1994 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Elections to Trafford Council were held on 5 May 1994. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1998. The Conservative party retained overall control of the council.[1]
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 28,764 (38.1%) | ![]() |
8 (42.9%) | 8 / 21
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35 (55.6%) | 35 / 63
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Labour Party | 30,896 (41.0%) | ![]() |
11 (52.4%) | 11 / 21
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23 (36.5%) | 23 / 63
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Liberal Democrats | 15,648 (20.7%) | ![]() |
2 (9.5%) | 2 / 21
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5 (7.9%) | 5 / 63
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Green Party | 134 (0.2%) | ![]() |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 21
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63
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23 | 5 | 35 |
Ward results
[edit]Altrincham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. A. Mrozinski | 1,642 | 43.5 | −14.7 | |
Labour | J. Torpey | 1,573 | 41.6 | +13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | K. Clarke | 564 | 14.9 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 69 | 1.8 | −27.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,779 | 43.4 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bowdon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. C. Harney* | 2,018 | 52.1 | −21.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | N. S. Harrison | 1,046 | 27.0 | +12.0 | |
Labour | H. F. Busteed | 809 | 20.9 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 972 | 25.1 | −33.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,873 | 41.4 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broadheath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. E. Baugh* | 2,068 | 49.1 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | L. Leggett | 1,522 | 36.1 | −18.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. C. Lynch | 623 | 14.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 546 | 13.0 | −9.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,213 | 47.0 | +6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Brooklands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Barber | 1,736 | 48.4 | −20.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Rhodes | 1,095 | 30.5 | +14.2 | |
Labour | T. G. Crewe | 754 | 21.0 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 641 | 17.9 | −33.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,585 | 45.3 | −6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bucklow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. M. Batty | 1,368 | 55.2 | −13.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | F. Holland* | 1,111 | 44.8 | +13.7 | |
Majority | 257 | 10.4 | −27.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,479 | 39.0 | +10.0 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Clifford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. W. Mitchell | 1,879 | 76.8 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | J. M. Ansari | 434 | 17.7 | −14.5 | |
Green | D. W. Alexander | 134 | 5.5 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 1,445 | 59.1 | +29.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,447 | 31.1 | +4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Davyhulme East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. R. Eadie | 1,888 | 52.5 | −14.2 | |
Labour | S. Hesford | 1,401 | 39.0 | +11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | F. A. Cameron | 305 | 8.5 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 487 | 13.6 | −26.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,594 | 48.5 | +7.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Davyhulme West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Bates* | 1,653 | 45.7 | −10.9 | |
Labour | A. Stringer | 1,578 | 43.6 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. M. Browne | 388 | 10.7 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 75 | 2.1 | −16.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,619 | 45.9 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Flixton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. R. Seddon* | 1,625 | 40.8 | −11.4 | |
Labour | J. D. Chapman-Barker | 1,238 | 31.1 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Vernon | 1,115 | 28.0 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 387 | 9.7 | −18.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,978 | 53.7 | +5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Lucas | 2,015 | 51.0 | −18.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. S. Fink | 1,528 | 38.7 | +15.6 | |
Labour | R. E. Lucas | 409 | 10.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 487 | 12.3 | −34.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,952 | 46.2 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Longford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. P. Hagan* | 1,779 | 56.1 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | E. J. Kelson | 1,137 | 35.9 | −17.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. R. Walmsley | 253 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 642 | 20.3 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,169 | 42.9 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Mersey-St. Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | B. D. Rigby | 2,193 | 49.0 | −20.6 | |
Labour | A. Guttridge | 1,303 | 29.1 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. M. Elliott | 975 | 21.8 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 890 | 19.9 | −30.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,471 | 47.4 | +5.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. R. Haydock* | 1,415 | 58.8 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | C. H. Davenport | 772 | 32.1 | −14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. O. Bowater | 218 | 9.1 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 643 | 26.7 | +25.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,405 | 40.6 | +6.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Priory
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. Brotherton | 1,454 | 37.3 | +11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Smith | 1,267 | 32.5 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | R. C. Heads | 1,181 | 30.3 | −13.3 | |
Majority | 187 | 4.8 | −8.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,902 | 50.4 | +3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sale Moor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Gratrix* | 1,697 | 46.2 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | C. J. J. Lynch | 1,403 | 38.2 | −5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. E. Clarke | 572 | 15.6 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 294 | 8.0 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,672 | 48.0 | +5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Martin's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Stretford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. A. Adshead* | 2,105 | 58.0 | +15.3 | |
Conservative | J. T. Kelly | 1,207 | 33.3 | −19.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. M. Walmsley | 316 | 8.7 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 898 | 24.8 | +14.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,628 | 46.6 | −1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Talbot
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. J. Hughes* | 1,779 | 77.6 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | C. J. Levenston | 515 | 22.4 | −10.9 | |
Majority | 1,264 | 55.1 | +25.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,294 | 35.4 | +6.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Timperley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | D. C. R. Horstead | 1,684 | 40.0 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | P. A. Dixon* | 1,610 | 38.3 | −17.6 | |
Labour | A. D. McNee | 912 | 21.7 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 74 | 1.8 | −27.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,206 | 48.3 | +6.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Urmston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Acton* | 2,244 | 60.6 | +20.2 | |
Conservative | A. Smith | 1,461 | 39.4 | −16.3 | |
Majority | 783 | 21.1 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,705 | 49.8 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Village
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | J. E. Brophy | 2,186 | 47.6 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | A. Bowker* | 1,505 | 32.8 | +0.6 | |
Labour | S. N. Humby | 899 | 19.6 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 681 | 14.8 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,590 | 49.5 | +1.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "LOCAL ELECTIONS: Election results". The Guardian. 7 May 1994.