Flixton (ward)

Flixton is an electoral ward of Trafford, Greater Manchester, covering the most of the village of Flixton.

Its electoral history since 1973 is as follows:^[1]

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ged Carter
	Green	Alison Cavanagh
	Conservative	Johnathan Coupe*
	Liberal Democrat	Wayne Harrison
Majority
Turnout

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Viv Ward*	1,427	38.6	-7.7
	Labour	Ged Carter	1,388	37.5	-4.1
	UKIP	Chris Frost	610	16.5	+16.5
	Green	Alison Cavanagh	188	5.0	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kirsty Cullen	86	2.3	-0.6
Majority			39	1.1	-3.6
Turnout			3,699	45.6	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Lally	1,481	46.3	-1.6
	Labour	Freda Mottley	1,330	41.6	+1.4
	Green	Alison Cavanagh	294	9.2	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Elliott	94	2.9	-1.2
Majority			151	4.7	-3.0
Turnout			3,199	39.5	-4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe*	1,754	47.9	+4.7
	Labour	Freda Mottley	1,473	40.2	+2.6
	Green	Alison Cavanagh	284	7.8	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Elliott	150	4.1	-11.4
Majority			281	7.7	+2.1
Turnout			3,661	43.8	-27.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Viv Ward*	2,541	43.2	-12.4
	Labour	Tom McDonald	2,214	37.6	+9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Elliott	915	15.5	+5.5
	Green	Paul Syrett	218	3.7	-2.9
Majority			327	5.6	-22.3
Turnout			5,888	70.8	+32.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Summerfield*	1,785	55.6	+4.9
	Labour	Dolores O'Sullivan	890	27.7	-4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Elliott	321	10.0	-0.1
	Green	Paul Syrett	213	6.6	-0.2
Majority			895	27.9	+9.5
Turnout			3,209	38.2	-2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe*	1,652	50.7	-2.7
	Labour	Dolores O’Sullivan	1,054	32.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Elliott	330	10.1	+10.1
	Green	Anne Power	220	6.8	-6.4
Majority			598	18.4	-1.6
Turnout			3,256	40.2	+1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Viv Ward*	1,644	53.4	-3.7
	Labour	Joyce Acton	1,030	33.4	-1.4
	Green	Christopher Webb	406	13.2	+13.2
Majority			614	20.0	+0.4
Turnout			3,080	38.4	-10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2004 (after boundary changes)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Summerfield*	1,952	19.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe*	1,915	19.0
	Conservative	Viv Ward*	1,885	18.7
	Labour	Gerard Carter	1,227	12.2
	Labour	Dolores O'Sullivan	1,175	11.7
	Labour	Nigel Roberts	1,095	10.9
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Vernon	819	8.1
Turnout			10,068	48.6

2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe*	2,130	51.0	-0.5
	Labour	Karina Carter	1,652	39.5	-9.0
	Independent	Paul Pickford	398	9.5	+9.5
Majority			478	11.5	+8.5
Turnout			4,180	57.1	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Summerfield	2,070	51.5	-9.0
	Labour	Karina Carter	1,946	48.5	+8.9
Majority			124	3.0	-17.9
Turnout			4,016	53.8	+15.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivienne Ward*	1,755	60.5	+11.3
	Labour	Jennifer Carroll	1,148	39.6	-5.6
Majority			607	20.9	+16.9
Turnout			2,903	38.0	-4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Coupe	1,603	49.2	-4.2
	Labour	AS Jones*	1,473	45.2	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Smith	181	5.6	+5.6
Majority			130	4.0	-2.8
Turnout			3,257	42.4	-0.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1998
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

1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. V. Ward*	1,534	42.5	+2.7
	Labour	M. G. H. Barker	1,506	41.7	-1.9
	Liberal Democrat	A. Vernon	571	15.8	-0.8
Majority			28	0.8	-3.1
Turnout			3,611	46.2	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. S. Jones	1,688	43.6	+12.5
	Conservative	M. P. Whetton	1,539	39.8	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	A. Vernon	643	16.6	-11.4
Majority			149	3.9	-5.8
Turnout			3,870	49.6	-4.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. R. Seddon*	1,625	40.8	-11.4
	Labour	J. D. Chapman-Barker	1,238	31.1	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	A. Vernon	1,115	28.0	+4.8
Majority			387	9.7	-18.0
Turnout			3,978	53.7	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. V. Ward	1,989	52.2	+8.1
	Labour	G. A. Carter	936	24.6	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	A. Vernon	883	23.2	-3.2
Majority			1,053	27.7	+13.1
Turnout			3,808	48.6	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. G. Graham	1,881	44.1	+1.8
	Labour	T. K. McDonald	1,257	29.5	-5.1
	Liberal Democrat	A. Vernon	1,125	26.4	+7.3
Majority			624	14.6	+6.9
Turnout			4,263	55.2	-4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. R. Seddon	1,989	42.3	-2.3
	Labour	J. Moore	1,625	34.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrat	A. Vernon	898	19.1	-8.4
	Green	N. M. Smith	187	4.0	+4.0
Majority			364	7.7	-8.9
Turnout			4,699	59.8	+2.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. W. Robinson	2,052	44.6	-0.5
	Labour	P. G. Dowland	1,289	28.0	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	A. Vernon*	1,265	27.5	-3.2
Majority			763	16.6	+2.3
Turnout			4,606	57.5	-5.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. R. Coupe	2,294	45.1	+11.0
	Liberal	P. I. M. Crompton	1,565	30.7	-0.1
	Labour	P. G. Dowland	1,231	24.2	-10.9
Majority			729	14.3	+13.2
Turnout			5,090	63.2	+10.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. J. Hughes	1,477	35.1	+11.0
	Conservative	C. A. Lord*	1,432	34.1	-3.4
	Liberal	P. I. M. Crompton	1,293	30.8	-7.6
Majority			45	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			4,202	52.4	+0.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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

1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. Vernon	1,590	38.4	-3.4
	Conservative	N. J. Fitzpatrick*	1,551	37.5	-2.8
	Labour	M. J. Goggins	996	24.1	+6.2
Majority			39	0.9	-0.6
Turnout			4,137	51.7	-4.3
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	D. E. Earl*	1,885	41.8	+3.8
	Conservative	P. Schofield	1,819	40.3	-4.2
	Labour	G. Woodburn	807	17.9	+0.5
Majority			66	1.5	-5.0
Turnout			4,511	56.0	+3.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance hold		Swing

1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. A. Lord	1,856	44.5	+6.3
	Liberal	A. Vernon	1,585	38.0	+5.8
	Labour	H. Pollard	726	17.4	-16.5
Majority			271	6.5	+2.2
Turnout			4,167	52.5	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. J. Fitzpatrick*	1,403	38.2	-15.1
	Labour	J. D. Brown	1,245	33.9	+3.5
	Liberal	D. E. Earl	1,183	32.2	+15.9
Majority			158	4.3	-18.6
Turnout			3,673	48.8	-32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. B. W. Lumby*	4,023	53.3	-18.8
	Labour	J. D. Brown	2,295	30.4	+2.5
	Liberal	R. K. Sangster	1,226	16.3	+16.3
Majority			1,728	22.9	-21.3
Turnout			7,544	80.9	+47.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Wroe*	2,205	72.1	+9.2
	Labour	J. Shaw	853	27.9	+5.3
Majority			1,352	44.2	+3.9
Turnout			3,058	33.2	-9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. J. Fitzpatrick*	2,492	62.9	+8.4
	Labour	D. J. Watts	894	22.6	+3.0
	Liberal	M. G. Maxfield	575	14.5	-11.4
Majority			1,598	40.3	+11.7
Turnout			3,961	42.9	-4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. B. W. Lumby*	2,363	54.5
	Liberal	D. J. Gilbert	1,123	25.9
	Labour	C. Nightingale	851	19.6
Majority			1,240	28.6
Turnout			4,337	47.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Wroe	1,877	20.4
	Conservative	N. J. Fitzpatrick	1,755	19.1
	Conservative	G. B. W. Lumby	1,737	18.9

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