St Martins (Trafford ward)

St. Martin's was an electoral ward of Trafford covering the western part of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale, Greater Manchester, including the Ashton Village.

The ward was abolished in 2004, and its area split between the new Ashton upon Mersey, Bucklow-St. Martin's and St. Mary's wards.

Electoral history

Its electoral history since 1973 is as follows:

2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Quayle*	2,148	51.2	−15.2
	Conservative	Colin Foster	1,461	34.8	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Elliott	584	13.9	+13.9
Majority			687	16.4	−16.4
Turnout			4,193	53.3	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Murkin*	2,737	66.4	+20.9
	Conservative	Dilriaz Butt	1,386	33.6	−11.4
Majority			1,351	32.8	+32.3
Turnout			4,123	49.8	+19.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Gray	1,153	45.5	−9.1
	Conservative	William Cole	1,140	45.0	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Elliott	241	9.5	+0.4
Majority			13	0.5	−17.8
Turnout			2,535	29.9	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Quayle*	1,208	54.6	−5.2
	Conservative	Myers	803	36.3	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dunn	200	9.1	+1.5
Majority			405	18.3	−9.0
Turnout			2,211	26.1	−2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. T. Murkin*	1,481	59.8	−2.5
	Conservative	P. A. Almond	805	32.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	T. J. P. Corbett	189	7.6	0
Majority			676	27.3	−5.0
Turnout			2,475	28.8	−6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. C. Harper	1,915	62.3	−2.5
	Conservative	M. O. Joyce	922	30.0	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	D. J. Kelly	235	7.6	+7.6
Majority			993	32.3	+2.7
Turnout			3,072	35.2	−4.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. A. Quayle*	2,225	64.8	+7.3
	Conservative	C. J. D. Browning	1,209	35.2	+3.1
Majority			1,016	29.6	+3.4
Turnout			3,434	39.2	−4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. T. Murkin*	2,232	57.5	+11.9
	Conservative	J. Nicholas	1,247	32.1	−15.4
	Liberal Democrats	T. J. P. Corbett	402	10.4	+3.4
Majority			1,016	26.2	+24.3
Turnout			3,881	43.6	+7.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Nicholas	1,564	47.5	+9.5
	Labour	K. Harper	1,502	45.6	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	T. J. P. Corbett	230	7.0	−3.2
Majority			62	1.9	−11.8
Turnout			3,296	36.6	−6.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. A. Quayle	2,032	51.7	−8.6
	Conservative	J. Tolhurst	1,493	38.0	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	T. J. P. Corbett	402	10.2	+10.2
Majority			539	13.7	−12.9
Turnout			3,927	42.8	−4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. T. Murkin*	2,613	60.3	+8.5
	Conservative	J. Tolhurst	1,460	33.7	−3.9
	Green	J. A. Bowden	260	6.0	+3.9
Majority			1,153	26.6	+12.3
Turnout			4,333	46.8	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing

1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. J. English	2,030	51.8	+7.6
	Conservative	R. Maley	1,471	37.6	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	T. J. P. Corbett	334	8.5	−7.7
	Green	J. A. Bowden	82	2.1	−0.2
Majority			559	14.3	+7.4
Turnout			3,917	41.3	−6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. H. Mountain*	1,994	44.2	−7.9
	Conservative	R. Maley	1,684	37.3	+4.5
	Liberal	T. J. P. Corbett	729	16.2	+1.0
	Green	J. Bowden	106	2.3	+2.3
Majority			310	6.9	−12.4
Turnout			4,513	47.7	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. T. Murkin	2,243	52.1	−0.5
	Conservative	M. E. King*	1,411	32.8	+1.3
	Liberal	T. J. P. Corbett	654	15.2	−0.7
Majority			832	19.3	−1.8
Turnout			4,308	45.2	+2.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. J. Hadley*	2,130	52.6	0
	Conservative	P. Bates	1,275	31.5	−2.2
	Liberal	S. Corbett	642	15.9	+2.2
Majority			855	21.1	+2.3
Turnout			4,047	42.7	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. H. Mountain	1,987	52.6	+16.5
	Conservative	S. G. Brownhill*	1,275	33.7	−9.5
	Alliance	E. P. M. Wollaston	516	13.7	−7.0
Majority			712	18.8	+11.8
Turnout			3,778	44.2	+0.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. E. King*	1,748	43.2	+3.7
	Labour	G. H. Mountain	1,464	36.1	−24.4
	SDP	R. C. Tweed	838	20.7	+20.7
Majority			284	7.0	−14.0
Turnout			4,050	43.3	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. J. Hadley	2,286	60.5	+31.7
	Conservative	T. Almond*	1,493	39.5	−7.8
Majority			793	21.0	+2.5
Turnout			3,779	41.7	−33.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Brownhill*	4,198	47.3	−15.6
	Labour	G. Woodburn	2,554	28.8	+7.6
	Liberal	G. C. Kinsey	2,127	24.0	+10.4
Majority			1,644	18.5	−23.2
Turnout			8,879	75.0	+39.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. E. King*	2,543	62.9	−3.9
	Labour	G. Woodburn	858	21.2	−12.0
	Liberal	G. C. Kinsey	550	13.6	+13.6
	Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain	J. E. Stitt	89	2.2	+2.2
Majority			1,685	41.7	+8.0
Turnout			4,040	35.3	−2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-Election 24 March 1977

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

1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. A. G. Morgan Evans*	2,778	66.8	−2.3
	Labour	G. T. Pollitt	1,378	33.2	+2.3
Majority			1,400	33.7	−4.4
Turnout			4,156	38.2	+7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. G. Brownhill*	2,276	69.1
	Labour	J. K. Morgan	1,020	30.9
Majority			1,256	38.1
Turnout			3,296	30.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-Election 18 July 1974

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

1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. E. King	2,178	50.5
	Labour	W. Munro	2,137	49.5
	Conservative	S. G. Brownhill	2,029
	Conservative	G. Rubenstein	1,832
	Labour	E. Mellor	1,800
	Labour	G. Naggs	1,770
Majority			197
Turnout			4,315	37.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

External links

• Trafford Council