Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004

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Elections to Trafford Council were held on 10 June 2004.

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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%.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

PartySeats  +/-  
Conservative 40 +12
Labour 20 -11
Liberal Democrat 3 -1
Conservative gain from NOC.

Election result

Trafford Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 40 +12 63.5 53.0 96,079 +7.1%
  Labour 20 -11 31.7 29.0 52,509 -6.7%
  Liberal Democrat 3 -1 4.8 15.5 28,011 +2.0%
  Green 0 0 0 2.0 3,700 -2.4%
  BNP 0 0 0 0.4 786 +0.4%
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0.1 135 +0.0%

Ward results

Altrincham (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Susan Fildes*1,83725.4
Conservative Alexander Williams*1,67023.1
Conservative Stephen Ogden1,64222.7
Labour John Graham 1,137 15.7
Liberal Democrat Roger Legge 949 13.1
Turnout 7,235 47.2
Ashton upon Mersey (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brian Rigby*1,81719.9
Conservative Michael Whetton1,68018.4
Conservative John Lamb*1,53416.8
Labour Simon Beaumont* 969 10.6
Labour Joyce Eaton 968 10.6
Liberal Democrat Terence Corbett 798 8.7
Labour Tahira Rasul 798 8.7
Green Michael Addelman 585 6.4
Turnout 9,149 49.9
Bowdon (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Merrell*2,45426.6
Conservative Stephanie Poole*2,40226.0
Conservative Paula Pearson*2,34525.4
Liberal Democrat Ian Chappell 899 9.7
Labour Thomas Hague 590 6.4
Green Margaret Westbrook 546 5.9
Turnout 9,236 53.7
Broadheath (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brenda Houraghan*1,90520.5
Conservative Kenneth Weston*1,83319.7
Conservative James Pearson1,68618.2
Labour Ian Golding 1,193 12.8
Labour Helen Walsh 1,081 11.6
Labour Martin Williams 968 10.4
Liberal Democrat Bryn Mallion 621 6.7
Turnout 9,287 45.3
Brooklands (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kathleen Bullock*2,19627.9
Conservative David Higgins*2,15427.4
Conservative Pamela Dixon*1,96224.9
Liberal Democrat David Rhodes 1,296 16.5
BNP Andrew Harris 260 3.3
Turnout 7,868 49.4
Bucklow-St. Martins (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ian Platt*1,40623.3
Labour Graham Kanes*1,32622.0
Labour David Quayle*1,28721.3
Conservative Anne Cavanagh 686 11.4
Conservative James Davies 685 11.3
Conservative Richard Kellett 647 10.7
Turnout 6,037 34.7
Clifford (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Eunice Whitfield Stennett*1,15516.0
Labour Ejaz Malik1,12215.5
Labour Andrea Jones*1,07114.8
Liberal Democrat Mohammad Butt 785 10.9
Liberal Democrat Victor De Souza 741 10.2
Liberal Democrat Choudhrry Yousaf 704 9.7
Green John Westbrook 350 4.8
Green Bridget Green 289 4.0
Conservative John Gregory 288 4.0
Conservative Shirley Dirikis 269 3.6
Conservative Martin Massey 248 3.4
Green Samuel Little 212 2.9
Turnout 7,234 41.7
Davyhulme East (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Edith Eadie*2,00722.1
Conservative Gary Brockbanks1,97921.8
Conservative Michael Cornes*1,96821.7
Labour Shirley Procter 987 10.9
Labour Jeanette McLaughlin 785 8.6
Labour Arikoti Chikoti 698 7.7
Liberal Democrat Graham Rogers 518 5.7
Socialist Labour James Flannery 135 1.5
Turnout 9,077 45.6
Davyhulme West (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Ackerley*1,97721.1
Conservative John Reilly*1,94820.8
Conservative June Reilly*1,92120.5
Labour Freda Mottley 1,024 10.9
Labour Philip Morgan 1,002 10.7
Labour Kevin Procter 930 9.9
Liberal Democrat Simon Wright 555 5.9
Turnout 9,357 48.5
Flixton (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Keith Summerfield*1,95219.4
Conservative Jonathan Coupe*1,91519.0
Conservative Elsie Ward*1,88518.7
Labour Gerard Carter 1,227 12.2
Labour Dolores O'Sullivan 1,175 11.7
Labour Nigel Roberts 1,095 10.9
Liberal Democrat Alan Vernon 819 8.1
Turnout 10,068 48.6
Gorse Hill (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mary Strickland*1,24520.4
Labour Laurence Walsh*1,22219.9
Labour David Acton*1,13918.6
Conservative Alison Levenston 687 11.2
Conservative Colin Levenston 654 10.7
Conservative Graeme Levenston 614 10.0
Liberal Democrat Hazel Shacklock 573 9.3
Turnout 6,134 32.8
Hale Barns (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Mullins*2,51530.6
Conservative Bernard Sharp2,22327.0
Conservative Dilriaz Butt1,91723.3
Liberal Democrat Barry Hepburn* 1,567 19.1
Turnout 8,222 53.8
Hale Central (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Foster2,06926.3
Conservative Patricia Young1,96725.0
Conservative Alan Mitchell1,91224.2
Liberal Democrat Richard Elliott 1,042 13.2
Labour Beverly Harrison 880 11.2
Turnout 7,870 51.6
Longford (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Judith Lloyd*1,37914.6
Labour Pauleen Lane*1,28813.6
Labour David Jarman*1,28613.6
Conservative Roderick Allan 948 10.0
Conservative Edward Kelson 889 9.4
Conservative Geoffrey Harding 846 8.9
Liberal Democrat Waseem Akram 654 6.9
Liberal Democrat Francis Beswick 591 6.2
Liberal Democrat Eric Haughton 576 6.1
Green Anne Power 362 3.8
Green Bernard Kelly 354 3.7
Green Stephen Parker 287 3.0
Turnout 9,460 40.1
Priory (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Barry Brotherton*1,41314.3
Labour Roland Griffin*1,32013.4
Labour Jane Baugh*1,24812.7
Conservative Joseph Garner 1,135 11.5
Conservative Hugh Pitcher 1,063 10.8
Liberal Democrat John Hunter 932 9.6
Conservative Saleem Bhatti 923 9.4
Liberal Democrat Michael Riley 821 8.3
Liberal Democrat Derek Hurst 771 7.8
BNP Jason Gough 232 2.4
Turnout 9,858 51.4
Sale Moor (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Philip Gratrix*1,21913.8
Labour Joanne Bennett1,19813.6
Conservative Christine Bailey1,17213.3
Conservative Pervez Nakvi 1,116 12.7
Conservative John Schofield 1,105 12.5
Labour Munaver Rasul* 1,007 11.4
Liberal Democrat Margaret Clarke 688 7.8
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Clarke 659 7.5
Liberal Democrat Colin Bearfield 650 7.4
Turnout 8,814 44.4
St. Mary's (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Holden1,92619.7
Conservative Daniel Bunting1,91219.5
Conservative John Tolhurst*1,75417.9
Labour Leonard Murkin* 1,237 12.6
Labour Sophie Taylor 1,073 10.9
Labour Angela Gray* 963 9.8
Liberal Democrat Diane Hibberd 641 6.5
BNP Dorothy Gough 294 3.0
Turnout 9,800 47.2
Stretford (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Bernice Garlick*1,29918.9
Labour Stephen Adshead*1,24218.0
Labour Karina Carter1,03615.0
Conservative Benita Dirikis 966 14.0
Conservative George Manley 948 13.8
Conservative Colin Hooley 945 13.7
Liberal Democrat Mohammed Mian 449 6.5
Turnout 6,885 37.1
Timperley (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Anne Bowker*2,14520.1
Conservative Matthew Colledge2,04519.2
Conservative Arthur Davies*2,02519.0
Liberal Democrat Catherine Smith 1,329 12.5
Liberal Democrat Nichola Bairstow 1,277 12.0
Liberal Democrat Christopher Gaskell 970 9.1
Labour Peter Baugh 869 8.2
Turnout 10,660 52.4
Urmston (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christine Turner1,74717.2
Conservative Angela Roberts1,67816.5
Conservative James Wibberley1,65816.3
Labour Joyce Acton* 1,549 15.3
Labour William Clarke* 1,434 14.1
Labour Ian McDermott* 1,366 13.5
Green Helen Jocys 715 7.0
Turnout 10,147 50.9
Village (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Raymond Bowker*1,87521.3
Liberal Democrat Jane Brophy*1,67219.0
Liberal Democrat Douglas Fishwick*1,58918.0
Conservative Kenneth Bullman 1,119 12.7
Conservative David Pate 1,006 11.4
Conservative Clive Feingold 958 10.9
Labour Tom Ross 603 6.8
Turnout 8,822 47.1

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