Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2004. The Labour Party held overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows: ^[1]

Party		Seats	+/-
	Labour	33	0
	Conservative	26	+1
	Liberal Democrat	3	0
	Independent	1	-1
	Labour hold

Summary

Trafford Local Election Result 2000

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	1	0	+1	47.6	51.5	28,389	+6.0%
	Labour	10	0	0	0	47.6	37.0	20,410	-4.5%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	4.8	11.1	6,108	-1.3%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0.4	201	+0.4%

Ward results

Altrincham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paula Pearson	1,689	59.1	+9.2
	Labour	David Armstrong	774	27.1	-16.0
	Independent	Sheila O'Bierne*	201	7.0	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Legge	193	6.8	-0.2
Majority			915	32.0	+25.2
Turnout			2,857	32.4	-5.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bowdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Merrell*	2,219	73.0	+3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Musgrove	445	14.6	+1.1
	Labour	Peter Dunnico	375	12.3	-4.8
Majority			1,774	58.4	+6.0
Turnout			3,039	32.5	-0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Kenneth Weston	1,588	48.6	+5.1
	Labour	Joanne Bennett	1,435	43.9	-4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Brookes	243	7.4	-0.4
Majority			153	4.7
Turnout			3,266	37.5	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Kathleen Bullock	1,986	66.3	+5.2
	Labour	Ian McDermott	618	20.6	-6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Clarke	393	13.1	+1.0
Majority			1,368	45.7	+11.4
Turnout			2,997	37.9	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Faulkner*	800	72.7	-8.0
	Conservative	Alexander Kelly	300	27.3	+13.3
Majority			500	45.4	-21.3
Turnout			1,100	18.6	-1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrea Jones	1,278	75.9	+11.4
	Conservative	Elliott Wood	297	17.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Hunter	109	6.5	+2.7
Majority			981	58.3	+12.9
Turnout			1,684	22.4	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frank Eadie*	1,587	67.1	+6.4
	Labour	Jeanette McLaughlin	780	33.0	-2.0
Majority			807	34.1	+8.4
Turnout			2,367	32.5	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Ackerley*	1,931	63.0	+14.7
	Labour	Karina Carter	1,135	37.0	-10.9
Majority			796	26.0	+25.6
Turnout			3,066	40.2	-1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flixton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Vivienne Ward*	1,755	60.5	+11.3
	Labour	Jennifer Carroll	1,148	39.6	-5.6
Majority			607	20.9	+16.9
Turnout			2,903	38.0	-4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barry Hepburn*	2,148	75.1	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Gaskell	358	12.5	-7.5
	Labour	Beverly Harrison	355	12.4	-0.8
Majority			1,790	62.6	+15.8
Turnout			2,861	33.8	-1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Margaret Barker	1,393	54.5	+0.8
	Conservative	Keith Summerfield	1,164	45.5	+5.3
Majority			229	9.0	-4.5
Turnout			2,557	34.6	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersey St. Marys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Tolhurst*	2,048	64.8	+6.1
	Labour	Tamira Rasul	720	22.8	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	395	12.5	+3.3
Majority			1,328	42.0	+15.5
Turnout			3,163	32.5	-1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Justine Williams*	835	55.4	-4.0
	Conservative	Pervez Nakvi	672	44.6	+10.9
Majority			153	10.8	-14.9
Turnout			1,507	24.8	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Roland Griffin*	1,560	49.0	+0.8
	Conservative	Alexander Williams	1,077	33.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Riley	545	17.1	+0.7
Majority			483	15.1	+2.3
Turnout			3,182	40.9	+4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Helen Busteed*	1,143	44.5	-4.6
	Conservative	Marjorie Hepburn	1,121	43.7	+6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Hurst	303	11.8	-1.6
Majority			22	0.8	-10.8
Turnout			2,567	33.6	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Martins

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Angela Gray	1,153	45.5	-9.1
	Conservative	William Cole	1,140	45.0	+8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Elliott	241	9.5	+0.4
Majority			13	0.5	-17.8
Turnout			2,535	29.9	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Stretford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Dolan*	1,406	56.9	-0.6
	Conservative	John Schofield	1,066	43.1	+5.2
Majority			340	13.8	-5.8
Turnout			2,472	32.5	-1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Talbot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Laurence Walsh	906	66.6	-9.7
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	349	25.6	+7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Shacklock	106	7.8	+2.1
Majority			557	41.0	-17.3
Turnout			1,361	21.5	-0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Davies*	1,611	53.5	+7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Smith	845	28.0	-1.5
	Labour	Mary Atherton	558	18.5	-5.9
Majority			766	25.5	+8.8
Turnout			3,014	34.0	-1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Clarke*	1,679	53.9	+2.2
	Conservative	David Nicklin	1,439	46.2	+3.1
Majority			240	7.7	-0.9
Turnout			3,118	41.3	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Bowker*	1,932	55.3	+6.3
	Conservative	Ian Mullins	1,202	34.4	-0.2
	Labour	Andrew McNee	359	10.3	-6.1
Majority			730	20.9	+6.5
Turnout			3,493	38.1	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

1. Trafford Council Archived 8 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine .