Trafford Council elections

Trafford 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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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Natalie Shalom	1,521	46.5	10.0
	Green	Orla Weir	1,245	38.1	9.2
	Reform	Phil Holt	264	8.1	8.1
	Labour	Clare Sheridan	138	4.2	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Stack	101	3.1	0.5
Majority			276	8.4
Turnout			3,269
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kaushik Chakraborty	1,614	36.8	4.4
	Labour	Mahvish Masood	978	22.3	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Claire Bird	841	19.2	19.0
	Reform	Deborah Rhodes	723	16.5	11.2
	Green	Alexander Philip Young	204	4.7	1.9
	Independent	Stephen John Farndon	22	0.5	0.8
Majority			636	49.6
Registered electors			8,846
Turnout			4,389	49.6	2.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Cosby	794	62.0	0.8
	Conservative	Paul Lally	284	22.0	1.7
	Reform	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

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

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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

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

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

Flixton 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

Timperley By-Election 8 July 1982
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	%	±%
	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	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