2004 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 10 June 2004.

Due to demographic changes in the Borough since its formation in 1973, and in common with most other English Councils in 2004, substantial boundary changes were implemented in time for these elections. The most notable changes were as follows:

  • Most of the former wards of Park and Talbot were merged to form a new Gorse Hill ward.
  • Most of the former wards of Bucklow and St. Martins were merged to form a new Bucklow - St. Martins ward.
  • The Hale ward ceased to exist, and two new wards were created from most of its area: Hale Barns and Hale Central.
  • The Mersey St. Marys ward ceased to exist, and two new wards were created from most of its area: Ashton on Mersey and St. Marys.

Due to these changes, it was necessary for the whole Council to be re-elected for the first time since 1973. Each ward elected three candidates, with the first-placed candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2008, the second-placed candidate serving a three-year term of office, expiring in 2007, and the third-placed candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 2006. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[1] Overall turnout was 46.3%.

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

PartySeats  +/-  
Conservative40+12
Labour20-11
Liberal Democrat3-1
Conservative gain from NOC.

Election result
Trafford Local Election Result 2004
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 40 +12 63.5 53.0 96,079 +7.1%
  Labour 20 -11 31.7 29.0 52,509 -6.7%
  Liberal Democrats 3 -1 4.8 15.5 28,011 +2.0%
  Green 0 0 0 2.0 3,700 -2.4%
  BNP 0 0 0 0.4 786 +0.4%
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0.1 135 +0.0%

Ward results
Altrincham (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Fildes* 1,837 25.4
Conservative Alexander Williams* 1,670 23.1
Conservative Stephen Ogden 1,642 22.7
Labour John Graham 1,137 15.7
Liberal Democrats Roger Legge 949 13.1
Turnout 7,235 47.2
Ashton upon Mersey (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Rigby* 1,817 19.9
Conservative Michael Whetton 1,680 18.4
Conservative John Lamb* 1,534 16.8
Labour Simon Beaumont* 969 10.6
Labour Joyce Eaton 968 10.6
Liberal Democrats Terence Corbett 798 8.7
Labour Tahira Rasul 798 8.7
Green Michael Addelman 585 6.4
Turnout 9,149 49.9
Bowdon (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Merrell* 2,454 26.6
Conservative Stephanie Poole* 2,402 26.0
Conservative Paula Pearson* 2,345 25.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Chappell 899 9.7
Labour Thomas Hague 590 6.4
Green Margaret Westbrook 546 5.9
Turnout 9,236 53.7
Broadheath (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brenda Houraghan* 1,905 20.5
Conservative Kenneth Weston* 1,833 19.7
Conservative James Pearson 1,686 18.2
Labour Ian Golding 1,193 12.8
Labour Helen Walsh 1,081 11.6
Labour Martin Williams 968 10.4
Liberal Democrats Bryn Mallion 621 6.7
Turnout 9,287 45.3
Brooklands (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Bullock* 2,196 27.9
Conservative David Higgins* 2,154 27.4
Conservative Pamela Dixon* 1,962 24.9
Liberal Democrats David Rhodes 1,296 16.5
BNP Andrew Harris 260 3.3
Turnout 7,868 49.4
Bucklow-St. Martins (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Platt* 1,406 23.3
Labour Graham Kanes* 1,326 22.0
Labour David Quayle* 1,287 21.3
Conservative Anne Cavanagh 686 11.4
Conservative James Davies 685 11.3
Conservative Richard Kellett 647 10.7
Turnout 6,037 34.7
Clifford (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eunice Whitfield Stennett* 1,155 16.0
Labour Ejaz Malik 1,122 15.5
Labour Andrea Jones* 1,071 14.8
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Butt 785 10.9
Liberal Democrats Victor De Souza 741 10.2
Liberal Democrats Choudhrry Yousaf 704 9.7
Green John Westbrook 350 4.8
Green Bridget Green 289 4.0
Conservative John Gregory 288 4.0
Conservative Shirley Dirikis 269 3.6
Conservative Martin Massey 248 3.4
Green Samuel Little 212 2.9
Turnout 7,234 41.7
Davyhulme East (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edith Eadie* 2,007 22.1
Conservative Gary Brockbanks 1,979 21.8
Conservative Michael Cornes* 1,968 21.7
Labour Shirley Procter 987 10.9
Labour Jeanette McLaughlin 785 8.6
Labour Arikoti Chikoti 698 7.7
Liberal Democrats Graham Rogers 518 5.7
Socialist Labour James Flannery 135 1.5
Turnout 9,077 45.6
Davyhulme West (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ackerley* 1,977 21.1
Conservative John Reilly* 1,948 20.8
Conservative June Reilly* 1,921 20.5
Labour Freda Mottley 1,024 10.9
Labour Philip Morgan 1,002 10.7
Labour Kevin Procter 930 9.9
Liberal Democrats Simon Wright 555 5.9
Turnout 9,357 48.5
Flixton (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Summerfield* 1,952 19.4
Conservative Jonathan Coupe* 1,915 19.0
Conservative Elsie Ward* 1,885 18.7
Labour Gerard Carter 1,227 12.2
Labour Dolores O'Sullivan 1,175 11.7
Labour Nigel Roberts 1,095 10.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Vernon 819 8.1
Turnout 10,068 48.6
Gorse Hill (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Strickland* 1,245 20.4
Labour Laurence Walsh* 1,222 19.9
Labour David Acton* 1,139 18.6
Conservative Alison Levenston 687 11.2
Conservative Colin Levenston 654 10.7
Conservative Graeme Levenston 614 10.0
Liberal Democrats Hazel Shacklock 573 9.3
Turnout 6,134 32.8
Hale Barns (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Mullins* 2,515 30.6
Conservative Bernard Sharp 2,223 27.0
Conservative Dilriaz Butt 1,917 23.3
Liberal Democrats Barry Hepburn* 1,567 19.1
Turnout 8,222 53.8
Hale Central (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Foster 2,069 26.3
Conservative Patricia Young 1,967 25.0
Conservative Alan Mitchell 1,912 24.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Elliott 1,042 13.2
Labour Beverly Harrison 880 11.2
Turnout 7,870 51.6
Longford (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Lloyd* 1,379 14.6
Labour Pauleen Lane* 1,288 13.6
Labour David Jarman* 1,286 13.6
Conservative Roderick Allan 948 10.0
Conservative Edward Kelson 889 9.4
Conservative Geoffrey Harding 846 8.9
Liberal Democrats Waseem Akram 654 6.9
Liberal Democrats Francis Beswick 591 6.2
Liberal Democrats Eric Haughton 576 6.1
Green Anne Power 362 3.8
Green Bernard Kelly 354 3.7
Green Stephen Parker 287 3.0
Turnout 9,460 40.1
Priory (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Brotherton* 1,413 14.3
Labour Roland Griffin* 1,320 13.4
Labour Jane Baugh* 1,248 12.7
Conservative Joseph Garner 1,135 11.5
Conservative Hugh Pitcher 1,063 10.8
Liberal Democrats John Hunter 932 9.6
Conservative Saleem Bhatti 923 9.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Riley 821 8.3
Liberal Democrats Derek Hurst 771 7.8
BNP Jason Gough 232 2.4
Turnout 9,858 51.4
Sale Moor (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Gratrix* 1,219 13.8
Labour Joanne Bennett 1,198 13.6
Conservative Christine Bailey 1,172 13.3
Conservative Pervez Nakvi 1,116 12.7
Conservative John Schofield 1,105 12.5
Labour Munaver Rasul* 1,007 11.4
Liberal Democrats Margaret Clarke 688 7.8
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Clarke 659 7.5
Liberal Democrats Colin Bearfield 650 7.4
Turnout 8,814 44.4
St. Mary's (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Holden 1,926 19.7
Conservative Daniel Bunting 1,912 19.5
Conservative John Tolhurst* 1,754 17.9
Labour Leonard Murkin* 1,237 12.6
Labour Sophie Taylor 1,073 10.9
Labour Angela Gray* 963 9.8
Liberal Democrats Diane Hibberd 641 6.5
BNP Dorothy Gough 294 3.0
Turnout 9,800 47.2
Stretford (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernice Garlick* 1,299 18.9
Labour Stephen Adshead* 1,242 18.0
Labour Karina Carter 1,036 15.0
Conservative Benita Dirikis 966 14.0
Conservative George Manley 948 13.8
Conservative Colin Hooley 945 13.7
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Mian 449 6.5
Turnout 6,885 37.1
Timperley (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Bowker* 2,145 20.1
Conservative Matthew Colledge 2,045 19.2
Conservative Arthur Davies* 2,025 19.0
Liberal Democrats Catherine Smith 1,329 12.5
Liberal Democrats Nichola Bairstow 1,277 12.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Gaskell 970 9.1
Labour Peter Baugh 869 8.2
Turnout 10,660 52.4
Urmston (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christine Turner 1,747 17.2
Conservative Angela Roberts 1,678 16.5
Conservative James Wibberley 1,658 16.3
Labour Joyce Acton* 1,549 15.3
Labour William Clarke* 1,434 14.1
Labour Ian McDermott* 1,366 13.5
Green Helen Jocys 715 7.0
Turnout 10,147 50.9
Village (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Bowker* 1,875 21.3
Liberal Democrats Jane Brophy* 1,672 19.0
Liberal Democrats Douglas Fishwick* 1,589 18.0
Conservative Kenneth Bullman 1,119 12.7
Conservative David Pate 1,006 11.4
Conservative Clive Feingold 958 10.9
Labour Tom Ross 603 6.8
Turnout 8,822 47.1

References
  1. "Trafford council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
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