Flixton_(ward)

Flixton
Flixton
	Flixton within Trafford
Population	10,828
Metropolitan borough	Trafford;
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Stretford and Urmston;
Councillors	Simon Thomas (Labour); Dolores O'Sullivan (Labour); Ged Carter (Labour);
	List of places UK England

Flixton (ward)

Human settlement in England

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

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Councillors

Since 2022, the councillors are Simon Thomas (Labour),^[2] Dolores O'Sullivan (Labour),^[3] and Ged Carter (Labour).^[4]

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Election
1973	William Wroe (Con)	Neil Fitzpatrick (Con)	Gordon Lumby (Con)
1975	William Wroe (Con)	Neil Fitzpatrick (Con)	Gordon Lumby (Con)
1976	William Wroe (Con)	Neil Fitzpatrick (Con)	Gordon Lumby (Con)
1978	William Wroe (Con)	Neil Fitzpatrick (Con)	Gordon Lumby (Con)
1979	William Wroe (Con)	Neil Fitzpatrick (Con)	Gordon Lumby (Con)
1980	William Wroe (Con)	Neil Fitzpatrick (Con)	Gordon Lumby (Con)
Jul 1981	William Wroe (Con)	Neil Fitzpatrick (Con)	D. Earl (Lib)
1982	C. Lord (Con)	Neil Fitzpatrick (Con)	D. Earl (Lib)
1983	C. Lord (Con)	Neil Fitzpatrick (Con)	D. Earl (Lib)
1984	C. Lord (Con)	Alan Vernon (Lib)	D. Earl (Lib)
May 1985	C. Lord (Con)	Alan Vernon (Lib)	J. Parry (Lib)
1986	Beverley Hughes (Lab)	Alan Vernon (Lib)	J. Parry (Lib)
1987	Beverley Hughes (Lab)	Alan Vernon (Lib)	Allan Coupe (Con)
1988	Beverley Hughes (Lab)	Ron Robinson (Con)	Allan Coupe (Con)
1990	Roy Seddon (Con)	Ron Robinson (Con)	Allan Coupe (Con)
1991	Roy Seddon (Con)	Ron Robinson (Con)	J. Graham (Con)
1992	Roy Seddon (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)	J. Graham (Con)
1994	Roy Seddon (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)	J. Graham (Con)
1995	Roy Seddon (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)	A. Jones (Lab)
1996	Roy Seddon (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)	A. Jones (Lab)
1998	Roy Seddon (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)	A. Jones (Lab)
1999	Roy Seddon (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)
2000	Roy Seddon (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)
2002	Keith Summerfield (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)
2003	Keith Summerfield (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)
2004	Keith Summerfield (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)
2006	Keith Summerfield (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)
2007	Keith Summerfield (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)
2008	Keith Summerfield (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)
2010	Keith Summerfield (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)
2011	Keith Summerfield (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)
2012	Paul Lally (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)
2014	Paul Lally (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)
2015	Paul Lally (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)
2016	Paul Lally (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)	Viv Ward (Con)
2018	Paul Lally (Con)	Jonathan Coupe (Con)	Simon Thomas (Lab)
2019	Paul Lally (Con)	Shirley Procter (Lab)	Simon Thomas (Lab)
2021	Ged Carter (Lab)	Dolores O'Sullivan (Lab)	Simon Thomas (Lab)
2022	Ged Carter (Lab)	Dolores O'Sullivan (Lab)	Simon Thomas (Lab)
2023	Ged Carter (Lab)	Dolores O'Sullivan (Lab)	Simon Thomas (Lab)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ged Carter*	1,927	58.8%
	Labour	Dolores O'Sullivan*	1,750	53.4%
	Labour	Simon Thomas*	1,703	51.9%
	Conservative	Paul Lally	858	26.2%
	Conservative	Michelle McGrath	697	21.3%
	Conservative	Susan Taylor	688	21.0%
	Green	Katrin Cotter	412	12.7%
	Green	Timothy Woodward	345	10.5%
	Green	Alison Cavanagh	298	9.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Kinsella	187	5.7%
Majority
Rejected ballots			40	1.2%
Turnout			3,280	38.4%
Registered electors			8,532

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Simon Thomas*	2,152	59.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe	1,051	29.0
	Green	Katrin Cotter	285	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Campion	117	3.2
Majority			1,101	30.0
Registered electors			8,266
Turnout			3,622	43.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ged Carter	2,202	53.9	*N/A*
	Labour	Dolores O'Sullivan	1,900	46.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	Susan Taylor	1,293	31.6	N/A
	Conservative	Gary Towers	871	21.3	N/A
	Green	Katrin Cotter	399	9.8	N/A
	Green	Alison Cavanagh	280	6.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Kinsella	179	4.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Sutherland	110	2.7	N/A
	UKIP	Paul Swansborough	75	1.8	N/A
Majority			N/A
Rejected ballots			14
Registered electors			8,383
Turnout			4,089	48.8	N/A
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shirley Procter	2,203	58.4	1.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe*	915	24.2	9.3
	UKIP	James Cook	287	7.6	5.6
	Green	Tim Woodward	217	5.7	3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Sutherland	152	4.0	2.2
Majority			1,288	34.2	7.8
Registered electors			8,322
Turnout			3,774	45.51	9.49
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Thomas	2,732	59.9	+20.1
	Conservative	Viv Ward*	1,528	33.5	-7.9
	Green	Christine McLaughlin	125	2.7	-1.7
	UKIP	Andrew Beaumont	91	2.0	-9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Sutherland	84	1.8	-0.7
Majority			1,204	26.4	+24.7
Turnout			4,560	55.0	+5.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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Flixton
Flixton within Trafford
Population	10,828 ^[1]
Metropolitan borough	Trafford
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Stretford and Urmston
Councillors	Simon Thomas (Labour) Dolores O'Sullivan (Labour) Ged Carter (Labour)
List of places UK England

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Lally*	1,475	41.4	-4.7
	Labour	Simon Thomas	1,415	39.8	-3.5
	UKIP	Michael Bayley-Sanderson	422	11.9	+11.9
	Green	Christine McLaughlin	157	4.4	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Martin	90	2.5	-0.8
Majority			60	1.7	-1.1
Turnout			3,559	44.1	-28.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe*	2,753	46.1	+7.5
	Labour	Ged Carter	2,586	43.3	+5.8
	Green	Alison Cavanagh	440	7.4	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Harrison	197	3.3	+1.0
Majority			167	2.8	+1.7
Turnout			5,976	72.6	+28.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

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 Democrats	Kirsty Cullen	86	2.3	-0.6
Majority			39	1.1	-3.6
Turnout			3,699	45.6	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

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 Democrats	Richard Elliott	94	2.9	-1.2
Majority			151	4.7	-3.0
Turnout			3,199	39.5	-4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

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 Democrats	Richard Elliott	150	4.1	-11.4
Majority			281	7.7	+2.1
Turnout			3,661	43.8	-27.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Viv Ward*	2,541	43.2	-12.4
	Labour	Tom McDonald	2,214	37.6	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Summerfield*	1,785	55.6	+4.9
	Labour	Dolores O'Sullivan	890	27.7	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe*	1,652	50.7	-2.7
	Labour	Dolores O’Sullivan	1,054	32.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	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

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 Democrats	Alan Vernon	819	8.1
Turnout			10,068	48.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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

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 Democrats	A. Vernon	1,115	28.0	+4.8
Majority			387	9.7	-18.0
Turnout			3,978	53.7	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

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

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 Democrats	A. Vernon	571	15.8	-0.8
Majority			28	0.8	-3.1
Turnout			3,611	46.2	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. S. Jones	1,688	43.6	+12.5
	Conservative	M. P. Whetton	1,539	39.8	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. R. Seddon	1,989	42.3	-2.3
	Labour	J. Moore	1,625	34.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. W. Robinson	2,052	44.6	-0.5
	Labour	P. G. Dowland	1,289	28.0	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats		Swing

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	Alliance hold		Swing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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