Longford (ward)

Longford is an electoral ward of Trafford, Greater Manchester, covering Firswood, part of Stretford and a small part of Old Trafford. The population of the Trafford Ward at the 2011 census was 11,952.^[1]

Its electoral history since 1973 is as follows:

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Duffield*	3,763	64.8	+1.8
	Conservative	Edward Kelson	1,212	20.9	-0.2
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	831	14.3	+3.1
Majority			2,551	43.9	+2.0
Turnout			5,806	66.8	+26.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jarman*	2,003	60.8	-4.5
	Conservative	James Heywood	603	18.3	-0.1
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	553	16.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Dawn Carberry-Power	135	4.1	+0.8
Majority			1,400	42.5	-4.3
Turnout			3294	37.9	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Lloyd*	1,885	65.3	+2.3
	Conservative	Alex Finney	532	18.4	-2.7
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	375	13.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Doyle	9.6	3.3	-1.4
Majority			1,353	46.8	+4.9
Turnout			2,888	35.0	-4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Duffield	2,194	63.0	+9.5
	Conservative	Paul Lally	734	21.1	-0.6
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	389	11.2	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Dawn Carberry-Power	164	4.7	-11.5
Majority			1,460	41.9	+10.1
Turnout			3,481	39.9	-22.6
	Labour hold		Swing

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jarman*	2,908	53.5	+12.2
	Conservative	Paul Lally	1,181	21.7	-11.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Rhodes	881	16.2	+6.2
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	463	8.5	-7.3
Majority			1,727	31.8	+23.5
Turnout			5,433	62.5	+30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Lloyd*	1,167	41.3	-4.2
	Conservative	Rod Allan	931	32.9	+2.8
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	448	15.8	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Rhodes	282	10.0	-1.0
Majority			236	8.3	-7.1
Turnout			2,828	32.5	-2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauleen Lane*	1,313	45.5	-2.5
	Conservative	Roderick Allan	868	30.1	-2.1
	Green	Bernard Kelly	388	13.4	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Wright	317	11.0	+11.0
Majority			445	15.4	-0.4
Turnout			2,886	35.1	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jarman*	1,299	48.0	+6.2
	Conservative	Roderick Allan	870	32.2	+3.9
	Green	Matthew Westbrook	388	14.3	+3.8
	UKIP	Michael McManus	148	5.5	+5.5
Majority			429	15.8	+3.2
Turnout			2,705	33.6	-6.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2004 (after boundary changes)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Lloyd*	1,379	14.6
	Labour	Pauleen Lane*	1,288	13.6
	Labour	David Jarman*	1,286	13.6
	Conservative	Roderick Allan	948	10.0
	Conservative	Edward Kelson	889	9.4
	Conservative	Geoffrey Harding	846	8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Waseem Akram	654	6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Beswick	591	6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Haughton	576	6.1
	Green	Anne Power	362	3.8
	Green	Bernard Kelly	354	3.7
	Green	Stephen Parker	287	3.0
Turnout			9,460	40.1

2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jarman*	1,708	49.7	-12.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Harding	1,233	35.9	-1.8
	Green	Bernard Kelly	497	14.5	+14.5
Majority			475	13.8	-10.8
Turnout			3,438	48.4	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Lloyd*	2,174	62.3	+7.8
	Conservative	John Schofield	1,318	37.7	-7.8
Majority			856	24.6	+15.6
Turnout			3,492	48.5	+13.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Barker	1,393	54.5	+0.8
	Conservative	Keith Summerfield	1,164	45.5	+5.3
Majority			229	9.0	-4.5
Turnout			2,557	34.6	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jarman*	1,215	53.7	-10.6
	Conservative	Kelson	910	40.2	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Browne	137	6.1	+6.1
Majority			305	13.5	-15.1
Turnout			2,262	30.7	-2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

1998
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

1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. S. Faltermeyer	1,544	59.1	-2.0
	Conservative	K. G. Summerfield*	1,068	40.9	+2.0
Majority			476	18.2	-3.9
Turnout			2,612	35.4	-3.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. P. Jarman*	1,760	61.1	+5.0
	Conservative	J. G. Graham	1,122	38.9	-3.0
Majority			638	22.1	+1.8
Turnout			2,882	39.1	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. P. Hagan*	1,779	56.1	+12.7
	Conservative	E. J. Kelson	1,137	35.9	-17.7
	Liberal Democrat	C. R. Walmsley	253	8.0	+8.0
Majority			642	20.3	+10.2
Turnout			3,169	42.9	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. G. Summerfield	1,615	53.6	+4.8
	Labour	K. Birchenough	1,309	43.4	-7.8
	Green	D. Glazier	91	3.0	+3.0
Majority			306	10.1	+7.7
Turnout			3,015	40.9	-4.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. P. Jarman	1,750	51.2	-3.3
	Conservative	K. G. Summerfield*	1,669	48.8	+9.9
Majority			81	2.4	-13.3
Turnout			3,419	45.6	-3.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. P. Hagan*	2,015	54.5	-0.2
	Conservative	S. M. Dirikis	1,436	38.9	-6.4
	Green	J. D. Westbrook	245	6.6	+6.6
Majority			579	15.7	+6.4
Turnout			3,696	48.8	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. B. Ryan	1,934	54.7	+11.7
	Conservative	S. M. Dirikis	1,604	45.3	-0.5
Majority			330	9.3	+6.5
Turnout			3,538	47.4	-5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. G. Summerfield	1,841	45.8	+6.1
	Labour	P. J. Morgan*	1,730	43.0	-11.4
	Social Democratic	M. L. Kugler	450	11.2	+6.3
Majority			111	2.8	-3.8
Turnout			4,021	52.7	+7.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. P. Hagan	1,824	28.6	+2.9
	Labour	P. J. Morgan	1,711	26.8	-0.7
	Conservative	K. G. Summerfield*	1,292	20.3	-5.1
	Conservative	E. J. Kelson	1,235	19.4	-6.9
	Social Democratic	M. L. Kugler	313	4.9	+4.9
Majority			419	6.6	-2.0
Turnout			6,375	45.7	+1.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. E. Cottam*	1,848	54.3	+9.9
	Conservative	I. B. Simmonds	1,556	45.7	-0.2
Majority			292	8.6	+7.1
Turnout			3,404	44.3	-4.8
	Labour hold		Swing

1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Kelly*	1,724	45.9	+0.5
	Labour	K. Silcock	1,666	44.4	+3.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	M. L. Kugler	363	9.7	-3.7
Majority			58	1.5	-2.7
Turnout			3,753	49.1	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. G. Summerfield	1,638	45.4	+8.1
	Labour	K. Silcock	1,488	41.2	-21.5
	Liberal	W. A. Munden	483	13.4	+13.4
Majority			150	4.2	-21.2
Turnout			3,609	46.2	-0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. E. Cottam*	2,252	62.7	+21.6
	Conservative	J. A. Schofield	1,341	37.3	-7.2
Majority			911	25.4	+22.0
Turnout			3,593	46.9	-25.8
	Labour hold		Swing

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

1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Kelly*	3,091	44.5	-9.2
	Labour	M. E. Cottam	2,852	41.1	+4.6
	Liberal	H. D. Locksley	1,002	14.4	+4.6
Majority			239	3.4	-13.7
Turnout			6,945	72.7	+38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. W. Homer*	1,886	53.7	+0.2
	Labour	A. J. Lloyd	1,284	36.5	+1.8
	Liberal	H. D. Locksley	343	9.8	-1.9
Majority			602	17.1	-1.7
Turnout			3,513	34.4	-4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Chandler*	2,033	53.5	+0.3
	Labour	A. J. Lloyd	1,319	34.7	+4.0
	Liberal	H. D. Locksley	446	11.7	-4.4
Majority			714	18.8	-3.7
Turnout			3,798	39.0	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Kelly*	1,844	53.2
	Labour	K. Silcock	1,064	30.7
	Liberal	J. Stockley	557	16.1
Majority			780	22.5
Turnout			3,465	35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. W. Homer	1,859	19.1
	Conservative	O. Chandler	1,811	18.6
	Conservative	A. Kelly	1,711	17.6

References

↑ "Trafford ward population 2011". Retrieved 9 January 2015.

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