Brooklands (Trafford ward)

For the area of Sale, Greater Manchester, see Brooklands, Sale. For the electoral ward of the City of Manchester, see Brooklands, (Manchester ward).

Brooklands is an electoral ward of Trafford, Greater Manchester, covering the south-east of the town of Sale, including most of the Brooklands, Sale area.^[2] It is represented in Westminster by Mike Kane MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East^[3] The 2011 Census recorded a population of 10,434.^[1]

Brooklands (Trafford)
Electoral ward
Brooklands within Trafford
Coat of arms
Motto:  Hold fast that which is good
Coordinates: 53.4153°N 2.3184°W / 53.4153; -2.3184
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Trafford
County	Greater Manchester
Created	May 1973
Named after	Brooklands, Sale
Government   UK Parliament constituency: Wythenshawe and Sale East
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leader of the council	Tom Ross (Labour)
• Councillor	Will Jones (Labour)
• Councillor	Rose Thompson (Labour)
• Councillor	Bilal Babar (Labour)
Population
• Total	10,434
Area and population statistics from the 2011 Census[1]

Councillors

As of 2022, the councillors are Will Jones (Labour),^[4] Rose Thompson (Labour),^[5] and Chris Boyes (Conservative).^[6]

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1973		Cecil Fink (Lib)		Moira Horlock (Lib)		Sydney Evans (Lib)
1975		Cecil Fink (Lib)		Moira Horlock (Lib)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1976		Cecil Fink (Lib)		J. Ludlam (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1978		Jack Waterfall (Con)		J. Ludlam (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1979		Jack Waterfall (Con)		J. Ludlam (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1980		Jack Waterfall (Con)		J. Ludlam (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1982		Jack Waterfall (Con)		J. Ludlam (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1983		Jack Waterfall (Con)		J. Ludlam (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1984		Jack Waterfall (Con)		R. Barber (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1986		Jack Waterfall (Con)		R. Barber (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1987		Jack Waterfall (Con)		R. Barber (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1988		Margaret Cox (Con)		R. Barber (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1990		J. Chesney (Con)		R. Barber (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)
1991		J. Chesney (Con)		R. Barber (Con)		S. Hartland (Con)
1992		J. Chesney (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)		David Silverman (Con)
1994		R. Barber (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)		David Silverman (Con)
1995		R. Barber (Con)		Jonathan Taylor (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
1996		R. Barber (Con)		C. Lynch (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
1998		David Higgins (Con)		C. Lynch (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
1999		David Higgins (Con)		C. Lynch (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2000		David Higgins (Con)		Kathy Bullock (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2002		David Higgins (Con)		Kathy Bullock (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2003		David Higgins (Con)		Kathy Bullock (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2004		Kathy Bullock (Con)		David Higgins (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2006		Kathy Bullock (Con)		David Higgins (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2007		Kathy Bullock (Con)		David Higgins (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2008		Kathy Bullock (Con)		David Higgins (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2010		Kathy Bullock (Con)		David Higgins (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2011		Kathy Bullock (Con)		David Higgins (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2012		Chris Boyes (Con)		David Higgins (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2014		Chris Boyes (Con)		David Higgins (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2015		Chris Boyes (Con)		David Hopps (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2016		Chris Boyes (Con)		David Hopps (Con)		Pam Dixon (Con)
2018		Chris Boyes (Con)		David Hopps (Con)		Steven Longden (Lab)
2019		Chris Boyes (Con)		Rose Thompson (Lab)		Steven Longden (Lab)
2021		Chris Boyes (Con)		Rose Thompson (Lab)		Steven Longden (Lab)
2022		Chris Boyes (Con)		Rose Thompson (Lab)		Will Jones (Lab)
2023		Will Jones (Lab)		Rose Thompson (Lab)		Bilal Babar (Lab)
2024		Will Jones (Lab)		Rose Thompson (Lab)		Bilal Babar (Lab)

  Indicates seat up for election.

Elections in the 2020s

May 2024

2024

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

May 2023

2023 (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Will Jones*	1,852	47.1%
	Labour	Rose Thompson*	1,850	47.1%
	Labour	Bilal Babar	1,749	44.5%
	Conservative	Chris Boyes*	1,494	38.0%
	Conservative	Dan Barker	1,459	37.1%
	Conservative	Adrian Hart	1,370	34.9%
	Green	Renate Aspden	393	10.0%
	Green	Deborah Leftwich	382	9.7%
	Green	Robert Cutforth	315	8.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Cliff	301	7.7%
Majority
Rejected ballots			15	0.4%
Turnout			3,930	51.2%
Registered electors			7,678

May 2022

2022^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Will Jones	1,953	49.9
	Conservative	Adrian Hart	1,501	38.3
	Green	Renate Aspden	247	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Cliff	202	5.2
Majority			452	11.5
Registered electors			7,717
Turnout			3,915	50.7
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2021

2021^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Boyes*	1,894	44.5	7.2
	Labour	Fianna Hornby	1,875	44.1	7.4
	Green	Joe Ryan	255	6.0	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Cliff	206	4.8	3.6
Majority			19	0.4	14.5
Rejected ballots			25
Registered electors			7,831
Turnout			4,255	54.3	10.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.3

Elections in the 2010s

May 2019

2019^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rose Thompson	1,587	43.3	10.4
	Conservative	Michelle McGrath	1,295	35.4	16.7
	Green	Joe Ryan	309	8.4	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Cliff	298	8.1	0.2
	UKIP	Tony Nayler	174	4.8	N/A
Majority			292	3.4
Registered electors			7,735
Turnout			3,663	47.6	24.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	13.6

Change in vote share compared to May 2015.

May 2018

2018^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Longden	1,939	47.6	14.1
	Conservative	Mike Jefferson	1,755	43.1	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Meenakshi Minnis	170	4.2	2.2
	Green	Mandy King	155	3.8	5.3
	UKIP	Tony Nayler	55	1.4	N/A
Majority			184	4.5
Registered electors			7,844
Turnout			4,080	52.0	11.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	11.4

Change in vote share compared to May 2014.

May 2016

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Boyes*	1,766	51.7	3.7
	Labour	Serena Carr	1,256	36.7	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Meenakshi Minnis	287	8.4	1.7
	Green	Joseph Ryan	100	2.9	5.5
Majority			510	14.9	0.2
Turnout			3,419	44.2	5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

Change in vote share compared to May 2012.

May 2015

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hopps	2,952	52.1	0.6
	Labour	Gary Keary	1,868	32.9	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Eisen	472	8.3	2.1
	Green	Joseph Ryan	378	6.7	0.7
Majority			1,084	19.2	2.5
Turnout			5,670	71.8	24.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

Change in vote share compared to May 2011.

May 2014

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Dixon*	1,627	51.8	5.0
	Labour	Mike Green	1,052	33.5	8.0
	Green	Joe Ryan	286	9.1	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Eisen	200	6.4	18.1
Majority			575	18.3	3.0
Turnout			3,139	41.0	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5

Change in vote share compared to May 2010.

May 2012

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Boyes	1,421	48.1	12.4
	Labour	Louise Dagnall	972	32.9	15.1
	Green	David Eatock	247	8.4	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael McDonald	197	6.7	9.8
	Independent	Colin Bearfield	117	4.0	N/A
Majority			449	15.2	28.5
Turnout			2,954	38.6	0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.8

Change in vote share compared to May 2008.

May 2011

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Higgins*	1,995	52.7	3.5
	Labour	Lewis Dagnall	1,172	31.0	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	John O'Connor	393	10.4	9.1
	Green	Joseph Ryan	226	6.0	1.3
Majority			823	21.7	15.0
Turnout			3,786	47.7	7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.9

Change in vote share compared to May 2007.

May 2010

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Dixon*	2,648	46.8	12.7
	Labour	Angela Gratrix	1,444	25.5	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	John O'Connor	1,389	24.5	0.7
	Green	Joseph Ryan	179	3.2	N/A
Majority			1,204	21.3	14.4
Turnout			5,660	71.0	32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.7

Change in vote share compared to May 2006.

Elections in the 2000s

2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathy Bullock*	1,883	60.5	+4.3
	Labour	Angela Gratrix	522	17.8	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Clarke	514	16.5	−3.0
	Green	Barbara Jarkowski	196	6.3	−1.0
Majority			1,361	43.7	+7.0
Turnout			3,115	38.9	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Higgins*	1,769	56.2	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Clarke	614	19.5	−4.3
	Labour	David Hampson	536	17.0	+0.2
	Green	Nicola Campling	229	7.3	+7.3
Majority			1,155	36.7	+1.0
Turnout			3,148	40.3	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Dixon*	1,808	59.5	−20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Clarke	722	23.8	+7.3
	Labour	Angela Gratrix	509	16.8	+16.8
Majority			1,086	35.7	+10.3
Turnout			3,039	38.9	−10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2004 (after boundary changes)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Bullock*	2,196	27.9
	Conservative	David Higgins*	2,154	27.4
	Conservative	Pamela Dixon*	1,962	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Rhodes	1,296	16.5
	BNP	Andrew Harris	260	3.3
Turnout			7,868	49.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Dixon*	2,247	47.6	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Clarke	1,149	24.3	+6.8
	Labour	Joanne Bennett	1,083	22.9	−3.0
	Green	Stephen Parker	245	5.2	+5.2
Majority			1,098	23.3	−7.4
Turnout			4,724	61.3	+7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Higgins*	2,378	56.6	−9.7
	Labour	Philip Morgan	1,086	25.9	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Clarke	737	17.5	+4.4
Majority			1,292	30.7	−15.0
Turnout			4,201	54.3	+16.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2000

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

Elections in the 1990s

1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dixon*	1,779	61.1	−0.8
	Labour	Bennett	780	26.8	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	YR Clarke	353	12.1	+1.5
Majority			999	34.3	−0.1
Turnout			2,912	36.8	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. R. Higgins	1,879	61.9	+12.9
	Labour	J. Bagnoli	833	27.5	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Y. R. Clarke	322	10.6	−4.6
Majority			1,046	34.4	−21.3
Turnout			3,034	38.3	−3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. J. J. Lynch	1,626	49.0	−0.9
	Labour	J. A. Lloyd	1,190	35.8	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	K. Clarke	505	15.2	+1.6
Majority			436	13.1	−9.7
Turnout			3,321	42.1	−2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. A. Dixon	1,815	49.9	+1.5
	Labour	P. Frizzby	986	27.1	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	C. Marchbank-Smith	493	13.6	−16.9
	Independent	D. F. Cockayne	343	9.4	+9.4
Majority			829	22.8	+4.9
Turnout			3,637	44.8	−0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Barber	1,736	48.4	−20.1
	Liberal Democrats	A. Rhodes	1,095	30.5	+14.2
	Labour	T. G. Crewe	754	21.0	+7.9
Majority			641	17.9	−33.7
Turnout			3,585	45.3	−6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

1992 (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Taylor	2,302	34.5	+2.7
	Conservative	D. F. Silverman	2,264	34.0	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	A. Rhodes	544	8.2	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	W. Rhodes	541	8.1	−2.5
	Labour	D. G. Kirkland	455	6.8	−0.8
	Labour	P. Miller	420	6.3	−1.3
	Green	V. Birdsall	141	2.1	+2.1
Majority			1,720	51.6	+9.0
Turnout			6,667	43.1	−0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. J. Hartland	2,596	63.7	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	K. F. Humber	862	21.2	+6.7
	Labour	W. Stennett	615	15.1	−4.8
Majority			1,734	42.6	+2.1
Turnout			4,073	50.7	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Chesney	2,467	60.5	−8.5
	Labour	W. Stennett	813	19.9	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	K. F. Humber	590	14.5	−1.6
	Green	R. I. Unsworth	209	5.1	+5.1
Majority			1,654	40.5	−10.3
Turnout			4,079	50.3	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1988 (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Barber*	2,630	35.2	+12.1
	Conservative	M. C. R. Cox	2,528	33.8	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	C. A. Bearfield	630	8.4	−14.6
	Liberal Democrats	K. F. Humber	579	7.7	−16.0
	Labour	L. J. Hargadon	565	7.6	+4.9
	Labour	E. D. Shaw	543	7.3	+4.3
Majority			1,898	25.4	−1.4
Turnout			7,475	48.1	−8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Taylor*	2,679	58.3	+8.0
	SDP	B. M. Keeley-Huggett	1,445	31.4	−4.8
	Labour	E. D. Shaw	474	10.3	−3.2
Majority			1,234	26.8	+12.7
Turnout			4,598	56.7	+10.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. E. Waterfall*	1,881	50.3	−1.2
	Alliance	C. S. Fink	1,354	36.2	−1.0
	Labour	E. D. Shaw	507	13.5	+2.2
Majority			527	14.1	−0.2
Turnout			3,742	46.0	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Barber	1,892	51.5	−11.8
	Liberal	C. S. Fink	1,365	37.2	+12.4
	Labour	L. T. Murkin	416	11.3	−0.7
Majority			527	14.3	−24.2
Turnout			3,673	45.6	−6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Taylor*	2,630	63.3	−0.1
	Liberal	G. M. R. Willmott	1,029	24.8	−0.7
	Labour	R. P. F. Phillips	497	12.0	+0.9
Majority			1,601	38.5	+0.6
Turnout			4,156	51.6	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. E. Waterfall*	2,489	63.4	+10.9
	Liberal	C. A. Bearfield	1,000	25.5	−9.4
	Labour	H. Davies	437	11.1	−1.5
Majority			1,489	37.9	+20.3
Turnout			3,926	49.1	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

1980

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. B. Ludlam*	2,107	52.5	−11.3
	Liberal	C. A. Bearfield	1,401	34.9	+8.8
	Labour	J. Shaw	507	12.6	+2.5
Majority			706	17.6	+3.3
Turnout			4,015	50.2	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Taylor*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. E. Waterfall	2,685	63.8	−1.0
	Liberal	C. S. Fink*	1,098	26.1	−9.1
	Labour	A. J. Hadley	426	10.1	+10.1
Majority			1,587	37.7	+8.2
Turnout			4,209	47.1	+1.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. B. Ludlam	2,393	64.8	+6.8
	Liberal	H. Hughes	1,302	35.2	+1.5
Majority			1,091	29.5	+5.3
Turnout			3,695	45.2	−0.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Taylor	2,362	58.0
	Liberal	S. Evans*	1,375	33.7
	Labour	E. P. M. Wollaston	338	8.3
Majority			987	24.2
Turnout			4,075	45.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. S. Fink	2,073	50.9
	Liberal	M. Horlock	2,027
	Liberal	S. Evans	1,905
	Conservative	A. Goodliffe	1,878	46.1
	Conservative	J. Fergusson	1,796
	Conservative	A. Long	1,723
	Communist	B. Panter	120	2.9
Majority			27
Turnout			4,071	43.4
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)