Trafford Council elections

One third of Trafford Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Contents 1 Political control 2 Council elections 3 By-election results 4 References 5 External links

Political control

Political control of the unitary authority has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party		Tenure
	Conservative	1973–1986
	No overall control	1986–1988
	Conservative	1988–1995
	No overall control	1995–1996
	Labour	1996–2003
	No overall control	2003–2004
	Conservative	2004–present

The council comprises 63 councillors who represent the borough and its residents. Each councillor typically serves for a four year term, representing an electoral ward.

Code	Ward name	Localities covered (approximate)	Population	Ref.
00BUFY	Altrincham	Altrincham	9,570	[2]
00BUFZ	Ashton upon Mersey	Sale	9,519	[3]
00BUGA	Bowdon	Altrincham, Bowdon, Dunham Massey, Dunham Town and Warburton	8,806	[4]
00BUGB	Broadheath	Broadheath, Sale and Timperley	10,601	[5]
00BUGC	Brooklands	Brooklands and Sale	9,773	[6]
00BUGD	Bucklow-St. Martins	Carrington, Partington and Sale	9,655	[7]
00BUGE	Clifford	Old Trafford	10,106	[8]
00BUGF	Davyhulme East	Davyhulme, Dumplington and Urmston	10,414	[9]
00BUGG	Davyhulme West	Davyhulme and Flixton	9,595	[10]
00BUGH	Flixton	Flixton	10,796	[11]
00BUGJ	Gorse Hill	Stretford and Trafford Park	10,306	[12]
00BUGK	Hale Barns	Hale, Hale Barns and Timperley	9,143	[13]
00BUGL	Hale Central	Altrincham and Hale	9,100	[14]
00BUGM	Longford	Firswood, Old Trafford, and Stretford	11,357	[15]
00BUGN	Priory	Sale	9,439	[16]
00BUGP	Sale Moor	Sale	9,899	[17]
00BUGQ	St. Mary's	Sale	11,160	[18]
00BUGR	Stretford	Stretford	10,334	[19]
00BUGS	Timperley	Brooklands and Timperley	10,666	[20]
00BUGT	Urmston	Flixton and Urmston	10,159	[21]
00BUGU	Village	Brooklands and Timperley	9,747	[22]
00BU	Trafford	All	211,800

The current composition of the Borough Council is as follows:^[1]

Party		Seats	+/-
	Conservative	37	0
	Labour	22	0
	Liberal Democrat	4	0
	Conservative hold

Council elections

One third of the council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

• Trafford Council election, 1973, held Thursday 10 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1975, held Thursday 1 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1976, held Thursday 6 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1978, held Thursday 4 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1979, held Thursday 3 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1980, held Thursday 1 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1982, held Thursday 6 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1983, held Thursday 5 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1984, held Thursday 3 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1986, held Thursday 8 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1987, held Thursday 7 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1988, held Thursday 5 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1990, held Thursday 4 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1991, held Thursday 2 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1992, held Thursday 7 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1994, held Thursday 5 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1995, held Thursday 4 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1996, held Thursday 2 May.

• Trafford Council election, 1998, held Thursday 7 May.^[23]

• Trafford Council election, 1999, held Thursday 6 May.^[24]

• Trafford Council election, 2000, held Thursday 4 May.^[25]

• Trafford Council election, 2002, held Thursday 2 May.^[26]

• Trafford Council election, 2003, held Thursday 1 May.^[27]

• Trafford Council election, 2004, held Thursday 10 June.^[28] All seats contested due to boundary changes

• Trafford Council election, 2006, held Thursday 4 May.^[29]

• Trafford Council election, 2007, held Thursday 3 May.^[30]

• Trafford Council election, 2008, held Thursday 1 May

• Trafford Council election, 2010, held Thursday 6 May

• Trafford Council election, 2011, held Thursday 5 May

By-election results

St. Martins By-Election 18 July 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. A. G. Morgan Evans	1,752	46.2	-13.8
	Labour	T. J. Packham	1,191	31.4
	Liberal	M. Wood	849	22.4
Majority			561	14.8
Turnout			3,792	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Village By-Election 14 October 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Holden	1,307	67.1	+19.5
	Labour	J. Gregory	640	32.9	+8.1
Majority			667	34.3	+11.5
Turnout			1,947	24.3	-20.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Broadheath By-Election 24 March 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. G. Currie	1,183	56.7	+2.4
	Liberal	E. H. Faulkner	579	27.7	-3.4
	Labour	P. B. Ayo	325	15.6	-5.8
Majority			604	28.9	-1.2
Turnout			2,087	31.7	-13.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martins By-Election 24 March 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Almond	1,862	58.7	-8.1
	Labour	B. Brotherton	744	23.5	-9.7
	Liberal	W. J. Golding	566	17.8	+17.8
Majority			1,118	35.2	+1.5
Turnout			3,172	28.1	-10.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford By-Election 30 August 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. E. Cottam	1,187	42.7	+1.6
	Conservative	J. A. Schofield	1,127	40.5	-4.0
	Liberal	H. D. Locksley	466	16.8	+2.4
Majority			60	2.2	-1.2
Turnout			2,780	29.1	-43.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Davyhulme West By-Election 13 December 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. P. Harding	858	41.3	+41.3
	Labour	A. Stringer	752	36.2	+3.1
	Liberal	L. O'Rourke	466	22.4	-38.3
Majority			106	5.1	-16.3
Turnout			2,076	20.0	-55.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West By-Election 11 June 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. M. Seex	1,417	43.3	+4.6
	Conservative	D. P. Harding	1,242	37.9	+1.0
	Liberal	J. A. Cottrell	617	18.8	-4.7
Majority			175	5.3	+4.4
Turnout			3,276	39.7	-4.8
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Flixton By-Election 9 July 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. E. Earl	1,400	40.1	+9.2
	Conservative	P. Schofield	1,199	34.3	-2.3
	Labour	R. A. Tully	895	25.6	-6.9
Majority			201	5.8	-1.7
Turnout			3,494	44.4	-4.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Village By-Election 18 March 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. B. Slack	1,338	38.6	+2.1
	Conservative	D. Merrell	1,138	32.9	-0.9
	Labour	R. Crewe	988	28.5	-1.2
Majority			200	5.8	+3.0
Turnout			3,464	41.2	-9.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Timperley By-Election 8 July 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. J. Watkins	1,433	47.3	-1.7
	Liberal	G. K. Stuart	1,388	45.8	-2.6
	Labour	R. J. Short	208	6.9	+4.3
Majority			45	1.5	+1.4
Turnout			3,029	33.8	-11.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flixton By-Election 23 May 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. E. Parry	1,608	40.5	+2.1
	Conservative	A. M. Durbin	1,213	30.6	-6.9
	Labour	M. J. Goggins	1,146	28.9	+4.8
Majority			395	10.0	+9.1
Turnout			3,967	49.4	+2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Altrincham By-Election 6 March 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. F. L. Wood	1,150	38.2	-0.6
	Conservative	S. M. A. O' Beirne	983	32.7	-10.9
	Social Democrat	B. M. Keeley-Huggett	793	26.4	+26.4
	Green	N. J. Eadie	81	2.7	+1.1
Majority			167	5.6	+0.8
Turnout			3,007	37.4	-11.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Urmston By-Election 6 March 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Acton	1,321	44.7	+5.4
	Conservative	E. May	871	29.5	-14.5
	Social Democrat	P. J. Carlon	762	25.8	+9.1
Majority			450	15.2	+10.6
Turnout			2,954	37.1	-6.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Talbot By-Election 6 November 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. A. Lane	1,209	68.3	+1.1
	Conservative	C. J. Levenston	562	31.7	+9.0
Majority			647	36.5	-8.0
Turnout			1,771	24.3	-11.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersey St. Marys By-Election 22 January 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. G. Brownhill	1,610	56.7	+5.0
	Social Democrat	R. J. Thompson	683	24.0	+24.0
	Labour	P. Miller	550	19.3	-0.2
Majority			927	32.6	+9.8
Turnout			2,843	29.6	-13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston By-Election 24 November 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Acton	1,563	52.6	+7.1
	Conservative	J. G. Graham	1,406	47.4	+0.2
Majority			157	5.3	+3.7
Turnout			2,969	37.2	+14.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Bowdon By-Election 15 June 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. C. Harney	2,582	59.6	-11.2
	Labour	H. F. Busteed	674	15.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	G. P. Pawson	567	13.1	-0.5
	Green	M. R. Rowtham	506	11.7	+8.2
Majority			1,908	44.1	+3
Turnout			4,329	47.3	+14.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stretford By-Election 5 December 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. E. Garlick	1,656	48.0	+2.2
	Conservative	H. Walker*	1,654	47.9	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	F. C. Beswick	140	4.1	-4.1
Majority			2	0.1	+34.1
Turnout			3,450	42.9	-6.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Clifford By-Election 16 December 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. W. Stennett	1,207	78.8	+16.7
	Conservative	C. H. Davenport	226	14.8	-17.4
	Liberal Democrat	F. C. Beswick	99	6.5	+6.5
Majority			981	64.0	+34.1
Turnout			1,532	17.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Talbot By-Election 18 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. A. Beaumont	935	81.8	+5.5
	Conservative	M. Ali	144	12.6	-9.6
	Liberal Democrat	F. C. Beswick	64	5.6	+5.6
Majority			791	69.2	+15.1
Turnout			1,143	17.9	-10.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East By-Election 28 November 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. D. Cornes	2,030	57.6	+0.2
	Labour	N. K. Roberts	1,493	42.4	-0.2
Majority			537	15.2	+0.5
Turnout			3,523	50.0	-2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West By-Election 25 November 2004[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Hooley	1,070	52.2	-3.4
	Labour	Bill Clarke	757	36.9	+8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Vernon	222	10.8	-4.8
Majority			313	15.3	-13.5
Turnout			2,049	27.2	-21.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley By-Election 25 November 2004[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Bullman	1,152	51.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Chappell	750	33.3	+2.5
	Labour	Tom Ross	349	15.5	-4.5
Majority			402	17.9	-1.7
Turnout			2,251	27.3	-25.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

External links

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