Labour	J. C. Graham	1,501	44.8	-3.6
	Independent	P. J. Royle	77	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	A. L. Brookes	74	2.2	+2.2
Majority			199	5.9	-2.3
Turnout			3,352	37.6	-0.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bowdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. C. Harney*	2,042	66.3	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat	C. Musgrove	550	17.9	-1.1
	Labour	R. G. Monkhouse	486	15.8	-4.0
Majority			1,492	48.4	+6.9
Turnout			3,078	32.7	-5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Baugh*	1,704	51.3	+6.9
	Conservative	D. C. Simm	1,383	41.6	-5.6
	Liberal Democrat	D. Jones	238	7.2	-1.2
Majority			321	9.7	+6.8
Turnout			3,325	38.3	-5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. R. Higgins	1,879	61.9	+12.9
	Labour	J. Bagnoli	833	27.5	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Y. R. Clarke	322	10.6	-4.6
Majority			1,046	34.4	-21.3
Turnout			3,034	38.3	-3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. G. Kanes	1,029	86.0	+3.4
	Independent	S. Finch	80	6.7	+6.7
	Independent	M. E. Hindley	45	3.8	+3.8
	Independent	G. Hindley	42	3.5	+3.5
Majority			949	79.3	+20.5
Turnout			1,196	20.1	-7.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. W. Mitchell*	1,384	68.6	+3.8
	Independent	M. Ali	377	18.7	+1.0
	Conservative	L. G. Peck	256	12.7	-4.8
Majority			1,007	49.9	+2.9
Turnout			2,017	27.5	-1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. R. Eadie*	1,688	59.1	+1.5
	Labour	M. H. Rasul	1,170	40.9	-1.5
Majority			518	18.2
Turnout			2,858	39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Mottley	1,449	48.6	-1.2
	Conservative	J. R. Reilly	1,438	48.2	-2.0
	Socialist Labour	J. D. Flannery	95	3.2	+3.2
Majority			11	0.4	+0.1
Turnout			2,982	38.4	-4.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Flixton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. R. Seddon*	1,754	53.4	+10.9
	Labour	M. G. H. Barker	1,532	46.6	+4.9
Majority			222	6.8	+6.0
Turnout			3,286	42.8	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Lucas*	2,069	70.7	+11.0
	Liberal Democrat	R. M. Elliott	438	15.0	-12.0
	Labour	A. D . McNee	420	14.4	+1.1
Majority			1,631	55.7	+23.1
Turnout			2,927	34.0	-8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. A. Lloyd	1,576	64.3	+5.2
	Conservative	A. Kelly	875	35.7	-5.2
Majority			701	28.6	+10.4
Turnout			2,451	33.0	-2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersey St. Marys
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

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. R. Haydock*	956	64.3	-2.5
	Conservative	E. J. Kelson	531	35.7	+2.5
Majority			425	28.6	-5.0
Turnout			1,487	24.4	-8.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Brotherton*	1,533	53.0	+9.4
	Conservative	C. E. McEwen	778	26.9	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	A. Vernon	580	20.1	-13.0
Majority			755	26.1	+15.7
Turnout			2,891	36.9	-8.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Gratrix*	1,380	54.1	+5.4
	Conservative	R. D. Baldwin	880	34.5	-3.5
	Liberal Democrat	K. Clarke	256	10.0	-3.3
	Socialist Labour	L. M. Wright	36	1.4	+1.4
Majority			500	19.6	+8.9
Turnout			2,552	33.4	-6.9
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Martins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. T. Murkin*	1,481	59.8	-2.5
	Conservative	P. A. Almond	805	32.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	T. J. P. Corbett	189	7.6	0
Majority			676	27.3	-5.0
Turnout			2,475	28.8	-6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. A. Adshead*	1,449	59.5	-2.8
	Conservative	K. G. Summerfield	851	35.0	-2.7
	Socialist Labour	P. J. Hibberd	135	5.5	+5.5
Majority			598	24.5	0
Turnout			2,435	32.0	-8.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Talbot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Beaumont*	944	72.3	-4.0
	Conservative	S. M. Dirikis	361	27.7	+5.5
Majority			583	44.6	-9.5
Turnout			1,305	20.9	-7.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Bowker	1,414	45.8	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	D. C. R. Horstead*	844	27.4	-8.0
	Labour	M. E. Atherton	827	26.8	+3.2
Majority			570	18.4
Turnout			3,085	34.6	-6.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Acton*	1,645	58.9	-3.0
	Conservative	D. M. H. Nicklin	1,068	38.3	+0.2
	Independent	N. J. Barrett	78	2.8
Majority			577	20.6	-3.2
Turnout			2,791	37.1	-6.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	M. D. Cragg	1,400	43.1	-16.4
	Conservative	R. G. Strafford	1,258	38.7	+14.6
	Labour	M. E. Rose	593	18.2	+1.8
Majority			142	4.4	-31.0
Turnout			3,251	34.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46.

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