Trafford Council election, 2008

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. In the Clifford ward, two councillors were elected, following the resignation mid-term of Councillor Andrea Jones. [ [http://www.trafford.gov.uk/news/issues/80/articles/retiring_councillors.asp Retiring Councillors] ]

Prior to the the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 39
*Labour 20
*Liberal Democrat 4

ummary

The following summary indicates the number of seats which are being defended by each party.

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 13
gain = 1
loss = 1
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0
votes = 0
plus/minus = 0Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0
votes = 0
plus/minus = 0Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats
seats = 2
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0
votes = 0
plus/minus = 0Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politican)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0
votes = 0
plus/minus = 0Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0
votes = 0
plus/minus = 0Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0
votes = 0
plus/minus = 0Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0
votes = 0
plus/minus = 0

Ward results

Altrincham ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Williams*
votes = 1,590
percentage = 56.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Majella Kennedy
votes = 620
percentage = 22.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Roger Legge
votes = 323
percentage = 11.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Deborah Leftwich
votes = 155
percentage = 5.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sarah Walmsley
votes = 137
percentage = 4.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 970
percentage = 20.9
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Ashton upon Mersey ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Rigby*
votes = 1,762
percentage = 60.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Wilton
votes = 535
percentage = 18.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Terry Corbett
votes = 389
percentage = 13.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Marian Sudbury
votes = 244
percentage = 8.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,227
percentage = 41.9
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Bowdon ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sean Anstee
votes = 2,187
percentage = 73.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Ian Chappell
votes = 334
percentage = 11.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Hague
votes = 255
percentage = 8.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Bridget Green
votes = 190
percentage = 6.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,853
percentage = 62.5
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Broadheath ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brenda Houraghan*
votes = 1,681
percentage = 54.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Western
votes = 836
percentage = 26.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Armaan Chohan
votes = 334
percentage = 10.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Martin Bate
votes = 255
percentage = 8.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 845
percentage = 27.2
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Brooklands ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kathy Bullock*
votes = 1,883
percentage = 60.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Gratrix
votes = 522
percentage = 17.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Kenneth Clarke
votes = 514
percentage = 16.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Barbara Jarkowski
votes = 196
percentage = 6.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,361
percentage = 43.7
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Bucklow-St. Martins ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Platt*
votes = 961
percentage = 50.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Hooley
votes = 592
percentage = 30.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Elizabeth Hogg
votes = 183
percentage = 9.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Melanie Bell
votes = 182
percentage = 9.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 369
percentage = 19.2
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Clifford ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Whit Stennett*
votes = 1,434
percentage = 32.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sophie Taylor
votes = 1,212
percentage = 27.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Christine Rawson
votes = 377
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Schofield
votes = 338
percentage = 7.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Blackburn
votes = 318
percentage = 7.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Anne Power
votes = 313
percentage = 7.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Louise Bird
votes = 264
percentage = 5.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Derek Hurst
votes = 220
percentage = 4.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Davyhulme East ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Blackburn
votes = 1,728
percentage = 60.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ged Carter
votes = 703
percentage = 24.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Jennie Gander
votes = 150
percentage = 5.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Graham Rogers
votes = 286
percentage = 10.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,025
percentage = 35.8
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Davyhulme West ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Shaw
votes = 1,755
percentage = 61.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Procter
votes = 669
percentage = 23.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Simon Wright
votes = 292
percentage = 10.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Joe Ryan
votes = 137
percentage = 4.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,086
percentage = 38.1
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Flixton ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Summerfield*
votes = 1,785
percentage = 55.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dolores O'Sullivan
votes = 890
percentage = 27.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Richard Elliott
votes = 321
percentage = 10.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Paul Syrett
votes = 213
percentage = 6.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 895
percentage = 27.9
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Gorse Hill ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Laurence Walsh*
votes = 1,170
percentage = 52.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Levenston
votes = 617
percentage = 27.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Francis Beswick
votes = 262
percentage = 11.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Philip Leape
votes = 189
percentage = 8.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 553
percentage = 24.7
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Hale Barns ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Myers
votes = 2,216
percentage = 72.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Sandra Taylor
votes = 437
percentage = 14.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Emily Spurrell
votes = 290
percentage = 9.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Andrew Gratton
votes = 125
percentage = 4.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,779
percentage = 60.0
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Hale Central ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Candish
votes = 1,861
percentage = 66.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Beverly Harrison
votes = 379
percentage = 13.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Pauline Cliff
votes = 338
percentage = 12.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Sarah McIlroy
votes = 231
percentage = 8.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,482
percentage = 52.8
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Longford ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Lloyd*
votes = 1,167
percentage = 41.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rod Allan
votes = 931
percentage = 32.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Margaret Westbrook
votes = 448
percentage = 15.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = David Rhodes
votes = 282
percentage = 10.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 236
percentage = 8.3
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Priory ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Brotherton*
votes = 1,225
percentage = 40.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rob Chilton
votes = 1,013
percentage = 33.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = James Eisen
votes = 358
percentage = 12.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Emma Handley
votes = 253
percentage = 8.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Philip Davis
votes = 144
percentage = 4.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 212
percentage = 7.1
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

ale Moor ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Hooley
votes = 1,120
percentage = 39.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Gratrix*
votes = 1,116
percentage = 39.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Margaret Clarke
votes = 351
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Bridget Battye
votes = 218
percentage = 7.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 4
percentage = 0.1
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

t. Mary's ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Holden*
votes = 1,659
percentage = 56.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tom Tomkins
votes = 655
percentage = 22.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Diane Webster
votes = 280
percentage = 9.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Stephen Farndon
votes = 223
percentage = 7.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Zoe Power
votes = 145
percentage = 4.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,004
percentage = 33.9
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

tretford ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tom Ross
votes = 1,345
percentage = 49.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Hooley
votes = 896
percentage = 33.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Liz O'Neill
votes = 247
percentage = 9.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = John O'Connor
votes = 218
percentage = 8.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 449
percentage = 16.6
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Timperley ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Jane Brophy
votes = 2,196
percentage = 49.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Darren Storey
votes = 1,864
percentage = 42.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Baugh
votes = 247
percentage = 5.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Jadwiga Leigh
votes = 97
percentage = 2.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 332
percentage = 7.5
change =

Urmston ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Turner*
votes = 1,346
percentage = 39.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joyce Acton
votes = 1,129
percentage = 33.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Bernard Murray
votes = 714
percentage = 21.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Helen Jocys
votes = 191
percentage = 5.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 217
percentage = 6.4
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Village ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Ray Bowker*
votes = 1,883
percentage = 58.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jacki Wilkinson
votes = 1,003
percentage = 31.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Shelton
votes = 224
percentage = 6.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Michael Leigh
votes = 126
percentage = 3.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 880
percentage = 27.2
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats
swing =

sequence
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References

* [http://www.trafford.gov.uk/content/elections/candidates.asp Official Trafford Council Election page]