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Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Trafford Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.^[1] ^[2]

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By-elections in the 1980s

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Party in control		Years
	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	2004–2018
	No overall control	2018–2019
	Labour	2019–present

Councillor		From	To
Raymond Littler	Conservative	1 April 1974	22 May 1974
Frank Eadie	Conservative	22 May 1974	1975
Michael King	Conservative	1975	1976
Colin Warbrick	Conservative	1976	1977
Michael King	Conservative	1977	1978
Jonathan Taylor	Conservative	1978	1982
Michael King	Conservative	1982	1985
Colin Warbrick	Conservative	1985	1986
Barry Brotherton	Labour	1986	1988
Colin Warbrick	Conservative	1988	1993
Frank Eadie	Conservative	1993	1995
Beverley Hughes	Labour	1995	1997
David Acton	Labour	1997	2004
Susan Williams	Conservative	2004	19 May 2009
Matthew Colledge	Conservative	19 May 2009	13 Mar 2014
Sean Anstee	Conservative	13 Mar 2014	23 May 2018
Andrew Western	Labour	23 May 2018	4 Jan 2023
Tom Ross	Labour	4 Jan 2023

Party		Seats	+/-
	Labour	41
	Conservative	10
	Liberal Democrat	6
	Green	6

Code	Ward name	Localities covered (approximate)	Population	Ref.
00BUFY	Altrincham	Altrincham	11,873	^[7]
00BUFZ	Ashton upon Mersey	Sale	9,726	^[7]
00BUGA	Bowdon	Altrincham, Bowdon, Dunham Massey, Dunham Town and Warburton	9,284	^[7]
00BUGB	Broadheath	Broadheath, Sale and Timperley	13,069	^[7]
00BUGC	Brooklands	Brooklands and Sale	10,572	^[7]
00BUGD	Bucklow-St. Martins	Carrington, Partington and Sale	10,540	^[7]
00BUGE	Clifford	Old Trafford	12,003	^[7]
00BUGF	Davyhulme East	Davyhulme, Dumplington and Urmston	9,680	^[7]
00BUGG	Davyhulme West	Davyhulme and Flixton	10,006	^[7]
00BUGH	Flixton	Flixton	10,828	^[7]
00BUGJ	Gorse Hill	Stretford and Trafford Park	12,171	^[7]
00BUGK	Hale Barns	Hale, Hale Barns and Timperley	9,812	^[7]
00BUGL	Hale Central	Altrincham and Hale	10,543	^[7]
00BUGM	Longford	Firswood, Old Trafford, and Stretford	12,163	^[7]
00BUGN	Priory	Sale	10,917	^[7]
00BUGP	Sale Moor	Sale	10,508	^[7]
00BUGQ	St. Mary's	Sale	11,795	^[7]
00BUGR	Stretford	Stretford	11,318	^[7]
00BUGS	Timperley	Brooklands and Timperley	11,201	^[7]
00BUGT	Urmston	Flixton and Urmston	11,271	^[7]
00BUGU	Village	Brooklands and Timperley	10,899	^[7]
00BU	Trafford	All	230,179	^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Cosby	794	62.0	0.8
	Conservative	Paul Lally	284	22.0	1.7
	Reform UK	Paul Swansborough	82	6.4	N/A
	Green	Rodrigo Capucho Paulo	80	6.2	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Sellars	36	2.8	3.5
Majority			510	39.8
Registered electors			7,325
Turnout			1,280	17.5	7.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Trafford_local_elections

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Political control

Leadership

Composition

Wards

Council elections

By-election results

By-elections in the 2020s

By-elections in the 2010s

By-elections in the 2000s

By-elections in the 1990s

By-elections in the 1980s

By-elections in the 1970s

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aidan Williams	1,050	64.7	+26.3
	Conservative	Sarah Marland	456	28.1	+11.0
	UKIP	Andrew Beaumont	65	4.0	-9.3
	Green	Joe Ryan	33	2.0	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Lepori	18	1.1	-1.8
Majority			594	35.7	+21.1
Turnout			1,662	22.0	-10.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amy Marie Whyte	2,086	46.0	-1.2
	Conservative	Dave Morgan	1,778	40.9	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Alexander Latham	271	6.2	+1.1
	UKIP	Mike Bayley-Sanderson	91	2.1
	Green	Joe Ryan	80	1.8	-2.0
	Independent	Stephen John Farndon	36	0.8	-1.8
Majority			308	7.1	+1.2
Turnout			4342	44.3	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Boyle	1,377	44.5	-1.8
	Conservative	Brenda Houraghan	1,258	40.6	+1.8
	UKIP	Ron George	234	7.5	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Will Jones	150	4.8	+0.4
	Green	Joe Ryan	67	2.2	-2.1
Majority			119	3.8	-3.6
Turnout			3,097	30.3	-8.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Hooley	1,070	52.2	-3.4
	Labour	Bill Clarke	757	36.9	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Vernon	222	10.8	-4.8
Majority			313	15.3	-13.5
Turnout			2,049	27.2	-21.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Bullman	1,152	51.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. E. Garlick	1,656	48.0	+2.2
	Conservative	H. Walker*	1,654	47.9	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. C. Harney	2,582	59.6	-11.2
	Labour	H. F. Busteed	674	15.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	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

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

Mersey St. Marys By-Election 22 January 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. G. Brownhill	1,610	56.7	+5.0
	SDP	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

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

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
	SDP	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Acton	1,321	44.7	+5.4
	Conservative	E. May	871	29.5	-14.5
	SDP	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

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	%	±%
	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

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

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	%	±%
	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

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

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

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

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

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

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 gain from Labour		Swing