Gorse Hill (ward)

Gorse Hill
Gorse Hill
	Gorse Hill within Trafford
Population	12,171
Metropolitan borough	Trafford ;
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Stretford and Urmston ;
Councillors	David Acton(Labour); Fianna Hornby(Labour); Laurence Walsh(Labour);
	List of places UK England

Last updated April 12, 2024

Gorse Hill was an electoral ward of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It covered parts of Stretford, including Gorse Hill, most of Trafford Park and a small part of Old Trafford.

Councillors

As of 2022, the councillors are David Acton (Labour), Fianna Hornby (Labour),^[2] and Laurence Walsh (Labour).^[3]

Election
2004	David Acton (Lab)	Mary Strickland (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2006	David Acton (Lab)	Mary Strickland (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2007	David Acton (Lab)	Mike Cordingley (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2008	David Acton (Lab)	Mike Cordingley (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2010	David Acton (Lab)	Mike Cordingley (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2011	David Acton (Lab)	Mike Cordingley (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2012	David Acton (Lab)	Mike Cordingley (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2014	David Acton (Lab)	Mike Cordingley (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2015	David Acton (Lab)	Mike Cordingley (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2016	David Acton (Lab)	Mike Cordingley (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2018	David Acton (Lab)	Mike Cordingley (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2019	David Acton (Lab)	Mike Cordingley (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2021	David Acton (Lab)	Mike Cordingley (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)
2022	David Acton (Lab)	Fianna Hornby (Lab)	Laurence Walsh (Lab)

indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in the 2020s

May 2022

2022 ^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Acton*	1,871	67.6
	Labour	Fianna Hornby	1,611	58.2
	Conservative	Stuart Donnelly	454	16.4
	Conservative	Lijo John	353	12.8
	Green	Laura Clitheroe	286	10.3
	Independent	Hazel Gibb	188	6.8
	Green	Sanjai Patel	182	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Butler	141	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Carberry-Power	124	4.5
Majority
Registered electors			8,733
Turnout			2,768	31.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2021

2021 ^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Walsh*	2,114	70.3	4.6
	Conservative	Ivan Voronov	513	17.1	0.7
	Green	Sanjai Patel	212	7.1	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Carberry-Power	140	4.7	2.3
Majority			1,601	53.2	3.9
Rejected ballots			28
Registered electors			8,666
Turnout			3,007	34.7	0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Elections in the 2010s

May 2019

2019 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Cordingley*	1,703	65.3	7.7
	Conservative	Gareth Parker	310	11.9	5.5
	Green	Jennie Wadsworth	252	9.6	5.5
	UKIP	Seamus Martin	212	8.1	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Dean	129	4.9	1.7
Majority			1,393	53.4	2.2
Registered electors			8,391
Turnout			2,606	31.22	2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2018

2018 ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Acton*	2,039	73.0	+7.1
	Conservative	Lijo John	485	17.4	+0.9
	Green	Joe Ryan	115	4.1	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Carberry-Power	88	3.2	+0.8
	UKIP	Seamus Martin	66	2.4	-7.4
Majority			1,554	55.6	+6.2
Turnout			2,793	33.5	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Walsh*	1,760	65.7	+2.5
	Conservative	Lijo John	440	16.4	-8.7
	UKIP	Pauline Royle	261	9.7	-1.6
	Green	Jennie Wadsworth	146	5.5	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Lepori	65	2.4	-3.1
Majority			1,320	49.3	+11.2
Turnout			2,678	34.5	-28.2
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Cordingley*	3,078	63.4	-4.4
	Conservative	Lijo John	1,225	25.2	+5.7
	Green	Nigel Woodcock	551	11.4	+3.9
Majority			1,853	38.2	-10.0
Turnout			4,854	62.7	+29.8
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Acton*	1,666	63.6	-8.1
	Conservative	Mark Cawdrey	496	18.9	+2.7
	Green	Nigel Woodcock	346	13.2	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Renee Matthews	111	4.2	+0.6
Majority			953	35.8	-19.1
Turnout			2,619	36.4	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Walsh*	1,633	71.7	+3.9
	Conservative	Samuel Martin	368	16.2	-3.3
	Green	Philip Leape	196	8.6	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Renee Matthews	81	3.6	-1.6
Majority			1,265	55.5	+7.3
Turnout			2,278	31.1	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Cordingley*	1,787	67.8	+9.2
	Conservative	Samuel Martin	515	19.5	-0.1
	Green	Philip Leape	198	7.5	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Renee Matthews	137	5.2	-12.0
Majority			1,272	48.2	+9.3
Turnout			2,637	32.9	-25.3
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Acton*	2,721	58.6	+6.3
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	913	19.6	-8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Beswick	801	17.2	+5.5
	Green	Philip Leape	212	4.6	-3.9
Majority			1,808	38.9	+14.2
Turnout			4,647	58.2	+30.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

May 2008

2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Walsh*	1,170	52.3	-5.6
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	617	27.6	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Beswick	262	11.7	+4.5
	Green	Philip Leape	189	8.5	-3.3
Majority			553	24.7	-6.2
Turnout			2,238	27.7	-1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2007

2007 (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Cordingley	1,211	30.0	+4.5
	Labour	Laurence Walsh*	1,125	27.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	502	12.5	+0.2
	Conservative	Graeme Levenston	431	10.7	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Beswick	290	7.2	+7.2
	Green	Sarah King	264	6.6	+1.3
	Green	Philip Leape	208	5.2	-1.5
Majority			623	30.9	+0.2
Turnout			4,031	28.8	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2006

2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Acton*	1,112	55.5	-3.4
	Conservative	George Manley	496	24.8	-7.1
	Green	Philip Leape	238	11.9	+11.9
	Independent	Colin Hendrie	156	7.8	+7.8
Majority			616	30.7	+8.6
Turnout			2,002	27.3	-5.5
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2004

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

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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 Laurence Walsh". democratic.trafford.gov.uk. Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 7 October 2017.
↑ Tooth, Jack. "LIVE: Trafford Council election results for 2022". Messenger Newspapers. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
↑ "2022 Local election results". Trafford Council. Government of the United Kingdom. May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
↑ "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 6 May 2018.

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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 Laurence Walsh". democratic.trafford.gov.uk. Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 7 October 2017.

[4] Tooth, Jack. "LIVE: Trafford Council election results for 2022". Messenger Newspapers. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

[5] "2022 Local election results". Trafford Council. Government of the United Kingdom. May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

[6] "2021 Local election results". www.trafford.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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

[8] 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_04052018-9] Staff writer (4 May 2018). "Local Election 2018 Results". trafford.gov.uk. Trafford MBC. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

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v t e Electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford
	Altrincham Ashton upon Mersey Bowdon Broadheath Brooklands Bucklow-St. Martins Davyhulme Flixton Gorse Hill and Cornbrook Hale Hale Barns and Timperley South Longford Lostock and Barton Manor Old Trafford Sale Central Sale Moor Stretford and Humphrey Park Timperley Central Timperley North Urmston
	Former electoral wards (2004-2023) Clifford Davyhulme East Davyhulme West Gorse Hill Hale Barns Hale Central Priory St. Marys' Stretford Timperley Village
	Former electoral wards (1973-2004) Bucklow Hale Mersey St Mary's Park St. Martin's Talbot

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Gorse Hill
Gorse Hill within Trafford
Population	12,171 ^[1]
Metropolitan borough	Trafford
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Stretford and Urmston
Councillors	David Acton(Labour) Fianna Hornby(Labour) Laurence Walsh(Labour)
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