Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester,England,with an estimated population of 235,493 in 2017. It covers 41 square miles (106 km2) and includes the area of Old Trafford and the towns of Altrincham,Stretford,Urmston,Partington and Sale. The borough was formed in 1974 as a merger of six former districts and part of a seventh. The River Mersey flows through the borough,separating North Trafford from South Trafford,and the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. Trafford is the fifth-most populous district in Greater Manchester.
Andrew Murray Burnham is a British politician who has served as Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. He served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2007 to 2008,Culture Secretary from 2008 to 2009 and Health Secretary from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party,Burnham identifies as a socialist and as belonging to the party's soft left. He served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2015 to 2016 and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh from 2001 to 2017.
Sir Anthony Joseph Lloyd is a British Labour Party politician who has discontinuously served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1983,currently as the MP for Rochdale since 2017. He was MP for Stretford from 1983 to 1997 and Manchester Central from 1997 to 2012. He then became Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner between 2012 and 2017,and interim Mayor of Greater Manchester between 2015 and 2017. Lloyd served as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between 2018 and 2020,resigning to recover from his illness of COVID-19. He was also Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland between 2019 and 2020.
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport,Greater Manchester,England. The council is currently run by a Liberal Democrat minority administration. At the 2023 local elections,the Liberal Democrats gained two more seats,increasing their lead over the Labour Party to six seats,and retaining minority control. This lead is now five seats after one of the Liberal Democrats’councillors resigned the whip,days after being re-elected. The Liberal Democrats currently have 29 seats,Labour 24,and the Heald Green Ratepayers,Greens and the Edgeley Community Association each holding 3. There is 1 independent.
Andrew John Gwynne is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Denton and Reddish since 2005. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Shadow Minister for Public Health since 2021 and previously from 2015 to 2016.
Bowdon is a suburb of Altrincham and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford,Greater Manchester,England.
Sir Richard Charles Leese,CBE is a former British politician who served as the leader of Manchester City Council from 1996 to 2021. He has been a member of the Labour Party since 1984.
Altrincham is an electoral ward of Trafford covering the Town Centre and inner areas of Altrincham,Greater Manchester. It is represented by three local government councillors,each elected to serve a four-year term.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester is the directly elected metro mayor of Greater Manchester,responsible for strategic governance in the region that includes health,transport,housing,strategic planning,waste management,policing,the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service and skills. The creation of the Mayor of Greater Manchester was agreed between the then Chancellor of the Exchequer,George Osborne,and Greater Manchester's 10 district council leaders. As well as having specific powers,the mayor chairs the Greater Manchester Combined Authority,also assuming the powers of the Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner.
The inaugural Greater Manchester mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of Greater Manchester. The next successive election was due to be held on 7 May 2020,but due to that year's outbreak of the novel Coronavirus,the election was postponed until May 2021. Subsequent elections are legislatively required to be held every four years thereafter. The electoral system used for the election is the supplementary vote (SV).
The Greater Manchester Labour Party mayoral selection of 2016 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester,to stand in the mayoral election on 4 May 2017. On 9 August 2016,The Labour Party announced that Andy Burnham had won the candidacy.
Carl Jason Austin-Behan is a British former politician and community activist who currently serves as LGBT adviser to the Mayor of Greater Manchester. He served as Lord Mayor of Manchester from May 2016 to May 2017,being its first openly gay Lord Mayor. He was Labour councillor for Burnage from 2011 to 2018.
The 2021 Greater Manchester mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of Greater Manchester. This election,alongside other local and mayoral elections across England and Wales,was originally scheduled to take place on 7 May 2020,but was delayed by the UK Government on 13 March 2020,due to the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. The election took place on the same day as council elections within the city-region,including the election for the mayor of Salford,as well as elections across England and Wales. It was the second election to the position of mayor. It used the supplementary vote as its electoral system.
The inaugural North of Tyne mayoral election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect the first Mayor of the North of Tyne. The area is made up of Newcastle upon Tyne,North Tyneside and Northumberland. Subsequent elections will be held every five years.
Andrew Howard Western is a British politician of the Labour Party who was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston at the 2022 by-election. He had been the leader of Trafford Council since 2018,a post he vacated upon his election to parliament.
This article lists the election results of the Brexit Party,known since 2021 as Reform UK,in UK parliamentary elections and in elections to the European Parliament.
The 2022 Manchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors on Manchester City Council were elected. This election was a part of the other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors—20 out of 60—were be elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
A by-election was held in the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Stretford and Urmston on 15 December 2022,following the appointment of sitting Labour MP Kate Green as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester. Green was appointed as Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead on 10 November,giving effect to her resignation as a member of Parliament.
