1975 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1979. These were the first Borough elections to be held in Trafford since it received its Royal Charter (and effectively took over from its predecessor Districts and Municipal Boroughs) in 1974. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

PartySeats  +/-  
Conservative42+9
Labour13-5
Liberal8-4
Conservative hold

Ward results
Altrincham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. E. A. Whitehurst 1,147 42.9
Liberal J. B. Kenny 806 30.1
Labour R. Crossman 721 27.0
Majority 341 12.8
Turnout 2,674 41.6
Conservative hold Swing
Bowdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. B. Humphreys* 2,520 71.9
Liberal G. M. R. Willmott 545 15.5
Labour A. D. Johnson 440 12.6
Majority 1,975 56.3
Turnout 3,505 49.9
Conservative hold Swing
Broadheath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. Harrison 1,387 47.9
Liberal E. H. Faulkner 803 27.7
Labour B. E. Jones 704 24.3
Majority 584 20.2
Turnout 2,894 44.1
Conservative hold Swing
Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Taylor 2,362 58.0
Liberal S. Evans* 1,375 33.7
Labour E. P. M. Wollaston 338 8.3
Majority 987 24.2
Turnout 4,075 45.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Bucklow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. J. Barltrop 996 46.8
Labour C. Younghusband 991 46.6
Communist E. J. Wilkinson 140 6.6
Majority 5 0.2
Turnout 2,127 27.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Clifford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. W. Corke 1,309 57.2
Labour J. S. Maher 981 42.8
Majority 328 14.3
Turnout 2,290 34.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Davyhulme East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. E. Crosbie* 1,125 50.1
Labour W. J. Williams 566 25.2
Liberal T. M. Owen 554 24.7
Majority 559 24.9
Turnout 2,245 41.6
Conservative hold Swing
Davyhulme West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. P. Harding 2,414 58.9
Labour L. M. Seex 1,088 26.5
Liberal E. F. Teal 598 14.6
Majority 1,326 32.3
Turnout 4,100 43.0
Conservative hold Swing
Flixton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. B. W. Lumby* 2,363 54.5
Liberal D. J. Gilbert 1,123 25.9
Labour C. Nightingale 851 19.6
Majority 1,240 28.6
Turnout 4,337 47.6
Conservative hold Swing
Hale (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. W. Barrett 3,208 43.9
Conservative R. Godwin* 3,058 41.8
Liberal R. Allen 1,047 14.3
Majority 2,011 27.5
Turnout 7,313 43.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Longford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Kelly* 1,844 53.2
Labour K. Silcock 1,064 30.7
Liberal J. Stockley 557 16.1
Majority 780 22.5
Turnout 3,465 35.6
Conservative hold Swing
Mersey St. Marys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. P. Bannister* 2,069 56.5
Liberal K. F. Humber 1,591 43.5
Majority 478 13.1
Turnout 3,660 41.4
Conservative hold Swing
Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. A. Schofield 1,061 42.8
Labour J. R. Haydock* 1,032 41.6
Liberal W. A. Munden 324 13.1
Communist A. Jarratt 61 2.5
Majority 29 1.2
Turnout 2,478 40.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Priory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative K. R. Newton 1,642 47.3
Liberal A. Thorpe* 1,195 34.5
Labour D. N. Teasdale 631 18.2
Majority 447 12.9
Turnout 3,468 41.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Sale Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Rhodes 1,105 42.4
Labour B. Brotherton* 888 34.1
Liberal M. Wood 550 21.1
Communist A. H. Burrage 61 2.3
Majority 132 5.1
Turnout 2,604 39.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
St. Martins
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
Stretford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Walker* 1,468 63.2
Labour G. R. Scott 588 25.3
Liberal R. K. Sangster 268 11.5
Majority 880 37.9
Turnout 2,324 39.0
Conservative hold Swing
Talbot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. C. Cronshaw* 1,406 45.6
Conservative E. J. Kelson 950 30.8
Liberal T. A. Dixon 729 23.6
Majority 456 14.8
Turnout 3,085 34.9
Labour hold Swing
Timperley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Leigh 2,016 47.7
Liberal J. R. Richardson* 1,574 37.3
Labour J. Gregory 632 15.0
Majority 442 10.5
Turnout 4,222 44.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Urmston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. H. Platt 1,968 54.5
Labour D. T. Taylor 854 23.6
Liberal G. Davies* 790 21.9
Majority 1,114 30.8
Turnout 3,612 43.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. C. Robertson 1,626 47.9
Labour J. Webb 1,026 30.2
Liberal C. R. Gibson 741 21.8
Majority 600 17.7
Turnout 3,393 42.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References
  1. "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 2 May 1975", Trafford M.B.C.(1975).
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