Gorse Hill (ward)

Gorse Hill is an electoral ward of Trafford covering parts of Stretford, including Gorse Hill, Trafford Park and a small part of Old Trafford.

The ward was created in 2004 largely from parts of the old Park and Talbot wards.

Its electoral history since 2004 is as follows:

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Cordingley*	3,078	63.4	-4.4
	Conservative	Lijo John	1,225	25.2	+5.7
	Green	Nigel Woodcock	551	11.4	+3.9
Majority			1,853	38.2	-10.0
Turnout			4,854	62.7	+29.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Acton*	1,666	63.6	-8.1
	Conservative	Mark Cawdrey	496	18.9	+2.7
	Green	Nigel Woodcock	346	13.2	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Renee Matthews	111	4.2	+0.6
Majority			953	35.8	-19.1
Turnout			2,619	36.4	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Walsh*	1,633	71.7	+3.9
	Conservative	Samuel Martin	368	16.2	-3.3
	Green	Philip Leape	196	8.6	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Renee Matthews	81	3.6	-1.6
Majority			1,265	55.5	+7.3
Turnout			2,278	31.1	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Cordingley*	1,787	67.8	+9.2
	Conservative	Samuel Martin	515	19.5	-0.1
	Green	Philip Leape	198	7.5	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Renee Matthews	137	5.2	-12.0
Majority			1,272	48.2	+9.3
Turnout			2,637	32.9	-25.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Acton*	2,721	58.6	+6.3
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	913	19.6	-8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Beswick	801	17.2	+5.5
	Green	Philip Leape	212	4.6	-3.9
Majority			1,808	38.9	+14.2
Turnout			4,647	58.2	+30.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Walsh*	1,170	52.3	-5.6
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	617	27.6	+4.4
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Beswick	262	11.7	+4.5
	Green	Philip Leape	189	8.5	-3.3
Majority			553	24.7	-6.2
Turnout			2,238	27.7	-1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2007 (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Cordingley	1,211	30.0	+4.5
	Labour	Laurence Walsh*	1,125	27.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	502	12.5	+0.2
	Conservative	Graeme Levenston	431	10.7	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Beswick	290	7.2	+7.2
	Green	Sarah King	264	6.6	+1.3
	Green	Philip Leape	208	5.2	-1.5
Majority			623	30.9	+0.2
Turnout			4,031	28.8	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Acton*	1,112	55.5	-3.4
	Conservative	George Manley	496	24.8	-7.1
	Green	Philip Leape	238	11.9	+11.9
	Independent	Colin Hendrie	156	7.8	+7.8
Majority			616	30.7	+8.6
Turnout			2,002	27.3	-5.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2004 (after boundary changes)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Strickland*	1,245	20.4
	Labour	Laurence Walsh*	1,222	19.9
	Labour	David Acton*	1,139	18.6
	Conservative	Alison Levenston	687	11.2
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	654	10.7
	Conservative	Graeme Levenston	614	10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Shacklock	573	9.3
Turnout			6,134	32.8

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Former electoral wards (1973-2004) Bucklow Hale Mersey St Mary's Park St. Martin's Talbot

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