2024 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2024 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom and the 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election. One third of the 63 seats were contested, with each successful candidate elected to serve a four-year term of office expiring in 2028.

2024 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) 2026 →
21 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Tom Ross Nathan Evans Party Labour Conservative Leader's seat Stretford & Humphrey Park Hale Barns & Timperley South Last election 41 seats, 44.6% 10 seats, 28.4% Seats before 41 10 Seats after 43 8 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 29,338 17,645 Percentage 41.9% 25.2 Swing 2.7% 3.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Michael Welton Shaun Ennis Party Green Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Altrincham Timperley Central Last election 6 seats, 15.8% 6 seats, 10.8% Seats before 6 6 Seats after 6 6 Seat change Popular vote 12,463 7,983 Percentage 17.8 11.4 Swing 2.0% 0.6%
Map of results of 2024 election
Leader before election Tom Ross Labour Leader after election Tom Ross Labour

Following the election the Labour Party retained control of the authority, increasing their share of the Council's seats; the Party gaining two seats from the Conservative Party in Broadheath ward and Manor ward.

Turnout during the election saw 41% of the electorate using their vote; representing the highest voter turnout of a local authority area in Greater Manchester.

Background

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Trafford was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.^[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.^[2]

In June 2022, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England made The Trafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022, which officially abolished all 21 existing wards and established 21 new wards with new boundaries. All 63 Council seats were contested at the 2023 elections. The elected councillor who received the least number of votes in each ward at the 2023 election had their seat contested in this election.^[3]

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.^[4][5] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Trafford aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different local authorities, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, with voters able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Labour Party		29,338 (41.9%)		2.7	15 (71.4%)	15 / 21	2	43 (68.3%)	43 / 63
Conservative Party		17,645 (25.2%)		3.2	2 (9.5%)	2 / 21	2	8 (12.7%)	8 / 63
Green Party		12,463 (17.8%)		2.0	2 (9.5%)	2 / 21		6 (9.5%)	6 / 63
Liberal Democrats		7,983 (11.4%)		0.6	2 (9.5%)	2 / 21		6 (9.5%)	6 / 63
Reform UK		1,595 (2.3%)		2.0	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
Independent		842 (1.2%)		0.8	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
TUSC		88 (0.1%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

↓

43

8

6

6

Ward results

Altrincham

Altrincham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Michael Welton*	1,927	57.0	−4.5
	Conservative	Julie Ashall	810	23.9	+2.1
	Labour	Will Franks	518	15.3	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mario Miniaci	103	3.0	−1.8
Majority			1,117	33.0	−4.0
Rejected ballots			25	0.7	-0.2
Turnout			3,383	43.0	+1.2
Registered electors			7,876
	Green hold		Swing	-3.3

Ashton upon Mersey

Ashton upon Mersey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony O’Brien*	1,891	54.1	−0.2
	Conservative	Amit Narang	927	26.5	−6.3
	Green	Jessica Plunkett	449	12.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Barney Rule	183	5.2	+0.3
Majority			964	27.6	+11.5
Rejected ballots			44	1.3	+1.0
Turnout			3,494	45.8	−0.6
Registered electors			7,631
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Bowdon

Bowdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Hancock	1,719	42.9	−4.0
	Green	Bridget Green	1,698	42.4	+1.3
	Labour	Kate Lamerton	322	8.0	−1.1
	Reform UK	Paul Swansborough	174	4.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ludo Tolhust-Cleaver	82	2.0	−1.6
Majority			21	0.5	−3.6
Rejected ballots			11	0.3	-0.2
Turnout			4,006	47.9	+2.0
Registered electors			8,361
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.7

Broadheath

Broadheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ulrich Savary	1,716	41.1	−2.1
	Conservative	Kaushik Chakraborty*	1,710	41.0	+0.6
	Green	Alexander Young	271	6.5	−3.1
	Reform UK	Andrew Brougham-Holland	219	5.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Marritt	179	4.3	−2.5
	Independent	Stephen Farndon	56	1.3	−3.6
Majority			6	0.1
Rejected ballots			17	0.4	-0.4
Turnout			4,168	47.4	+2.7
Registered electors			8,787
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-1.4

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bilal Babar*	1,819	47.3	+0.2
	Conservative	Christopher Halliday	1,184	30.8	−7.2
	Green	Renate Aspden	354	9.2	−0.8
	Reform UK	Dan Barker	255	6.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Cliff	218	5.7	−2.0
Majority			635	16.5	+10.0
Rejected ballots			18	0.5	+0.1
Turnout			3,848	49.7	−1.5
Registered electors			7,738
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Bucklow-St. Martin's

Bucklow-St. Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wright*	1,114	61.5	−5.3
	Conservative	Limna Lijo	375	20.7	+1.3
	Green	Daniel Wadsworth	129	7.1	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Sellars	122	6.6	+1.0
	Green	Rodrigo Capucho Paulo	72	3.9	−6.1
Majority			739	39.8	+9.7
Rejected ballots			43	2.3	-0.2
Turnout			1,855	24.8	+0.3
Registered electors			7,484
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.3

Davyhulme

Davyhulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Winstanley*	1,772	52.8	−3.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe	918	27.3	−2.7
	Green	Kevin Chatterton	337	10.0	−1.4
	Independent	Gary Regan	166	4.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Kinsella	146	4.3	−0.3
Majority			854	25.4	+3.7
Rejected ballots			18	0.5	-0.1
Turnout			3,357	38.0	−0.1
Registered electors			8,823
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.2

Flixton

Flixton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Thomas*	1,936	56.3	−2.5
	Conservative	John Lijo	718	20.9	−5.3
	Green	Katrin Cotter	425	12.4	−0.3
	Independent	Paul Regan	200	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Cullen	132	3.8	−1.9
Majority			1,218	35.4	+9.7
Rejected ballots			30	0.9	-0.3
Turnout			3,441	40.2	+1.8
Registered electors			8,564
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

Gorse Hill & Cornbrook

Gorse Hill & Cornbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Devlin	1,562	60.2	−10.2
	Green	Laura Clitheroe	419	16.2	+3.4
	Conservative	Stuart Donnelly	302	11.6	+0.3
	Independent	Hazel Gibb	184	7.1	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Carberry-Power	96	3.7	−0.7
Majority			1,143	44.0	−6.8
Rejected ballots			31	1.2	+0.5
Turnout			2,594	30.4	+3.2
Registered electors			8,531
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.8

Hale

Hale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Owain Sutton*	1,751	47.3	−2.8
	Conservative	Natalie Shalom	1,351	36.5	−1.3
	Labour	Josh Spindler	436	11.8	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Stack	135	3.6	−2.3
Majority			400	10.8	+7.2
Rejected ballots			27	0.7	-0.8
Turnout			3,700	47.4	+1.8
Registered electors			7,814
	Green hold		Swing	-0.8

Hale Barns & Timperley South

Hale Barns & Timperley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Taylor*	1,385	43.0	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Ramsbottom	1,076	33.4	+2.4
	Labour	Gawain Glenton	336	10.4	−3.4
	Green	John Ross	223	6.9	0.0
	Reform UK	Andrew Davies	201	6.2	N/A
Majority			309	9.6	−4.2
Rejected ballots			16	0.5	-0.4
Turnout			3,237	43.0	+2.6
Registered electors			7,521
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.5

Longford

Longford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jarman*	1,678	57.1	−13.2
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	645	22.0	+4.6
	Conservative	Colin Hooley	288	9.8	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Fryer	214	7.3	+1.3
	TUSC	Samuel Hogan-Webb	88	3.0	N/A
Majority			1,033	35.1	−9.4
Rejected ballots			25	0.9	-0.7
Turnout			2,938	37.0	+0.9
Registered electors			7,941
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.9

Lostock & Barton

Lostock & Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shirley Procter*	1,637	60.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Anne Hooley	578	21.2	−0.4
	Green	Steve Bowater	342	12.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wright	130	4.8	−0.5
Majority			1,059	38.9	+6.2
Rejected ballots			35	1.3	+0.7
Turnout			2,723	33.6	+1.1
Registered electors			8,104
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.5

Manor

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keleigh Glenton	1,393	40.7	+2.9
	Conservative	Rupali Paul*	1,363	39.8	−7.8
	Green	James McGlashan	301	8.8	+0.8
	Reform UK	Angela O'Neill	223	6.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Kierman	126	3.7	−1.7
Majority			30	0.9
Rejected ballots			15	0.4	-3.5
Turnout			3,421	40.4	+2.6
Registered electors			8,458
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.4

Old Trafford

Old Trafford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie Taylor*	1,941	58.9	−16.7
	Green	Anja Moncrieff	1,011	30.7	+16.7
	Conservative	Diane Coupe	144	4.4	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hick	133	4.0	+0.8
Majority			930	28.2	−24.6
Rejected ballots			65	2.0	+1.0
Turnout			3,294	38.7	+3.3
Registered electors			8,520
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.7

Sale Central

Sale Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zak Deakin*	2,020	59.9	−2.7
	Conservative	Mark Bancks	713	21.1	−0.3
	Green	David Turner	318	9.4	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Kramer	291	8.6	−0.4
Majority			1,307	38.8	+7.6
Rejected ballots			30	0.9	-1.6
Turnout			3,372	44.8	+2.7
Registered electors			7,530
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.5

Sale Moor

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olly Baskerville*	1,863	57.9	+1.2
	Conservative	Sue Carroll	728	22.6	−1.1
	Green	Chris Hargreaves	394	12.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Miller	192	6.0	−1.9
Majority			1,135	35.3	+4.8
Rejected ballots			39	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			3,216	39.2	+1.6
Registered electors			8,198
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Stretford & Humphrey Park

Stretford & Humphrey Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Ross*	2,032	59.0	−4.7
	Green	Liz O'Neill	623	18.1	+3.0
	Conservative	Chris Boyes	572	16.6	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Power	159	4.6	−0.8
Majority			1,409	40.9	−2.6
Rejected ballots			57	1.7	+0.1
Turnout			3,443	39.2	+3.5
Registered electors			8,774
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.9

Timperley Central

Timperley Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Lepori*	1,808	49.7	−4.3
	Conservative	Harry Atack	751	20.6	−4.6
	Labour	Mark Nesbitt	623	17.1	+3.4
	Reform UK	Deborah Rhodes	245	6.8	N/A
	Green	James Brooke-Taylor	189	5.2	−1.6
Majority			1,057	29.0	+3.0
Rejected ballots			24	0.7	+0.3
Turnout			3,641	43.0	−0.5
Registered electors			8,463
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.2

Timperley North

Timperley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Meena Minnis*	2,329	58.0	−2.2
	Labour	Rachel Fell	754	18.8	+2.7
	Conservative	Anand Chinthala	638	15.9	−4.9
	Green	Aagash Vadera	259	6.4	−0.8
Majority			1,575	39.2	+5.9
Rejected ballots			39	1.0	-0.1
Turnout			4,019	46.4	−0.4
Registered electors			8,658
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.5

Urmston

Urmston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Procter*	1,975	57.1	−5.8
	Conservative	Ali Aydogdu	471	13.6	−9.7
	Green	Steven Tennant	354	10.2	−4.3
	Reform UK	Steve Dillon	278	8.0	N/A
	Independent	Andrew Beaumont	236	6.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Franklin-Johnston	135	3.9	−3.0
Majority			1,504	43.5	+14.0
Rejected ballots			21	0.6	-0.6
Turnout			3,461	40.5	+1.7
Registered electors			8,543
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0