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2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

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63 of 63 seats
to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tom Ross Linda Blackburn Dan Jerrome
Party Labour Conservative Green
Leader's seat Stretford and Humphrey Park Village
(stood down)
Altrincham
Last election 15 seats,
45.1%
3 seats,
30.6%
2 seats,
13.5%
Seats before 41 13 4
Seats won 41 10 6
Seats after 41 10 6
Seat change Steady Decrease3 Increase 2
Popular vote 83,275 53,111 29,619
Percentage 44.6% 28.4% 15.8%
Swing Decrease0.5% Decrease2.2% Increase2.3%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Julian Newgrosh
Party Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Timperley Central
Last election 2 seats,
10.1%
Seats before 5
Seats won 6
Seats after 6
Seat change Increase 1
Popular vote 20,167
Percentage 10.8%
Swing Increase0.7%

Map of results of 2023 election

Leader of the Council before election

Tom Ross
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Tom Ross
Labour

The 2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, all 63 seats were contested.

Labour retained its majority on the council.[1][2]

Background

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The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Manchester was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[3] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[4]

Since its creation in 1974, the council has predominantly been controlled by the Conservative Party, with the Conservatives in power between 1973–85, 1988–94, and 2004–2018. The Labour Party was in control from 1996–2002, and from 2018 to the present. The rest of the time were periods of no overall control.[5]

In December 2022, the leader of the council Andrew Western was elected as Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston. Western stood down as council leader in January 2023, with Tom Ross subsequently being elected as leader.[6]

In June 2022, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England made The Trafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022, which officially abolished the existing 21 wards and created 21 new wards with different boundaries. Because of this change, all 63 seats on the council, three per ward, were contested.[7]

Electoral process

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The election took place using the plurality block voting system, a form of first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by three councillors. The candidate with the most votes in each ward will serve a four year term ending in 2027, the second-placed candidate will serve a three year term anding in 2026 and the third-placed candidate will serve a one year term ending in 2024.[7]

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Trafford aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Election result

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Party Votes Seats
Labour Party 83,275 (44.6%)
Decrease 0.6 41 (65.1%)
41 / 63
Steady
Conservative Party 53,111 (28.4%)
Decrease 2.2 10 (15.9%)
10 / 63
Decrease 3
Green Party 29,619 (15.8%)
Increase 2.3 6 (9.5%)
6 / 63
Increase 2
Liberal Democrats 20,167 (10.8%)
Increase 0.7 6 (9.5%)
6 / 63
Increase 1
Independent 401 (0.4%)
Decrease 0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Steady
Reform UK 281 (0.3%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
N/A
Britain First 153 (0.2%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
N/A
Women's Equality Party 107 (0.1%)
Decrease 0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Steady
41 6 6 10

Ward results

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  • Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.
  • Double asterisk denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election in another ward

Altrincham

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Altrincham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Geraldine Coggins* 1,980 61.5
Green Dan Jerrome* 1,947 60.4
Green Michael Welton* 1,896 58.8
Conservative Richard Bliss 704 21.8
Conservative Patrick Myers** 697 21.6
Conservative Kamy Achanta 664 20.6
Labour Charlie Mayer 410 12.7
Labour Ben Slater 364 11.3
Labour William Weston 321 10.0
Liberal Democrats Laura Brophy 155 4.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Hepburn 103 3.2
Liberal Democrats Margaret Kinsella 103 3.2
Majority
Rejected ballots 30 0.1
Turnout 3,222 41.8
Registered electors 7,709

Ashton upon Mersey

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Ashton upon Mersey (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shona Gilbert* 1,901 54.3
Labour Ben Hartley* 1,865 53.3
Labour Tony O'Brien* 1,710 48.9
Conservative Kay Dwyer 1,148 32.8
Conservative John Lamb 1,130 32.3
Conservative Amit Narang 959 27.4
Green Caroline Robertson-Brown 412 11.8
Green Nick Robertson-Brown 248 7.1
Green Richard Tyldesley 198 5.7
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Clarke 171 4.9
Liberal Democrats George Devine 171 4.9
Liberal Democrats David Kierman 119 3.4
Majority
Rejected ballots 9 0.3
Turnout 3,499 46.4
Registered electors 7,536

Bowdon

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Bowdon (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phil Eckersley 1,806 46.9
Conservative Shengke Zhi* 1,756 45.6
Conservative Michael Whetton* 1,741 45.2
Green Bridget Green 1,584 41.1
Green Kate Gilmartin 1,580 41.0
Green Gareth Twose 1,431 37.2
Labour Thomas Hague 350 9.1
Labour Kate Lamerton 347 9.0
Labour Josh Spindler 261 6.8
Liberal Democrats Harvey Davies 137 3.6
Liberal Democrats Mario Miniaci 110 2.9
Liberal Democrats Matthew Sellars 95 2.5
Majority
Rejected ballots 18 0.5
Turnout 3,851 45.9
Registered electors 8,396

Broadheath

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Broadheath (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denise Western* 1,695 43.2
Labour Amy Whyte* 1,674 42.7
Conservative Kaushik Chakraborty 1,585 40.4
Labour Ulrich Savary 1,566 39.9
Conservative Prakash Nathani 1,294 33.0
Conservative Russell Scharosch 1,207 30.8
Green Francesca Chandler 375 9.6
Green Marian Dodds 272 6.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Marritt 268 6.8
Green Alexander Young 268 6.8
Liberal Democrats Louise Bird 252 6.4
Independent John Farndon 192 4.9
Liberal Democrats James Miller 162 4.1
Britain First Donald Southworth 153 3.9
Majority
Rejected ballots 33 0.8
Turnout 3,921 44.7
Registered electors 8,771

Brooklands

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Brooklands (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Will Jones* 1,852 47.1
Labour Rose Thompson* 1,850 47.1
Labour Bilal Babar 1,749 44.5
Conservative Chris Boyes* 1,494 38.0
Conservative Dan Barker 1,459 37.1
Conservative Adrian Hart 1,370 34.9
Green Renate Aspden 393 10.0
Green Deborah Leftwich 382 9.7
Green Robert Cutforth 315 8.0
Liberal Democrats Pauline Cliff 301 7.7
Majority
Rejected ballots 15 0.4
Turnout 3,930 51.2
Registered electors 7,678

Bucklow St Martins

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Bucklow-St. Martins (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adele New* 1,163 65.4
Labour Aidan Williams* 916 51.5
Labour James Wright* 872 49.0
Conservative Eleanor Johnson 336 18.9
Conservative John Reilly 315 17.8
Conservative June Reilly 308 17.3
Green Wendy Olsen 178 10.0
Green Rodrigo Capucho Paulo 158 8.9
Green Matthew Westbrook 158 8.9
Liberal Democrats Simon Wright 99 5.6
Majority
Rejected ballots 45 2.5
Turnout 1,778 24.5

Davyhulme

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Davyhulme (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Maitland* 1,877 55.9
Labour Karina Carter* 1,874 55.8
Labour Barry Winstanley* 1,735 51.7
Conservative Jonathan Coupe 1,007 30.0
Conservative Tracey Haworth 868 25.9
Conservative Alan Mitchell 788 23.5
Green Bill Bartley 382 11.4
Green Kevin Chatterton 216 6.4
Green Joe Westbrook 212 6.3
Liberal Democrats Ged Zuk 155 4.6
Reform UK Paul Swansborough 137 4.1
Majority
Rejected ballots 20 0.6
Turnout 3,357 38.1
Registered electors 8,813

Flixton

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Flixton (3)
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

Gorse Hill & Cornbrook

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Gorse Hill & Cornbrook (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Acton* 1,582 70.4
Labour Fianna Hornby* 1,506 70.0
Labour Laurence Walsh* 1,430 63.6
Green Laura Clitheroe 288 12.8
Green Jennie Wadsworth 248 11.0
Conservative Stanley John 253 11.3
Conservative Eric May 232 10.3
Conservative Shaji Sabastian 184 8.2
Green Daniel Wadsworth 169 7.5
Independent Hazel Gibb 151 6.7
Liberal Democrats John Reyes 98 4.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew McGuiness 79 3.5
Majority
Rejected ballots 15 0.7
Turnout 2,248 27.2
Registered electors 8,266

Hale

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Hale (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jane Leicester* 1,798 51.1
Green Hannah Spencer 1,521 43.2
Green Owain Sutton 1,458 41.4
Conservative Daniel Chalkin* 1,329 37.8
Conservative Sue Carroll 1,309 37.2
Conservative Anand Chinthala 1,188 33.8
Labour Michael Jarkowski 366 10.4
Labour Chris Millson 349 9.9
Labour Mark Nesbitt 312 8.9
Liberal Democrats Maggie Boysen 207 5.9
Liberal Democrats Donald McIntosh 146 4.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Pollard 124 3.5
Majority
Rejected ballots 54 1.5
Turnout 3,518 45.6
Registered electors 7,707

Hale Barns & Timperley South

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Hale Barns & Timperley South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dylan Butt* 1,511 49.7
Conservative Nathan Evans 1,470 48.4
Conservative Michael Taylor 1,359 44.8
Liberal Democrats Anna Fryer 942 31.0
Liberal Democrats Marc Ramsbottom 866 28.5
Liberal Democrats Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver 794 26.1
Labour Barbara Twiney 418 13.8
Labour Anne-Marie Holmes 412 13.6
Labour Jim Larkin 362 11.9
Green David Schorah 210 6.9
Green Stephen Brunt 175 5.8
Green John Ross 142 4.7
Majority
Rejected ballots 27 0.9
Turnout 3,039 40.4
Registered electors 7,521

Longford

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Longford (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Haughey* 1,971 70.3
Labour Judith Lloyd* 1,768 63.1
Labour David Jarman* 1,734 61.9
Green Margaret Westbrook 488 17.4
Green Matthew Kaufman 337 12.0
Green Sanjal Patel 322 11.5
Conservative David Booth 317 11.3
Conservative Sandhya Paul 258 9.2
Conservative Limna Lijo 252 9.0
Liberal Democrats Dawn Carberry-Power 169 6.0
Majority
Rejected ballots 45 1.6
Turnout 2,802 36.1
Registered electors 7,755

Lostock & Barton

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Lostock & Barton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jill Axford* 1,569 59.6
Labour Mike Cordingley 1,524 57.9
Labour Shirley Proctor* 1,430 54.3
Conservative Stuart Donnelly 569 21.6
Conservative Shony Thomas 500 19.0
Conservative Anjumol Stany 461 17.5
Green Steve Bowater 305 11.6
Green Robert French 203 7.7
Green Martin Skelton 188 7.1
Reform UK Steve Dillon 144 5.5
Liberal Democrats James Marshall 140 5.3
Majority
Rejected ballots 15 0.6
Turnout 2,632 32.5
Registered electors 8,094

Manor

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Manor (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rob Duncan* 1,507 47.6
Conservative John Holden* 1,450 45.8
Conservative Rupali Paul 1,294 40.9
Labour Frances Cosby 1,195 37.8
Labour Sally Hirst 1,141 36.1
Labour Steve Little 1,107 35.0
Green James McGlashan 254 8.0
Green Joy Baggaley 229 7.2
Green Diane Plunkett 191 6.0
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Cullen 170 5.4
Liberal Democrats Gwenda Nolte 144 4.6
Liberal Democrats John Peaker 114 3.6
Women's Equality Sharon Richards 107 3.4
Majority
Rejected ballots 122 3.9
Turnout 3,164 37.8
Registered electors 8,370

Old Trafford

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Old Trafford (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Waseem Hassan* 2,235 75.6
Labour Emma Hirst 2,118 71.7
Labour Sophie Taylor* 1,973 66.8
Green Jess Mayo 413 14.0
Green Anja Moncrieff 405 13.7
Green Rob Raikes 270 9.1
Conservative Diane Coupe 141 4.8
Conservative Anne Hooley 115 4.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hick 94 3.2
Conservative Chacko Luke 90 3.0
Majority
Rejected ballots 29 1.0
Turnout 2,955 35.4
Registered electors 8,341

Sale Central

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Sale Central (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Brotherton* 1,974 62.6
Labour Eve Parker 1,812 57.5
Labour Zak Deakin 1,656 52.6
Conservative Mark Bancks 674 21.4
Conservative Gareth Parker 624 19.8
Conservative Ash Nichanametla 598 19.0
Green Dave Turner 454 14.4
Green Jem Green 438 13.9
Green Tom Stewart 302 9.9
Liberal Democrats Joe Kramer 283 9.0
Majority
Rejected ballots 48 1.5
Turnout 3,151 42.1
Registered electors 7,491

Sale Moor

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Sale Moor (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joanne Bennett* 1,737 56.7
Labour Liz Patel* 1,682 54.9
Labour Olly Baskerville 1,662 54.2
Conservative Daniel Bell 726 23.7
Conservative Christopher Halliday 689 22.5
Conservative John Morten 596 19.4
Green Chris Hargreaves 386 12.6
Green Samuel Hession 285 9.3
Green Steve Leicester 246 8.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Campion 242 7.9
Majority
Rejected ballots 33 1.1
Turnout 3,066 37.6
Registered electors 8,165

Stretford & Humphrey Park

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Stretford & Humphrey Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Adshead* 1,962 63.7
Labour Jane Slater* 1,880 61.1
Labour Tom Ross* 1,851 60.1
Conservative Colin Hooley 512 16.6
Conservative Stany Emmanuel 482 15.7
Green Liz O'Neill 464 15.1
Conservative Jerkin Thomas 437 14.2
Green Hayley James 330 10.7
Green Joe Ryan 287 9.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Power 166 5.4
Majority
Rejected ballots 48 1.6
Turnout 3,078 35.7
Registered electors 8,623

Timperley Central

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Timperley Central (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Shaun Ennis* 1,976 54.0
Liberal Democrats Julian Newgrosh* 1,887 51.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Lepori 1,874 51.2
Conservative Lisa Hancock 923 25.2
Conservative Natalie Alexander 899 24.6
Conservative Rupert Kelly 868 23.7
Labour Malcolm Clarke 499 13.7
Labour Kantappa Gajanan 464 12.7
Labour Marc Renshaw 461 12.6
Green Claire Byron 247 6.8
Green Michael Byron 179 5.0
Green Killian O'Brien 155 4.2
Majority
Rejected ballots 15 0.4
Turnout 3,658 43.5
Registered electors 8,409

Timperley North

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Timperley North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jane Brophy* 2,437 60.2
Liberal Democrats Will Frass* 2,211 54.6
Liberal Democrats Meena Minnis* 2,189 54.1
Conservative John Brodie 843 20.8
Conservative Constantine Biller 799 19.7
Conservative Bheem Pulla 690 17.0
Labour Rachel Fell 650 16.1
Labour Peter Heatley 565 14.0
Labour Adam Legg 510 12.6
Green Rose De La Font 291 7.2
Green Julia Harrison 221 5.7
Green Aagash Vadera 202 5.0
Independent Hugh Cooper 58 1.4
Majority
Rejected ballots 48 1.2
Turnout 4,047 46.8
Registered electors 8,646

Urmston

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Urmston (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joanne Harding* 2,044 62.9
Labour Catherine Hynes* 1,889 57.2
Labour Kevin Procter* 1,743 52.8
Conservative Christine Mitchell 770 23.3
Conservative Lijo John 685 20.8
Conservative Julius Sulle 628 19.0
Green Kate Westbrook 478 14.5
Green Steven Tennant-Smythe 301 9.1
Green Luciya Whyte 298 9.0
Liberal Democrats John Franklin-Johnston 227 6.9
Majority
Rejected ballots 39 1.2
Turnout 3,300 38.8
Registered electors 8,507

By-elections between 2023 and 2024

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Bucklow St Martins: 2 November 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frances Cosby 794 62.2 –3.3
Conservative Paul Lally 284 22.3 +3.4
Reform UK Paul Swansborough 82 6.4 N/A
Green Rodrigo Capucho Paulo 80 6.3 –3.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew Sellars 36 2.8 –2.8
Majority 510 39.9
Turnout 1,280 17.5
Registered electors 7,325
Labour hold Swing Decrease3.4

References

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  1. ^ Jackson, Nick (6 May 2023). "Trafford local council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Trafford election result". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  4. ^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Trafford local elections 2007". BBC Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. ^ Tooth, Jack (5 January 2023). "New Trafford Council leader confirmed as Tom Ross". Messenger. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b "The Trafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.