Trafford Council
Trafford Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
| Leadership | |
Mayor | |
Chief executive | Sara Todd since 1 February 2019 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 63 councillors |
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Political groups |
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Joint committees | Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel |
Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post, third of council elected three years out of four | |
Last election | 2019 (one third of councillors) 2021 (one third of councillors) 2022 (one third of councillors) |
Next election | 2023 (one third of councillors) 2025 (one third of councillors) 2026 (one third of councillors) |
| Meeting place | |
| Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford | |
| Website | |
| trafford | |
Trafford Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England.a It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Trafford.
Parliamentary representation
Trafford is currently covered by three constituencies: Altrincham and Sale West (nine wards), Stretford and Urmston (nine wards) and Wythenshawe and Sale East (three wards).[3]
Wards and councillors
Each ward is represented by three councillors.[4]
1 Altrincham
2 Ashton on Mersey
3 Bowdon
4 Broadheath
5 Hale Barns
6 Hale Central
7 St Mary's
8 Timperley
9 Village
10 Bucklow St Martins
11 Clifford
12 Davyhulme East
13 Davyhulme West
14 Flixton
15 Gorse Hill
16 Longford
17 Stretford
18 Urmston
19 Brooklands
20 Priory
21 Sale Moor
| Parliamentary constituency | Ward | Councillor | Party | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham & Sale West constituency |
Altrincham | Daniel Jerrome | Green | 2022-26 | |
| Michael Welton | Green | 2019-23 | |||
| Geraldine Coggins | Green | 2021-25 | |||
| Ashton upon Mersey | Tony O'Brien | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Ben Hartley | Labour | 2019-23 | |||
| Shona Gilbert | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Bowdon | Shengke Zhi | Conservative | 2022-26 | ||
| Michael Whetton | Conservative | 2021-23 | |||
| Mussadak Mirza | Conservative | 2021-25 | |||
| Broadheath | Amy Whyte | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Serena Carr | Labour | 2019-23 | |||
| Denise Western | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Hale Barns | Dylan Butt | Conservative | 2022-26 | ||
| Dave Morgan | Conservative | 2019-23 | |||
| Patrick Myers | Conservative | 2021-25 | |||
| Hale Central | Jane Leicester | Green | 2022-26 | ||
| Patricia Young | Conservative | 2019-23 | |||
| Daniel Chalkin | Conservative | 2021-25 | |||
| St Mary's | Rob Duncan | Conservative | 2022-26 | ||
| Dan Bunting | Conservative | 2019-23 | |||
| John Holden | Conservative | 2021-25 | |||
| Timperley | Will Frass | Liberal Democrats | 2022-26 | ||
| Meena Minnis | Liberal Democrats | 2019-23 | |||
| Jane Brophy | Liberal Democrats | 2021-25 | |||
| Village | Shaun Ennis | Liberal Democrats | 2022-26 | ||
| Julian Newgrosh | Liberal Democrats | 2019-23 | |||
| Linda Blackburn | Conservative | 2021-25 | |||
| Stretford & Urmston constituency |
Bucklow-St. Martins | Adele New | Labour | 2022-26 | |
| Aidan Williams | Labour | 2019-23 | |||
| James Wright | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Clifford | Sophie Taylor | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Akilah Akinola | Labour | 2019-23 | |||
| Waseem Hassan | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Davyhulme East | Shirley Procter | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Barry Winstanley | Labour | 2019-23 | |||
| Jill Axford | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Davyhulme West | Graham Whitham | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Karina Carter | Labour | 2019-23 | |||
| Sue Maitland | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Flixton | Simon Thomas | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Dolores O'Sullivan | Labour | 2021-23 | |||
| Ged Carter | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Gorse Hill | David Acton | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Fianna Hornby | Labour | 2022-23 | |||
| Laurence Walsh | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Longford | David Jarman | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Judith Lloyd | Labour | 2021-23 | |||
| Sarah Haughey | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Stretford | Jane Slater | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Stephen Adshead | Labour | 2019-23 | |||
| Tom Ross | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Urmston | Kevin Procter | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Joanne Harding | Labour | 2019-23 | |||
| Catherine Hynes | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Wythenshawe & Sale East constituency |
Brooklands | Will Jones | Labour | 2022-26 | |
| Rose Thompson | Labour | 2019-23 | |||
| Chris Boyes | Conservative | 2021-25 | |||
| Priory | Louise Dagnall | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Andrew Western | Labour | 2019-23 | |||
| Barry Brotherton | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
| Sale Moor | Liz Patel | Labour | 2022-26 | ||
| Joanne Bennett | Labour | 2019-23 | |||
| Michael Freeman | Labour | 2021-25 | |||
Notes
- a The short name of Trafford Council is currently used by the authority for most purposes, however the longer names of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council and Trafford Borough Council are commonly used in relation to the council.
- b Delayed from 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- References to Note 1
- The Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) Order 2006, SI 2006/3096, art 5.
- "CONSTITUTION FOR EXECUTIVE GOVERNANCE" (PDF). Trafford Council. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- References to Note 2
- "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- "May's local and mayoral elections postponed for a year due to coronavirus". ITV News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
References
- ^ "Council minutes, 25 May 2022" (PDF). Trafford Council. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Council minutes, 23 May 2018" (PDF). Trafford Council. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Wards in Trafford". Trafford MBC. Government of the United Kingdom. May 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Your Councillors". Trafford MBC. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
