Ashton upon Mersey (ward)

Ashton upon Mersey
Ashton upon Mersey
	Ashton upon Mersey within Trafford
Population	9,726
Metropolitan borough	Trafford ;
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester ;
Region	North West ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Altrincham and Sale West ;
Councillors	Tony O'Brien(Labour); Ben Hartley(Labour); Shona Gilbert(Labour);
	List of places UK England Greater Manchester

Last updated June 12, 2025

Ashton upon Mersey is an electoral ward of Trafford covering the northern part of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale, Greater Manchester, including Ashton Village.

Councillors

As of 2022, the councillors are Tony O'Brien (Labour),^[2] Ben Hartley (Labour),^[3] and Shona Gilbert (Labour).^[4]

Election
2004	John Lamb (Con)	Mike Whetton (Con)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2006	John Lamb (Con)	Mike Whetton (Con)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2007	John Lamb (Con)	Mike Whetton (Con)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2008	John Lamb (Con)	Mike Whetton (Con)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2010	John Lamb (Con)	Mike Whetton (Con)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2011	John Lamb (Con)	Mike Whetton (Con)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2012	John Lamb (Con)	Mike Whetton (Con)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2014	John Lamb (Con)	Mike Whetton (Con)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2015	John Lamb (Con)	Mike Whetton (Con)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2016	John Lamb (Con)	Mike Whetton (Con)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2018	John Lamb (Con)	Mike Whetton (Con)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2019	John Lamb (Con)	Ben Hartley (Lab)	Brian Rigby (Con)
2021	John Lamb (Con)	Ben Hartley (Lab)	Shona Gilbert (Lab)
2022	Tony O'Brien (Lab)	Ben Hartley (Lab)	Shona Gilbert (Lab)
2023	Shona Gilbert (Lab)	Ben Hartley (Lab)	Tony O'Brien (Lab)
2023	Shona Gilbert (Lab)	Ben Hartley (Lab)	Tony O'Brien (Lab)

indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in the 2020s

May 2024

2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony O’Brien*	1,891	54.1	−0.2
	Conservative	Amit Narang	927	26.5	−6.3
	Green	Jessica Plunkett	449	12.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Barney Rule	183	5.2	+0.3
Majority			964	27.6	+11.5
Rejected ballots			44	1.3	+1.0
Turnout			3,494	45.8	−0.6
Registered electors			7,631
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

May 2023

2023 (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shona Gilbert*	1,901	54.3%
	Labour	Ben Hartley*	1,865	53.3%
	Labour	Tony O'Brien*	1,710	48.9%
	Conservative	Kay Dwyer	1148	32.8%
	Conservative	John Lamb	1130	32.3%
	Conservative	Amit Narang	959	27.4%
	Green	Caroline Robertson-Brown	412	11.8%
	Green	Nick Robertson-Brown	248	7.1%
	Green	Richard Tyldesley	198	5.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Clarke	171	4.9%
	Liberal Democrats	George Devine	171	4.9%
	Liberal Democrats	David Kierman	119	3.4%
Majority
Rejected ballots			9	0.3%
Turnout			3499	46.4%
Registered electors			7,536

May 2022

2022 ^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony O’Brien	1,848	49.9
	Conservative	Kay Dwyer	1,411	38.1
	Green	Caroline Robertson-Brow	292	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Kierman	148	4.0
Majority			437	11.8
Rejected ballots			3
Registered electors			7,633
Turnout			3,702	48.5

May 2021

2021 ^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shona Gilbert	1,938	47.0	12.3
	Conservative	Kay Dwyer	1,722	41.8	11.0
	Green	Caroline Robertson-Brown	314	7.6	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Lovell	122	3.0	1.9
Majority			216	5.2	N/A
Rejected ballots			23
Registered electors			7,699
Turnout			4,121	53.5	10.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	11.7

Elections in the 2010s

May 2019

2019 ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Hartley	1,535	42.9	0.9
	Conservative	Mike Whetton*	1,398	39.1	7.7
	Green	Caroline Robertson-Brown	273	7.6	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Elliott	247	6.9	3.0
	UKIP	Brian Johnson	127	3.5	2.0
Majority			137	3.83	9.7
Registered electors			7,500
Turnout			3,580	47.84	0.74
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

May 2018

2018 ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb*	1,677	46.8	−6.1
	Labour	Ben Hartley	1,568	43.8	+9.0
	Green	Caroline Robertson-Brown	148	4.1	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Power	138	3.9	−1.0
	UKIP	Kevin Grime	53	1.5	N/A
Majority			109	3.0	−15.1
Turnout			3,584	47.1	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2016

2016 ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	1,642	52.8	+1.5
	Labour	Benjamin Hartley	1,079	34.7	+1.0
	Green	Caroline Robertson-Brown	231	7.4	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Marritt	151	4.9	1.1
Majority			563	18.1	+0.7
Turnout			3,110	42.9	−30.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whetton*	2,759	51.4	+0.9
	Labour	Ben Hartley	1,815	33.8	+4.4
	Green	Caroline Robertson-Brown	478	8.9	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Marritt	320	6.0	+0.4
Majority			944	17.4	−3.7
Turnout			5,372	73.1	+26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb*	1,505	50.5	+0.4
	Labour	Luckson Francis-Augustine	877	29.4	−6.2
	Green	Nick Robertson-Brown	431	14.5	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Marritt	167	5.6	−0.2
Majority			628	21.1	+6.6
Turnout			2,980	41.7	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	1,396	50.1	−0.4
	Labour	Michael Wilton	992	35.6	+1.4
	Green	Joseph Westbrook	235	8.4	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Marritt	161	5.8	−2.7
Majority			404	14.5	−1.8
Turnout			2,784	39.0	−7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whetton*	1,715	50.5	+6.0
	Labour	Michael Wilton	1,162	34.2	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Marritt	288	8.5	−12.7
	Green	Joseph Westbrook	229	6.7	+2.4
Majority			553	16.3	+1.8
Turnout			3,394	46.3	−25.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb*	2,325	44.5	−15.6
	Labour	Michael Wilton	1,568	30.0	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Corbett	1,107	21.2	+7.9
	Green	Sara Ahsan	224	4.3	−4.0
Majority			757	14.5	−27.4
Turnout			5224	71.5	+31.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

May 2008

2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	1,762	60.1	+4.8
	Labour	Michael Wilton	535	18.3	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Corbett	389	13.3	+0.7
	Green	Marian Sudbury	244	8.3	−2.6
Majority			1,227	41.9	+7.8
Turnout			2,930	40.4	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2007

2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whetton*	1,646	55.3	−3.1
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	631	21.2	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Irving	376	12.6	+12.6
	Green	Marian Sudbury	342	10.9	−4.8
Majority			1,015	34.1	+1.6
Turnout			2,977	42.1	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2006

2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb*	1,645	58.4	+3.3
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	728	25.9	−4.0
	Green	Daniel Leach	442	15.7	+9.3
Majority			917	32.5	+14.0
Turnout			2,815	39.4	−10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2004

2004 (after boundary changes)
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
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

↑ "Area profiles: demographics". infotrafford.org.uk. Trafford Innovation and Intelligence Lab. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
↑ Prior, David (6 May 2022). "Local Election results 2022: Trafford Conservatives leader loses Timperley seat as Lib Dems and Greens make gains". Altrincham Today. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
↑ "Councillor Ben Hartley". democratic.trafford.gov.uk. Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 2 October 2020.
↑ "Councillor details - Councillor Shona Gilbert". democratic.trafford.gov.uk. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
↑ Richardson, Alice (6 April 2022). "All the candidates standing in Trafford council local elections 2022 by ward". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
↑ "2022 Local election results". www.trafford.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
↑ Change compared to 2021, when the seat was last up for election.
↑ "2021 Local election results". www.trafford.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
↑ Change compared to 2016, when the seat was last up for election.
↑ Staff writer (3 May 2019). "Local Election 2019 Results". trafford.gov.uk. Trafford MBC. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
↑ Staff writer (4 May 2018). "Local Election 2018 Results". trafford.gov.uk. Trafford MBC. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
↑ "Local Election 2016 Results". www.trafford.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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[1] "Area profiles: demographics". infotrafford.org.uk. Trafford Innovation and Intelligence Lab. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

[2] Prior, David (6 May 2022). "Local Election results 2022: Trafford Conservatives leader loses Timperley seat as Lib Dems and Greens make gains". Altrincham Today. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

[3] "Councillor Ben Hartley". democratic.trafford.gov.uk. Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 2 October 2020.

[4] "Councillor details - Councillor Shona Gilbert". democratic.trafford.gov.uk. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[5] Richardson, Alice (6 April 2022). "All the candidates standing in Trafford council local elections 2022 by ward". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[6] "2022 Local election results". www.trafford.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

[7] Change compared to 2021, when the seat was last up for election.

[8] "2021 Local election results". www.trafford.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[9] Change compared to 2016, when the seat was last up for election.

[10] Staff writer (3 May 2019). "Local Election 2019 Results". trafford.gov.uk. Trafford MBC. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[Trafford_04052018-11] Staff writer (4 May 2018). "Local Election 2018 Results". trafford.gov.uk. Trafford MBC. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

[12] "Local Election 2016 Results". www.trafford.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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Ashton upon Mersey
Ashton upon Mersey within Trafford
Population	9,726 ^[1]
Metropolitan borough	Trafford
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Altrincham and Sale West
Councillors	Tony O'Brien(Labour) Ben Hartley(Labour) Shona Gilbert(Labour)
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