2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
October 27, 2023
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.
2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Council election
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 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 processedit
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 resultedit
Trafford Council composition 2023
Following the election the composition of the Council was:
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^"Trafford election result". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN0-11-750847-0.
^"The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^"Trafford local elections 2007". BBC Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^Tooth, Jack (5 January 2023). "New Trafford Council leader confirmed as Tom Ross". Messenger. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^ ab"The Trafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
October 27, 2023
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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 2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Council election 2022 4 May 2023 2024 All 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council32 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Leader Tom Ross Linda BlackburnParty Labour ConservativeSeats won 41 10Seat change 3Popular vote 83 275 53 111Percentage 44 7 28 5 Swing 0 4 2 1 Third party Fourth party Leader Daniel Jerrome Julian NewgroshParty Green Liberal DemocratsSeats won 6 6Seat change 2 1Popular vote 29 619 20 167Percentage 15 9 10 8 Swing 2 4 0 7 Winner of each seat at the 2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council electionLeader before electionTom RossLabour Leader after election Tom RossLabourLabour retained its majority on the council 1 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Electoral process 3 Election result 3 1 Results summary 4 Ward results 4 1 Altrincham 4 2 Ashton upon Mersey 4 3 Bowdon 4 4 Broadheath 4 5 Brooklands 4 6 Bucklow St Martins 4 7 Davyhulme 4 8 Flixton 4 9 Gorse Hill amp Cornbrook 4 10 Hale 4 11 Hale Barns amp Timperley South 4 12 Longford 4 13 Lostock amp Barton 4 14 Manor 4 15 Old Trafford 4 16 Sale Central 4 17 Sale Moor 4 18 Stretford amp Humphrey Park 4 19 Timperley Central 4 20 Timperley North 4 21 Urmston 5 ReferencesBackground editThe 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 editThe 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 edit nbsp Trafford Council composition 2023Following the election the composition of the Council was Party Seats Labour 41 nbsp Conservative 10 nbsp 3Green 6 nbsp 2Liberal Democrat 6 nbsp 1Results summary edit 2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes Labour 41 1 1 nbsp 65 1 44 5 83 275 N A Conservative 10 1 4 nbsp 3 15 9 28 4 53 111 N A Green 6 2 0 nbsp 2 9 8 15 8 29 619 N A Liberal Democrats 6 1 0 nbsp 1 9 8 10 8 20 167 N A Reform UK 0 0 0 nbsp 0 3 281 N A Britain First 0 0 0 nbsp 0 2 153 N A Women s Equality 0 0 0 nbsp 0 1 107 N AWard results editAsterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re election Double asterisk denote incumbent councillors seeking re election in another wardAltrincham edit Altrincham 3 Party Candidate Votes Green Geraldine Coggins 1 980 61 5Green Dan Jerrome 1 947 60 4Green Michael Welton 1 896 58 8Conservative Richard Bliss 704 21 8Conservative Patrick Myers 697 21 6Conservative Kamy Achanta 664 20 6Labour Charlie Mayer 410 12 7Labour Ben Slater 364 11 3Labour William Weston 321 10 0Liberal Democrats Laura Brophy 155 4 8Liberal Democrats Simon Hepburn 103 3 2Liberal Democrats Margaret Kinsella 103 3 2MajorityRejected ballots 30 0 1Turnout 3 222 41 8Registered electors 7 709Ashton upon Mersey edit Ashton upon Mersey 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Shona Gilbert 1 901 54 3Labour Ben Hartley 1 865 53 3Labour Tony O Brien 1 710 48 9Conservative Kay Dwyer 1 148 32 8Conservative John Lamb 1 130 32 3Conservative Amit Narang 959 27 4Green Caroline Robertson Brown 412 11 8Green Nick Robertson Brown 248 7 1Green Richard Tyldesley 198 5 7Liberal Democrats Kenneth Clarke 171 4 9Liberal Democrats George Devine 171 4 9Liberal Democrats David Kierman 119 3 4MajorityRejected ballots 9 0 3Turnout 3 499 46 4Registered electors 7 536Bowdon edit Bowdon 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Phil Eckersley 1 806 46 9Conservative Shengke Zhi 1 756 45 6Conservative Michael Whetton 1 741 45 2Green Bridget Green 1 584 41 1Green Kate Gilmartin 1 580 41 0Green Gareth Twose 1 431 37 2Labour Thomas Hague 350 9 1Labour Kate Lamerton 347 9 0Labour Josh Spindler 261 6 8Liberal Democrats Harvey Davies 137 3 6Liberal Democrats Mario Miniaci 110 2 9Liberal Democrats Matthew Sellars 95 2 5MajorityRejected ballots 18 0 5Turnout 3 851 45 9Registered electors 8 396Broadheath edit Broadheath 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Denise Western 1 695 43 2Labour Amy Whyte 1 674 42 7Conservative Kaushik Chakraborty 1 585 40 4Labour Ulrich Savary 1 566 39 9Conservative Prakash Nathani 1 294 33 0Conservative Russell Scharosch 1 207 30 8Green Francesca Chandler 375 9 6Green Marian Dodds 272 6 9Liberal Democrats Christopher Marritt 268 6 8Green Alexander Young 268 6 8Liberal Democrats Louise Bird 252 6 4Independent John Farndon 192 4 9Liberal Democrats James Miller 162 4 1Britain First Donald Southworth 153 3 9MajorityRejected ballots 33 0 8Turnout 3 921 44 7Registered electors 8 771Brooklands edit Brooklands 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Will Jones 1 852 47 1Labour Rose Thompson 1 850 47 1Labour Bilal Babar 1 749 44 5Conservative Chris Boyes 1 494 38 0Conservative Dan Barker 1 459 37 1Conservative Adrian Hart 1 370 34 9Green Renate Aspden 393 10 0Green Deborah Leftwich 382 9 7Green Robert Cutforth 315 8 0Liberal Democrats Pauline Cliff 301 7 7MajorityRejected ballots 15 0 4Turnout 3 930 51 2Registered electors 7 678Bucklow St Martins edit Bucklow St Martins 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Adele New 1 163 65 4Labour Aidan Williams 916 51 5Labour James Wright 872 49 0Conservative Eleanor Johnson 336 18 9Conservative John Reilly 315 17 8Conservative June Reilly 308 17 3Green Wendy Olsen 178 10 0Green Rodrigo Capucho Paulo 158 8 9Green Matthew Westbrook 158 8 9Liberal Democrats Simon Wright 99 5 6MajorityRejected ballots 45 2 5Turnout 1 778 24 5Davyhulme edit Davyhulme 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Sue Maitland 1 877 55 9Labour Karina Carter 1 874 55 8Labour Barry Winstanley 1 735 51 7Conservative Jonathan Coupe 1 007 30 0Conservative Tracey Haworth 868 25 9Conservative Alan Mitchell 788 23 5Green Bill Bartley 382 11 4Green Kevin Chatterton 216 6 4Green Joe Westbrook 212 6 3Liberal Democrats Ged Zuk 155 4 6Reform UK Paul Swansborough 137 4 1MajorityRejected ballots 20 0 6Turnout 3 357 38 1Registered electors 8 813Flixton edit Flixton 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Ged Carter 1 927 58 8Labour Dolores O Sullivan 1 750 53 4Labour Simon Thomas 1 703 51 9Conservative Paul Lally 858 26 2Conservative Michelle McGrath 697 21 3Conservative Susan Taylor 688 21 0Green Katrin Cotter 412 12 7Green Timothy Woodward 345 10 5Green Alison Cavanagh 298 9 1Liberal Democrats Timothy Kinsella 187 5 7MajorityRejected ballots 40 1 2Turnout 3 280 38 4Registered electors 8 532Gorse Hill amp Cornbrook edit Gorse Hill amp Cornbrook 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour David Acton 1 582 70 4Labour Fianna Hornby 1 506 70 0Labour Laurence Walsh 1 430 63 6Green Laura Clitheroe 288 12 8Green Jennie Wadsworth 248 11 0Conservative Stanley John 253 11 3Conservative Eric May 232 10 3Conservative Shaji Sabastian 184 8 2Green Daniel Wadsworth 169 7 5Independent Hazel Gibb 151 6 7Liberal Democrats John Reyes 98 4 4Liberal Democrats Andrew McGuiness 79 3 5MajorityRejected ballots 15 0 7Turnout 2 248 27 2Registered electors 8 266Hale edit Hale 3 Party Candidate Votes Green Jane Leicester 1 798 51 1Green Hannah Spencer 1 521 43 2Green Owain Sutton 1 458 41 4Conservative Daniel Chalkin 1 329 37 8Conservative Sue Carroll 1 309 37 2Conservative Anand Chinthala 1 188 33 8Labour Michael Jarkowski 366 10 4Labour Chris Millson 349 9 9Labour Mark Nesbitt 312 8 9Liberal Democrats Maggie Boysen 207 5 9Liberal Democrats Donald McIntosh 146 4 2Liberal Democrats Richard Pollard 124 3 5MajorityRejected ballots 54 1 5Turnout 3 518 45 6Registered electors 7 707Hale Barns amp Timperley South edit Hale Barns amp Timperley South 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Dylan Butt 1 511 49 7Conservative Nathan Evans 1 470 48 4Conservative Michael Taylor 1 359 44 8Liberal Democrats Anna Fryer 942 31 0Liberal Democrats Marc Ramsbottom 866 28 5Liberal Democrats Ludo Tolhurst Cleaver 794 26 1Labour Barbara Twiney 418 13 8Labour Anne Marie Holmes 412 13 6Labour Jim Larkin 362 11 9Green David Schorah 210 6 9Green Stephen Brunt 175 5 8Green John Ross 142 4 7MajorityRejected ballots 27 0 9Turnout 3 039 40 4Registered electors 7 521Longford edit Longford 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Sarah Haughey 1 971 70 3Labour Judith Lloyd 1 768 63 1Labour David Jarman 1 734 61 9Green Margaret Westbrook 488 17 4Green Matthew Kaufman 337 12 0Green Sanjal Patel 322 11 5Conservative David Booth 317 11 3Conservative Sandhya Paul 258 9 2Conservative Limna Lijo 252 9 0Liberal Democrats Dawn Carberry Power 169 6 0MajorityRejected ballots 45 1 6Turnout 2 802 36 1Registered electors 7 755Lostock amp Barton edit Lostock amp Barton 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jill Axford 1 569 59 6Labour Mike Cordingley 1 524 57 9Labour Shirley Proctor 1 430 54 3Conservative Stuart Donnelly 569 21 6Conservative Shony Thomas 500 19 0Conservative Anjumol Stany 461 17 5Green Steve Bowater 305 11 6Green Robert French 203 7 7Green Martin Skelton 188 7 1Reform UK Steve Dillon 144 5 5Liberal Democrats James Marshall 140 5 3MajorityRejected ballots 15 0 6Turnout 2 632 32 5Registered electors 8 094Manor edit Manor 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Rob Duncan 1 507 47 6Conservative John Holden 1 450 45 8Conservative Rupali Paul 1 294 40 9Labour Frances Cosby 1 195 37 8Labour Sally Hirst 1 141 36 1Labour Steve Little 1 107 35 0Green James McGlashan 254 8 0Green Joy Baggaley 229 7 2Green Diane Plunkett 191 6 0Liberal Democrats Kirsty Cullen 170 5 4Liberal Democrats Gwenda Nolte 144 4 6Liberal Democrats John Peaker 114 3 6Women s Equality Sharon Richards 107 3 4MajorityRejected ballots 122 3 9Turnout 3 164 37 8Registered electors 8 370Old Trafford edit Old Trafford 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Waseem Hassan 2 235 75 6Labour Emma Hirst 2 118 71 7Labour Sophie Taylor 1 973 66 8Green Jess Mayo 413 14 0Green Anja Moncrieff 405 13 7Green Rob Raikes 270 9 1Conservative Diane Coupe 141 4 8Conservative Anne Hooley 115 4 0Liberal Democrats Andrew Hick 94 3 2Conservative Chacko Luke 90 3 0MajorityRejected ballots 29 1 0Turnout 2 955 35 4Registered electors 8 341Sale Central edit Sale Central 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Barry Brotherton 1 974 62 6Labour Eve Parker 1 812 57 5Labour Zak Deakin 1 656 52 6Conservative Mark Bancks 674 21 4Conservative Gareth Parker 624 19 8Conservative Ash Nichanametla 598 19 0Green Dave Turner 454 14 4Green Jem Green 438 13 9Green Tom Stewart 302 9 9Liberal Democrats Joe Kramer 283 9 0MajorityRejected ballots 48 1 5Turnout 3 151 42 1Registered electors 7 491Sale Moor edit Sale Moor 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Joanne Bennett 1 737 56 7Labour Liz Patel 1 682 54 9Labour Olly Baskerville 1 662 54 2Conservative Daniel Bell 726 23 7Conservative Christopher Halliday 689 22 5Conservative John Morten 596 19 4Green Chris Hargreaves 386 12 6Green Samuel Hession 285 9 3Green Steve Leicester 246 8 0Liberal Democrats Mark Campion 242 7 9MajorityRejected ballots 33 1 1Turnout 3 066 37 6Registered electors 8 165Stretford amp Humphrey Park edit Stretford amp Humphrey Park 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Stephen Adshead 1 962 63 7Labour Jane Slater 1 880 61 1Labour Tom Ross 1 851 60 1Conservative Colin Hooley 512 16 6Conservative Stany Emmanuel 482 15 7Green Liz O Neill 464 15 1Conservative Jerkin Thomas 437 14 2Green Hayley James 330 10 7Green Joe Ryan 287 9 3Liberal Democrats Stephen Power 166 5 4MajorityRejected ballots 48 1 6Turnout 3 078 35 7Registered electors 8 623Timperley Central edit Timperley Central 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Shaun Ennis 1 976 54 0Liberal Democrats Julian Newgrosh 1 887 51 6Liberal Democrats Simon Lepori 1 874 51 2Conservative Lisa Hancock 923 25 2Conservative Natalie Alexander 899 24 6Conservative Rupert Kelly 868 23 7Labour Malcolm Clarke 499 13 7Labour Kantappa Gajanan 464 12 7Labour Marc Renshaw 461 12 6Green Claire Byron 247 6 8Green Michael Byron 179 5 0Green Killian O Brien 155 4 2MajorityRejected ballots 15 0 4Turnout 3 658 43 5Registered electors 8 409Timperley North edit Timperley North 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Jane Brophy 2 437 60 2Liberal Democrats Will Frass 2 211 54 6Liberal Democrats Meena Minnis 2 189 54 1Conservative John Brodie 843 20 8Conservative Constantine Biller 799 19 7Conservative Bheem Pulla 690 17 0Labour Rachel Fell 650 16 1Labour Peter Heatley 565 14 0Labour Adam Legg 510 12 6Green Rose De La Font 291 7 2Green Julia Harrison 221 5 7Green Aagash Vadera 202 5 0Independent Hugh Cooper 58 1 4MajorityRejected ballots 48 1 2Turnout 4 047 46 8Registered electors 8 646Urmston edit Urmston 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Joanne Harding 2 044 62 9Labour Catherine Hynes 1 889 57 2Labour Kevin Procter 1 743 52 8Conservative Christine Mitchell 770 23 3Conservative Lijo John 685 20 8Conservative Julius Sulle 628 19 0Green Kate Westbrook 478 14 5Green Steven Tennant Smythe 301 9 1Green Luciya Whyte 298 9 0Liberal Democrats John Franklin Johnston 227 6 9MajorityRejected ballots 39 1 2Turnout 3 300 38 8Registered electors 8 507References edit Jackson Nick 6 May 2023 Trafford local council elections 2023 results in full Manchester Evening News Retrieved 20 May 2023 Trafford election result BBC News Retrieved 20 May 2023 Local Government in England and Wales A Guide to the New System London HMSO 1974 p 7 ISBN 0 11 750847 0 The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011 Legislation gov uk Retrieved 7 September 2015 Trafford local elections 2007 BBC Online 4 May 2007 Retrieved 23 January 2023 Tooth Jack 5 January 2023 New Trafford Council leader confirmed as Tom Ross Messenger Retrieved 23 January 2023 a b The Trafford Electoral Changes Order 2022 legislation gov uk Retrieved 23 December 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election amp oldid 1173152992, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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