2004 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2004 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
Coat of arms of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.png
  2003 10 June 2004 (2004-06-10) 2006  

63 of 63 seats
to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Susan Fildes David ActonRay Bowker
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Altrincham Gorse Hill Village
Last election10 seats,
45.9%
10 seats,
35.7%
1 seats,
13.5%
Seats before28314
Seats won40203
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12Decrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote96,07952,50928,011
Percentage53.0%29.0%15.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.1%Decrease2.svg6.7%Increase2.svg2.0%

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Map of results of 2004 election

Leader of the Council before election

David Acton
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Susan Fildes
Conservative

Elections to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004.

Contents

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:

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%.

Election result

PartyVotesSeats
Conservative Party 96,079 (53.0%)
Increase2.svg 7.140 (63.5%)
40 / 63
Increase2.svg 12
Labour Party 52,509 (29.0%)
Decrease2.svg 6.720 (31.7%)
20 / 63
Decrease2.svg 11
Liberal Democrats 28,011 (15.5%)
Increase2.svg 2.03 (4.8%)
3 / 63
Decrease2.svg 1
Green Party 3,700 (2.0%)
Decrease2.svg 2.40 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Steady2.svg
BNP 786 (0.4%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
N/A
Socialist Labour Party 135 (0.1%)
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Steady2.svg
20340

Ward results

Altrincham

Altrincham (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Fildes*1,83752.0
Conservative Alexander Williams*1,67047.3
Conservative Stephen Ogden1,64246.5
Labour John Graham1,13732.2
Liberal Democrats Roger Legge94926.9
Majority50514.3
Turnout 3,53347.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ashton upon Mersey

Ashton upon Mersey (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Rigby*1,81750.3
Conservative Michael Whetton1,68046.5
Conservative John Lamb*1,53442.5
Labour Simon Beaumont*96926.8
Labour Joyce Eaton96826.8
Liberal Democrats Terence Corbett79822.1
Labour Tahira Rasul79822.1
Green Michael Addelman58516.2
Majority56515.6
Turnout 3,61149.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bowdon

Bowdon (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Merrell*2,45464.5
Conservative Stephanie Poole*2,40263.1
Conservative Paula Pearson*2,34561.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Chappell89923.6
Labour Thomas Hague59015.5
Green Margaret Westbrook54614.3
Majority1,44638.0
Turnout 3,80653.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Broadheath

Broadheath (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Houraghan*1,90552.6
Conservative Kenneth Weston*1,83350.6
Conservative James Pearson1,68646.6
Labour Ian Golding1,19333.0
Labour Helen Walsh1,08129.9
Labour Martin Williams96826.7
Liberal Democrats Bryn Mallion62117.2
Majority49313.6
Turnout 3,61945.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Brooklands

Brooklands (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Bullock*2,19658.1
Conservative David Higgins*2,15457.0
Conservative Pamela Dixon*1,96251.9
Liberal Democrats David Rhodes1,29634.3
BNP Andrew Harris2606.9
Majority66617.6
Turnout 3,78249.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bucklow-St. Martin's

Bucklow-St. Martins (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Platt*1,40658.6
Labour Graham Kanes*1,32655.3
Labour David Quayle*1,28753.7
Conservative Anne Cavanagh68628.6
Conservative James Davies68528.6
Conservative Richard Kellett64727.0
Majority60125.1
Turnout 2,39834.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Clifford

Clifford (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eunice Whitfield Stennett*1,15539.1
Labour Ejaz Malik1,12237.9
Labour Andrea Jones*1,07136.2
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Butt78526.5
Liberal Democrats Victor De Souza74125.1
Liberal Democrats Choudhrry Yousaf70423.8
Green John Westbrook35011.8
Green Bridget Green2899.8
Conservative John Gregory2889.7
Conservative Shirley Dirikis2699.1
Conservative Martin Massey2488.4
Green Samuel Little2127.2
Majority2869.7
Turnout 2,95741.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Davyhulme East

Davyhulme East (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edith Eadie*2,00757.1
Conservative Gary Brockbanks1,97956.3
Conservative Michael Cornes*1,96856.0
Labour Shirley Procter98728.1
Labour Jeanette McLaughlin78522.3
Labour Arikoti Chikoti69819.9
Liberal Democrats Graham Rogers51814.7
Socialist Labour James Flannery1353.8
Majority98127.9
Turnout 3,51645.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Davyhulme West

Davyhulme West (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ackerley*1,97754.3
Conservative John Reilly*1,94853.5
Conservative June Reilly*1,92152.7
Labour Freda Mottley1,02428.1
Labour Philip Morgan1,00227.5
Labour Kevin Procter93025.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Wright55515.2
Majority89724.6
Turnout 3,64248.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Flixton

Flixton (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Summerfield*1,95249.2
Conservative Jonathan Coupe*1,91548.3
Conservative Elsie Ward*1,88547.5
Labour Gerard Carter1,22730.9
Labour Dolores O'Sullivan1,17529.6
Labour Nigel Roberts1,09527.6
Liberal Democrats Alan Vernon81920.7
Majority65816.6
Turnout 3,96548.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Gorse Hill

Gorse Hill (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Strickland*1,24549.6
Labour Laurence Walsh*1,22248.7
Labour David Acton*1,13945.4
Conservative Alison Levenston68727.4
Conservative Colin Levenston65426.1
Conservative Graeme Levenston61424.5
Liberal Democrats Hazel Shacklock57322.8
Majority45218.0
Turnout 2,50932.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hale Barns

Hale Barns (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Mullins*2,51563.1
Conservative Bernard Sharp2,22355.8
Conservative Dilriaz Butt1,91748.1
Liberal Democrats Barry Hepburn*1,56739.3
Majority3508.8
Turnout 3,98553.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hale Central

Hale Central (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Foster2,06957.6
Conservative Patricia Young1,96754.8
Conservative Alan Mitchell1,91253.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Elliott1,04229.0
Labour Beverly Harrison88024.5
Majority87024.2
Turnout 3,59251.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Longford

Longford (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Lloyd*1,37942.1
Labour Pauleen Lane*1,28839.3
Labour David Jarman*1,28639.3
Conservative Roderick Allan94828.9
Conservative Edward Kelson88927.1
Conservative Geoffrey Harding84625.8
Liberal Democrats Waseem Akram65420.0
Liberal Democrats Francis Beswick59118.0
Liberal Democrats Eric Haughton57617.6
Green Anne Power36211.1
Green Bernard Kelly35410.8
Green Stephen Parker2878.8
Majority33810.3
Turnout 3,27640.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Priory

Priory (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Brotherton*1,41338.1
Labour Roland Griffin*1,32035.6
Labour Jane Baugh*1,24833.7
Conservative Joseph Garner1,13530.6
Conservative Hugh Pitcher1,06328.7
Liberal Democrats John Hunter93225.1
Conservative Saleem Bhatti92324.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Riley82122.1
Liberal Democrats Derek Hurst77120.8
BNP Jason Gough2326.3
Majority1133.0
Turnout 3,70751.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sale Moor

Sale Moor (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Gratrix*1,21936.3
Labour Joanne Bennett1,19835.6
Conservative Christine Bailey1,17234.9
Conservative Pervez Nakvi1,11633.2
Conservative John Schofield1,10532.9
Labour Munaver Rasul*1,00730.0
Liberal Democrats Margaret Clarke68820.5
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Clarke65919.6
Liberal Democrats Colin Bearfield65019.3
Majority561.8
Turnout 3,36244.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St. Mary's

St. Mary's (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Holden1,92649.1
Conservative Daniel Bunting1,91248.7
Conservative John Tolhurst*1,75444.7
Labour Leonard Murkin*1,23731.5
Labour Sophie Taylor1,07327.3
Labour Angela Gray*96324.5
Liberal Democrats Diane Hibberd64116.3
BNP Dorothy Gough2947.5
Majority51713.2
Turnout 3,92447.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stretford

Stretford (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernice Garlick*1,29945.9
Labour Stephen Adshead*1,24243.9
Labour Karina Carter1,03636.6
Conservative Benita Dirikis96634.1
Conservative George Manley94833.5
Conservative Colin Hooley94533.4
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Mian44915.7
Majority702.5
Turnout 2,83137.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Timperley

Timperley (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Bowker*2,14550.0
Conservative Matthew Colledge2,04547.7
Conservative Arthur Davies*2,02547.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Smith1,32931.0
Liberal Democrats Nichola Bairstow1,27729.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Gaskell97022.6
Labour Peter Baugh86920.3
Majority69616.2
Turnout 4,28852.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Urmston

Urmston (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Turner1,74744.1
Conservative Angela Roberts1,67842.3
Conservative James Wibberley1,65841.8
Labour Joyce Acton*1,54939.1
Labour William Clarke*1,43436.2
Labour Ian McDermott*1,36634.5
Green Helen Jocys71518.0
Majority1092.7
Turnout 3,96450.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Village

Village (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Bowker*1,87553.3
Liberal Democrats Jane Brophy*1,67247.5
Liberal Democrats Douglas Fishwick*1,58945.2
Conservative Kenneth Bullman1,11931.8
Conservative David Pate1,00628.6
Conservative Clive Feingold95827.2
Labour Tom Ross60317.1
Majority47013.4
Turnout 3,51747.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Davyhulme West By-Election 25 November 2004 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Hooley1,07052.2−3.4
Labour Bill Clarke75736.9+8.1
Liberal Democrats Alan Vernon22210.8−4.8
Majority31315.3−13.5
Turnout 2,04927.2−21.3
Conservative hold Swing
Timperley By-Election 25 November 2004 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ken Bullman1,15251.2+1.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Chappell75033.3+2.5
Labour Tom Ross34915.5−4.5
Majority40217.9−1.7
Turnout 2,25127.3−25.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Trafford council". BBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  2. 1 2 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (25 November 2004). "November By Elections 2004". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2 January 2008.