2018 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

Main article: 2018 United Kingdom local elections

The 2018 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England took place on 3 May 2018.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2018 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 2016 3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) 2019 →
22 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Andrew Western Sean Anstee Ray Bowker Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Priory Bowdon Village Last election 9 seats, 40.0% 10 seats, 39.3% 2 seats, 9.6% Seats before 26 34 3 Seats won 13 7 0 Seats after 30 29 2 Seat change 4 5 1 Popular vote 34,523 26,884 5,318 Percentage 47.2% 36.8% 7.3% Swing 7.2% 2.5% 2.3%   Fourth party   Leader Geraldine Coggins Party Green Leader's seat Altrincham Last election 0 seats, 6.4% Seats before 0 Seats won 2 Seats after 2 Seat change 2 Popular vote 4,817 Percentage 6.6% Swing 0.2%
Map of results of 2018 election
Leader of the Council before election Sean Anstee Conservative Leader of the Council after election Andrew Western Labour

One third of the council stood for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2022. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council going into the election but lost 5 seats, with Labour holding the larger number of councillors, meaning the council entered a state of no overall control.^[1]

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Labour Party		34,523 (47.2%)		7.2	13 (59.1%)	13 / 22	4	30 (47.6%)	30 / 63
Conservative Party		26,884 (36.8%)		2.5	7 (31.8%)	7 / 22	5	29 (46.0%)	29 / 63
Liberal Democrats		5,318 (7.3%)		2.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22	1	2 (3.2%)	2 / 63
Green Party		4,817 (6.6%)		0.2	2 (9.1%)	2 / 22	2	2 (3.2%)	2 / 63
UKIP		1,011 (1.4%)		2.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
Liberal Party		391 (0.5%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
Independent		165 (0.2%)		0.7	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

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Ward results

Altrincham ward

Altrincham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Daniel Jerrome[n 2]	1,944	47.1	23.4
	Green	Geraldine Coggins[n 3]	1,621	39.3	15.6
	Conservative	Constantine Biller	1,386	33.6	13.1
	Conservative	Angela Stone	1,342	32.5	14.2
	Labour	Stephane Savary	846	20.5	2.8
	Labour	Barry Winstanley	655	15.9	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Newgrosh	118	2.9	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Martin	93	2.3	3.9
Majority			558	13.0	N/A
Registered electors			8,892
Turnout				46.5	7.7
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	18.0
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	–

Ashton upon Mersey ward

Ashton upon Mersey

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	New
Majority			109	3.0	15.1
Registered electors			7,617
Turnout			3,584	47.1	4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.6

Bowdon ward

Bowdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Barclay*	2,130	68.4	2.6
	Labour	Waseem Hassan	422	13.5	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver	356	11.4	3.4
	Green	Nigel Hennerley	169	5.4	0.3
	UKIP	Jim Cook	39	1.3	1.3
Majority			1,708	54.9	0.8
Registered electors			7,335
Turnout			3,116	42.5	1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

Broadheath ward

Broadheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amy Whyte*	2,077	49.3	+3.3
	Conservative	Kate Burke	1,716	40.7	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Marriott	170	4.0	−2.2
	Green	Daniel Gresty	160	3.8	+2.0
	UKIP	Mike Bayley-Sanderson	56	1.3	−0.8
	Independent	Stephen Farndon	33	0.8	0
Majority			361	8.6	+1.5
Turnout			4,212	42.6	−1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Brooklands ward

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Longden	1,939	47.6	+10.8
	Conservative	Mike Jefferson	1,755	43.1	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Meenakshi Minnis	170	4.2	−4.2
	Green	Mandy King	155	3.8	+0.9
	UKIP	Tony Nayler	55	1.4	+1.4
Majority			184	4.5
Turnout			4,074	52.0	+7.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bucklow-St. Martins ward

Bucklow-St. Martins

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adele New	1,427	70.5	+5.8
	Conservative	Geoffrey Turner	424	21.0	−7.1
	UKIP	Norine Napier	90	4.4	+0.4
	Green	Rodrigo Capucho Paulo	44	2.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wright	38	1.9	+0.8
Majority			1,003	49.6	+13.9
Turnout			2,023	28.5	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford ward

Clifford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie Taylor*	2,702	84.3	+4.7
	Green	Jess Mayo	255	8.0	−3.8
	Conservative	Alex Finney	165	5.1	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Cliff	82	2.6	+0.5
Majority			2,447	76.4	+8.6
Turnout			3,204	39.3	−1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East ward

Davyhulme East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Dillon	2,205	57.5	+19.7
	Conservative	Mike Cornes*	1,388	36.2	−9.0
	Green	Steven Tennant-Smythe	100	2.6	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Sutherland	73	1.9	−0.6
	UKIP	Gary Regan	69	1.8	−8.6
Majority			817	21.3
Turnout			3,835	49.5	+7.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Davyhulme West ward

Davyhulme West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Whitham	2,230	57.5	+23.3
	Conservative	Christine Turner	1,403	36.2	−11.7
	UKIP	Paul Regan	96	2.6	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Kierman	81	2.2	+0.2
	Green	Rob Raikes	71	1.9	−1.3
Majority			827	21.3
Turnout			3,881	50.5	+9.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Flixton ward

Flixton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Thomas	2,732	59.9	+20.1
	Conservative	Viv Ward*	1,528	33.5	−7.9
	Green	Christine McLaughlin	125	2.7	−1.7
	UKIP	Andrew Beaumont	91	2.0	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Sutherland	84	1.8	−0.7
Majority			1,204	26.4	+24.7
Turnout			4,560	55.0	+10.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Gorse Hill ward

Gorse Hill

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
Turnout			2,793	33.5	−1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Hale Barns ward

Hale Barns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dylan Butt*	1,932	66.8	−3.1
	Labour	Akilah Akinola	477	16.5	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie Boysen	258	8.9	+1.2
	Independent	Sandra Taylor	132	4.6	+4.6
	Green	Deborah Leftwich	95	3.3	−1.6
Majority			1,455	50.3
Turnout			2,894	39.0	−1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale Central ward

Hale Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Mitchell*	1,604	53.6	−4.5
	Labour	Jill Axford	809	27.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Will Frass	364	12.2	+2.2
	Green	Stephen Leicester	166	5.5	−1.7
	Liberal	Wayne Harrison	49	1.6	+1.6
Majority			795	26.6
Turnout			2,992	40.3	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford ward

Longford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jarman*	2,611	71.5	+3.6
	Conservative	Cathy Conchie	547	15.0	+0.7
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	238	6.5	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Fryer	194	5.3	+3.0
	UKIP	Pauline Royle	60	1.6	−4.7
Majority			2,064	56.5
Turnout			3,650	40.1	0
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory ward

Priory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jane Baugh*	2,018	60.3	+5.3
	Conservative	George Barker	988	29.5	+2.9
	Green	Paul Greer	170	5.1	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael MacDonald	170	5.1	−0.5
Majority			1,030	30.8
Turnout			3,346	40.9	+1.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Sale Moor ward

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Patel	1,433	51.7	−4.0
	Conservative	Darren Christopher Meacher	971	35.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Czarina Kirk	207	7.5	+2.7
	Green	Jane Leicester	161	5.8	−1.1
Majority			462	16.7
Turnout			2,772	36.4	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's ward

St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Chilton*	2,053	60.0	+2.3
	Labour	Mal Choudhury	1,054	30.8	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Bird	167	4.9	+0.1
	Green	Nicholas Robertson-Brown	149	4.4	−1.7
Majority			999	29.2	+2.9
Turnout			3,423	39.9	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stretford ward

Stretford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Slater	2,231	71.5	+4.9
	Conservative	Shengke Zhi	490	15.7	−6.1
	Green	Liz O'Neill	211	6.8	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Lepori	98	3.1	−0.2
	UKIP	Ian Royle	92	2.9	+2.9
Majority			1,741	55.8
Turnout			3,122	39.5	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley ward

Timperley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nathan Evans*	1,694	40.4	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	William Jones	1,329	31.7	−20.4
	Labour	Julia Garlick	718	17.1	+6.7
	Liberal	Neil Taylor	342	8.2	+8.2
	Green	Jadwiga Leigh	113	2.7	−1.4
Majority			365	8.7
Turnout			4,196	49.6	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston ward

Urmston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Procter*	2,243	57.8	+9.9
	Conservative	Michelle McGrath	1,217	31.3	−5.8
	Green	Timothy Woodward	155	4.0	+0.2
	UKIP	Krissy Douglas	138	3.6	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Cullen	130	3.3	+0.9
Majority			1,026	26.5
Turnout			3,883	45.3	−1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Village ward

Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Carey	1,331	40.8	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Fishwick*	1,003	30.8	−14.5
	Labour	Tony O'Brien	742	22.8	+4.0
	UKIP	Angela O'Neill	106	3.3	+3.3
	Green	Matthew Westbrook	78	2.4	−1.4
Majority			328	10.0
Turnout			3,260	41.2	−2.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Notes

1. % of total refers to % of wards won.
2. Elected to serve a 4-year term.
3. Elected to serve a 2-year term.