Bowdon (ward)
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2019}}
{{one source|date=July 2011}}
{{infobox UK place
| official_name = Bowdon
| static_image_name = image:Bowdon (Trafford Council Ward).png
| static_image_caption = Bowdon within Trafford
| metropolitan_borough = Trafford
| metropolitan_county = Greater Manchester
| shire_district =
| lieutenancy_england =
| region = North West
| country = England
| constituency_westminster = Altrincham and Sale West|
| councillor1 = Shengke Zhi
| party1 = Conservative
| councillor2 = Lisa Hancock
| party2 = Conservative
| councillor3 = Phil Eckersley
| party3 = Conservative
| population = 9,284
| area_total_km2 =
| area_footnotes =
| hide_services = yes
}}
Bowdon is an electoral ward of Trafford covering the Bowdon, Dunham Town and Dunham Massey areas of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, and the village of Warburton, Lymm.
Councillors
As of 2022, the councillors are Shengke Zhi (Conservative),{{cite news|last=Prior |first=David |title=Local Election results 2022: Trafford Conservatives leader loses Timperley seat as Lib Dems and Greens make gains |url=https://altrincham.todaynews.co.uk/2022/05/06/news/council/local-election-results-2022-trafford-conservatives-leader-loses-timperley-seat-as-lib-dems-and-greens-make-gains/ |date=6 May 2022 |work=Altrincham Today|access-date=7 May 2022}} Lisa Hancock (Conservative),{{Cite web|date=16 May 2016|title=Councillor details - Councillor Michael Whetton|url=https://democratic.trafford.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=6304|access-date=16 May 2016|website=democratic.trafford.gov.uk|language=en}} and Phil Eckersley (Conservative).{{Cite web|date=16 May 2016|title=Councillor details - Councillor Mussadak Mirza|url=https://democratic.trafford.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=6303|access-date=16 May 2016|website=democratic.trafford.gov.uk|language=en}}
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| Election | colspan="2" |Councillor | colspan="2" |Councillor | colspan="2" |Councillor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Barbara Hall (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | J. Humphreys (Con) | |||
| 1975
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Barbara Hall (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | J. Humphreys (Con) | |||
| 1976
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Barbara Hall (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Humphreys (Con) | |||
| 1978
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Barbara Hall (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Humphreys (Con) | |||
| 1979
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Barbara Hall (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | J. Humphreys (Con) | |||
| 1980
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Barbara Hall (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Humphreys (Con) | |||
| 1982
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Barbara Hall (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Humphreys (Con) | |||
| 1983
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Barbara Hall (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Geoff Barker (Con) | |||
| 1984
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Barbara Hall (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Geoff Barker (Con) | |||
| 1986
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Barbara Hall (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Geoff Barker (Con) | |||
| 1987
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Barbara Hall (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Geoff Barker (Con) | |||
| 1988
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | J. Gill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Geoff Barker (Con) | |||
| Jun 1989
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| Marie Harney (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | David Merrell (Con) |style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | Geoff Barker (Con) | |||
| 1990
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Marie Harney (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#FF8C00" | Stephanie Poole (Con) | |||
| 1991
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Marie Harney (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Stephanie Poole (Con) | |||
| 1992
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Marie Harney (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Stephanie Poole (Con) | |||
| 1994
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Marie Harney (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Stephanie Poole (Con) | |||
| 1995
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Marie Harney (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Stephanie Poole (Con) | |||
| 1996
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Marie Harney (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Stephanie Poole (Con) | |||
| 1998
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Marie Harney (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Stephanie Poole (Con) | |||
| 1999
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Marie Harney (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Stephanie Poole (Con) | |||
| 2000
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Marie Harney (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Stephanie Poole (Con) | |||
| 2002
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Marie Harney (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Stephanie Poole (Con) | |||
| 2003
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Marie Harney (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Stephanie Poole (Con) | |||
| 2004
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Stephanie Poole (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Paula Pearson (Con) | |||
| 2006
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Stephanie Poole (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Paula Pearson (Con) | |||
| 2007
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Merrell (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Stephanie Poole (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Paula Pearson (Con) | |||
| 2008
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Sean Anstee (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Stephanie Poole (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Paula Pearson (Con) | |||
| 2010
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Sean Anstee (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#FF8C00" | Michael Hyman (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Karen Barclay (Con) | |||
| 2011
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Sean Anstee (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Michael Hyman (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Karen Barclay (Con) | |||
| 2012
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Sean Anstee (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Michael Hyman (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Karen Barclay (Con) | |||
| 2014
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Sean Anstee (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Michael Hyman (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Karen Barclay (Con) | |||
| 2015
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Sean Anstee (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Michael Hyman (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Karen Barclay (Con) | |||
| 2016
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Sean Anstee (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Michael Hyman (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Karen Barclay (Con) | |||
| 2018
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Sean Anstee (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Michael Hyman (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Karen Barclay (Con) | |||
| 2019
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Sean Anstee (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Claire Churchill (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Karen Barclay (Con) | |||
| 2021
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Mussadak Mirza (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#FF8C00" | Michael Whetton (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Karen Barclay (Con) | |||
| 2022
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mussadak Mirza (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Michael Whetton (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Shengke Zhi (Con) | |||
| 2023
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Phil Eckersley (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Shengke Zhi (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Michael Whetton (Con) | |||
| 2024
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Phil Eckersley (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Shengke Zhi (Con) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | bgcolor="#99CCFF" | Lisa Hancock (Con) |
{{Color box|#99CCFF|border=darkgray}} indicates seat up for re-election.
{{Color box|#FF8C00|border=darkgray}} indicates seat up for election following resignation of sitting councillor.
Elections in the 2020s
=May 2024=
{{Election box begin | title=2024}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lisa Hancock
|votes = 1,719
|percentage = 42.9
|change = -4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Bridget Green
|votes = 1,698
|percentage = 42.4
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kate Lamerton
|votes = 322
|percentage = 8.0
|change = -1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Reform UK
| candidate = Paul Swansborough
| votes = 174
| percentage = 4.3
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ludo Tolhust-Cleaver
|votes = 82
|percentage = 2.0
|change = -1.6
}}
{{Election box majority|votes= 21|percentage= 0.5|change= -3.6}}
{{Election box rejected||votes= 11|percentage= 0.3|change= -0.2}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 4,006|percentage= 47.9|change= +2.0}}
{{Election box registered electors||reg. electors= 8,361}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing = -2.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May 2023=
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Phil Eckersley
| votes = 1,806
| percentage = 46.9%
| change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Shengke Zhi*
| votes = 1,756
| percentage = 45.6%
| change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Michael Whetton*
| votes = 1,741
| percentage = 45.2%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Green Party of England and Wales
| candidate = Bridget Green
| votes = 1,584
| percentage = 41.1%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Green Party of England and Wales
| candidate = Kate Gilmartin
| votes = 1,580
| percentage = 41.0%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Green Party of England and Wales
| candidate = Gareth Twose
| votes = 1,431
| percentage = 37.2%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Thomas Hague
| votes = 350
| percentage = 9.1%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Kate Lamerton
| votes = 347
| percentage = 9.0%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Josh Spindler
| votes = 261
| percentage = 6.8%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate = Harvey Davies
| votes = 137
| percentage = 3.6%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate = Mario Miniaci
| votes = 110
| percentage = 2.9%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate = Matthew Sellars
| votes = 95
| percentage = 2.5%
| change =
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{{Election box majority
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes= 18
|percentage= 0.5%
|change=
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes= 3,851
|percentage= 45.9%
|change=
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{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors= 8,396
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2022 =
{{Election box begin | title=2022{{cite news|last=Tooth |first=Jack |title=LIVE: Trafford Council election results for 2022 |url=https://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/20119044.live-trafford-council-election-results-2022/ |work=Messenger Newspapers|access-date=6 May 2022}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Shengke Zhi
|votes = 1,628
|percentage = 51.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Gareth Twose
|votes = 826
|percentage = 26.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Hague
|votes = 450
|percentage = 14.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver
|votes = 221
|percentage = 7.0
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 802
|percentage = 25.6
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 7274
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3136
|percentage = 43.1
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= May 2021 =
{{Election box begin | title=2021{{Cite web|title=2021 Local election results|url=https://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/elections/2021/local-election-results.aspx|access-date=2021-05-16|website=www.trafford.gov.uk}}Claire Churchill, elected in 2019, resigned from their seat, creating a second vacancy.
Turnout compared to 2016, and changes unavailable due to nature of the election.}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mussadak Mirza|votes=1,814|percentage=53.4|change=N/A}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michael Whetton|votes=1,763|percentage=51.9|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Bridget Green|votes=684|percentage=20.1|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Thomas Hague|votes=672|percentage=19.8|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Charles Mayer|votes=471|percentage=13.9|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Martin Skelton|votes=331|percentage=9.7|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver|votes=226|percentage=6.7|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Mario Miniaci|votes=216|percentage=6.4|change=N/A}}
{{Election box majority||votes=N/A|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=36}}{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors =7,316
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{{Election box turnout||votes=3,396|percentage=46.4|change={{increase}}5.1}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=N/A}}{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=N/A}}
{{Election box end}}
Elections in the 2010s
=May 2019=
{{Election box begin | title=2019{{cite news | last = Staff writer | title = Local Election 2019 Results | archive-url = https://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/elections/Local-Election-2019-Results.aspx | archive-date = 3 May 2019 | url = https://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/elections/Local-Election-2019-Results.aspxx | publisher = Government of the United Kingdom | work = Trafford MBC | date = 3 May 2019 | access-date = 5 May 2019}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Claire Churchill
|votes = 1,727
|percentage = 59.5
|change = {{decrease}}8.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver|votes=411|percentage=14.0|change={{increase}}2.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Deborah Leftwich|votes=411|percentage=14.0|change={{increase}}8.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Thomas Hague|votes=351|percentage=12.2|change={{decrease}}1.4}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,316|percentage=45.4|change={{decrease}}9.5}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 7,171
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,929|percentage=40.4|change={{decrease}}2.1}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= May 2018 =
{{Election box begin | title=2018{{cite news | last = Staff writer | title = Local Election 2018 Results | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180505135722/http://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/elections/Local-Election-2018-Results.aspx | archive-date = 5 May 2018 | url = http://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/elections/Local-Election-2018-Results.aspx | publisher = Government of the United Kingdom | work = Trafford MBC | date = 4 May 2018 | access-date = 5 May 2018}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Karen Barclay*
|votes = 2,130
|percentage = 68.4
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Waseem Hassan
|votes = 422
|percentage = 13.5
|change = -1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver
|votes = 356
|percentage = 11.4
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Nigel Hennerley
|votes = 169
|percentage = 5.4
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Jim Cook
|votes = 39
|percentage = 1.3
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,708
|percentage = 54.8
|change = -0.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,116
|percentage = 42.5
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2016 =
{{Election box begin | title=2016}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sean Anstee*
|votes = 2,090
|percentage = 71.0
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Charles Mayer|votes=452|percentage=15.3|change=+0.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Kirstie Davidson|votes=235|percentage=8.0|change=+0.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Daniel Wadsworth|votes=168|percentage=5.7|change=-1.9}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,638|percentage=55.6|change=-0.2}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,947|percentage=41.3|change=-30.7}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2015 =
{{Election box begin | title=2015}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Hyman*
|votes = 3,700
|percentage = 70.6
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom Hague
|votes = 773
|percentage = 14.7
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Nicholas Davies
|votes = 398
|percentage = 7.6
|change = -1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Hogg
|votes = 370
|percentage = 7.1
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,927
|percentage = 55.8
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,241
|percentage = 72.0
|change = +23.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2014 =
{{Election box begin | title=2014}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Karen Barclay*
|votes = 2,042
|percentage = 69.5
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Hague
|votes = 428
|percentage = 11.2
|change = -4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Bridget Green
|votes = 273
|percentage = 9.3
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kirstie Davidson
|votes = 197
|percentage = 6.7
|change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1614
|percentage = 54.8
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2940
|percentage = 40.4
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2012 =
{{Election box begin | title=2012}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sean Anstee*
|votes = 1,885
|percentage = 68.3
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Thomas Hague|votes=432|percentage=15.6|change=+0.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Bridget Green|votes=257|percentage=9.3|change=+2.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Kirstie Davidson|votes=187|percentage=6.8|change=-0.1}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,453|percentage=52.6|change=-2.8}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,761|percentage=38.8|change=-9.8}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2011 =
{{Election box begin | title=2011}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Hyman*
|votes = 2,497
|percentage = 70.7
|change = +5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Hague
|votes = 541
|percentage = 15.3
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Bridget Green
|votes = 251
|percentage = 7.1
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kirstie Davidson
|votes = 242
|percentage = 6.9
|change = -9.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,956
|percentage = 55.4
|change = +12.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,531
|percentage = 48.6
|change = -21.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2010 =
{{Election box begin | title=2010 (2 vacancies)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Karen Barclay
|votes = 3,304
|percentage = 34.2
|change = -5.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Hyman
|votes = 3,000
|percentage = 31.1
|change = -11.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Stuart Carter
|votes = 924
|percentage = 9.6
|change = +7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Eisen
|votes = 682
|percentage = 7.1
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Hague
|votes = 592
|percentage = 6.1
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Graham Crean
|votes = 566
|percentage = 5.9
|change = -2.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Bridget Green
|votes = 329
|percentage = 3.4
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Rosemary Graham
|votes = 261
|percentage = 2.7
|change = -1.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,076
|percentage = 43.0
|change = -19.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,658
|percentage = 70.4
|change = +30.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Elections in the 2000s
= May 2008 =
{{Election box begin | title=2008}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Sean Anstee|votes=2,187|percentage=73.4|change=+2.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Ian Chappell|votes=334|percentage=11.3|change=-0.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Thomas Hague|votes=255|percentage=8.6|change=-1.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Bridget Green|votes=190|percentage=6.4|change=-1.0}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,853|percentage=62.5|change=+3.2}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,966|percentage=39.9|change=-1.6}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2007 =
{{Election box begin | title=2007}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephanie Poole*
|votes = 2,132
|percentage = 71.0
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ian Chappell
|votes = 351
|percentage = 11.7
|change = -1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Hague
|votes = 297
|percentage = 9.9
|change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Bridget Green
|votes = 222
|percentage = 7.4
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,781
|percentage = 59.3
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,002
|percentage = 41.5
|change = -2.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2006 =
{{Election box begin | title=2006}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paula Pearson*
|votes = 2,085
|percentage = 69.8
|change = -8.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ian Chappell
|votes = 385
|percentage = 12.9
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Hague
|votes = 300
|percentage = 10.1
|change = +3.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Bridget Green
|votes = 216
|percentage = 7.2
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,700
|percentage = 56.9
|change = +9.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,986
|percentage = 41.7
|change = -12.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2004 =
{{Election box begin | title=2004 (after boundary changes)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Merrell*
|votes = 2,454
|percentage = 26.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephanie Poole*
|votes = 2,402
|percentage = 26.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paula Pearson*
|votes = 2,345
|percentage = 25.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ian Chappell
|votes = 899
|percentage = 9.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Hague
|votes = 590
|percentage = 6.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Margaret Westbrook
|votes = 546
|percentage = 5.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,236
|percentage = 53.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2003 =
{{Election box begin | title=2003}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephanie Poole*
|votes = 3,475
|percentage = 65.7
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Gaskill
|votes = 870
|percentage = 16.5
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Helen Walsh
|votes = 535
|percentage = 10.1
|change = -4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Bridget Green
|votes = 408
|percentage = 7.7
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,605
|percentage = 49.2
|change = +0.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,288
|percentage = 57.1
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2002 =
{{Election box begin | title=2002}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marie Harney*
|votes = 3,345
|percentage = 63.9
|change = -9.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Helen Walsh
|votes = 771
|percentage = 14.7
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Roger Legge
|votes = 762
|percentage = 14.6
|change = +0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Bridget Green
|votes = 359
|percentage = 6.9
|change = +6.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,574
|percentage = 49.2
|change = -9.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,237
|percentage = 56.7
|change = +24.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= May 2000 =
{{Election box begin | title=2000}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Merrell*
|votes = 2,219
|percentage = 73.0
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christine Musgrove
|votes = 445
|percentage = 14.6
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Dunnico
|votes = 375
|percentage = 12.3
|change = -4.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,774
|percentage = 58.4
|change = +6.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,039
|percentage = 32.5
|change = -0.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Elections in 1990s
{{Election box begin | title=1999}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Poole*
|votes = 2,145
|percentage = 69.5
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Monkhouse
|votes = 527
|percentage = 17.1
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Musgrove
|votes = 416
|percentage = 13.5
|change = -4.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,618
|percentage = 52.4
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,088
|percentage = 32.9
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1998}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = M. C. Harney*
|votes = 2,042
|percentage = 66.3
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = C. Musgrove
|votes = 550
|percentage = 17.9
|change = -1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R. G. Monkhouse
|votes = 486
|percentage = 15.8
|change = -4.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,492
|percentage = 48.4
|change = +6.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,078
|percentage = 32.7
|change = -5.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1996}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Merrell*
|votes = 2,150
|percentage = 61.3
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = M. A. Busteed
|votes = 692
|percentage = 19.8
|change = -3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = R. M. Elliott
|votes = 668
|percentage = 19.0
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,458
|percentage = 41.5
|change = +4.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,510
|percentage = 38.2
|change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1995}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = S. Poole*
|votes = 2,139
|percentage = 60.2
|change = +8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = H. F. Busteed
|votes = 815
|percentage = 22.9
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = J. Preston
|votes = 602
|percentage = 16.9
|change = -10.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,324
|percentage = 37.2
|change = +12.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,556
|percentage = 38.4
|change = -3.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1994}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = M. C. Harney*
|votes = 2,018
|percentage = 52.1
|change = -21.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = N. S. Harrison
|votes = 1,046
|percentage = 27.0
|change = +12.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = H. F. Busteed
|votes = 809
|percentage = 20.9
|change = +9.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 972
|percentage = 25.1
|change = -33.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,873
|percentage = 41.4
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1992}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Merrell*
|votes = 2,576
|percentage = 73.7
|change = +6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = J. Preston
|votes = 525
|percentage = 15.0
|change = -1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = H. F. Busteed
|votes = 395
|percentage = 11.3
|change = -1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,051
|percentage = 58.7
|change = -8.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,496
|percentage = 39.8
|change = -5.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1991}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = S. Poole*
|votes = 2,676
|percentage = 67.1
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = J. Preston
|votes = 657
|percentage = 16.5
|change = +5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = S. Hesford
|votes = 521
|percentage = 13.1
|change = -5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = M. R. Rowtham
|votes = 133
|percentage = 3.3
|change = -1.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,019
|percentage = 50.6
|change = +28.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,987
|percentage = 45.1
|change = -3.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1990 (2 vacancies)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = M. C. Harney*
|votes = 2,671
|percentage = 33.4
|change = -4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = S. Poole
|votes = 2,561
|percentage = 32.0
|change = -6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = H. F. Busteed
|votes = 794
|percentage = 9.9
|change = +7.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = S. Hinder
|votes = 679
|percentage = 8.5
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = G. P. Pawson
|votes = 492
|percentage = 6.2
|change = -1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = B. J. Edwards
|votes = 401
|percentage = 5.0
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = J. Preston
|votes = 394
|percentage = 4.9
|change = -3.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,767
|percentage = 22.1
|change = -35.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,992
|percentage = 48.4
|change = +5.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Elections in 1980s
{{Election box begin | title=By-Election 15 June 1989}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = M. C. Harney
|votes = 2,582
|percentage = 59.6
|change = -11.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = H. F. Busteed
|votes = 674
|percentage = 15.6
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = G. P. Pawson
|votes = 567
|percentage = 13.1
|change = -0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = M. R. Rowtham
|votes = 506
|percentage = 11.7
|change = +8.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,908
|percentage = 44.1
|change = +3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,329
|percentage = 47.3
|change = +14.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1988}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Merrell
|votes = 2,790
|percentage = 70.8
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = V. A. Plummer
|votes = 535
|percentage = 13.6
|change = -6.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = B. Feeney
|votes = 474
|percentage = 12.0
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = M. R. Rowtham
|votes = 139
|percentage = 3.5
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,255
|percentage = 57.3
|change = +9.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,938
|percentage = 43.0
|change = -7.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1987}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Barker*
|votes = 3,155
|percentage = 68.2
|change = +8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = V. G. O'Hara
|votes = 938
|percentage = 20.3
|change = -4.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = H. F. Busteed
|votes = 398
|percentage = 8.6
|change = -2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = M. R. Rowtham
|votes = 132
|percentage = 2.9
|change = -1.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,217
|percentage = 48.0
|change = +13.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,623
|percentage = 50.6
|change = +5.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1986}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. B. Gill*
|votes = 2,449
|percentage = 60.2
|change = -12.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = V. G. O'Hara
|votes = 1,026
|percentage = 25.2
|change = +25.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = M. J. Hendrickson
|votes = 434
|percentage = 10.7
|change = -6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = M. R. Rowtham
|votes = 160
|percentage = 3.9
|change = -6.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,423
|percentage = 35.0
|change = -21.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,069
|percentage = 44.9
|change = -11.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1984}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = B. S. Hall*
|votes = 2,563
|percentage = 73.1
|change = +5.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J. B. Morton
|votes = 594
|percentage = 16.9
|change = +5.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party
|candidate = J. S. Menzies
|votes = 350
|percentage = 10.0
|change = +10.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,969
|percentage = 56.1
|change = +9.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,507
|percentage = 39.6
|change = -10.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1983}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Barker
|votes = 2,956
|percentage = 67.9
|change = +5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = SDP-Liberal Alliance
|candidate = A. P. Ratcliff
|votes = 920
|percentage = 21.1
|change = -9.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J. A. Schoua
|votes = 479
|percentage = 11.0
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,036
|percentage = 46.8
|change = +14.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,355
|percentage = 49.6
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1982}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. B. Gill*
|votes = 2,703
|percentage = 62.5
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = D. L. Marlow
|votes = 1,310
|percentage = 30.3
|change = +30.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = T. A. O'Neill
|votes = 312
|percentage = 7.2
|change = -7.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,393
|percentage = 32.2
|change = -3.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,325
|percentage = 49.4
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1980}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = B. S. Hall*
|votes = 2,473
|percentage = 60.5
|change = -4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = R. B. Slack
|votes = 1,022
|percentage = 25.0
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = A. D. Johnson
|votes = 592
|percentage = 14.5
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,451
|percentage = 35.5
|change = -7.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,087
|percentage = 46.9
|change = -30.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Elections in 1970s
{{Election box begin | title=1979}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. B. Humphreys*
|votes = 3,721
|percentage = 64.7
|change = -12.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = J. A. Willmott
|votes = 1,250
|percentage = 21.7
|change = +9.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = A. D. Johnson
|votes = 782
|percentage = 13.6
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,471
|percentage = 43.0
|change = -22.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,753
|percentage = 76.9
|change = +32.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1978}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. B. Gill*
|votes = 2,572
|percentage = 77.6
|change = -7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = D. F. Mardon
|votes = 408
|percentage = 12.3
|change = -3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = G. R. Scott
|votes = 333
|percentage = 10.1
|change = +10.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,164
|percentage = 65.3
|change = -4.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,313
|percentage = 44.7
|change = -3.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1976}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = B. S. Hall*
|votes = 2,948
|percentage = 84.7
|change = +12.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Wynne
|votes = 534
|percentage = 15.3
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,414
|percentage = 69.3
|change = +13.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,482
|percentage = 48.6
|change = -1.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1975}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. B. Humphreys*
|votes = 2,520
|percentage = 71.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = G. M. R. Willmott
|votes = 545
|percentage = 15.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = A. D. Johnson
|votes = 440
|percentage = 12.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,975
|percentage = 56.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,505
|percentage = 49.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1973}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. B. Gill
|votes = 2,442
|percentage = 56.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = B. M. Hall
|votes = 2,332
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J. B. Humphreys
|votes = 2,262
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = F. Vickery
|votes = 1,213
|percentage = 27.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Johnson
|votes = 702
|percentage = 16.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J. Kill
|votes = 543
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Duxbury
|votes = 487
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,049
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,357
|percentage = 47.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://www.trafford.gov.uk Trafford Council]
{{Trafford electoral wards}}
{{Greater Manchester}}