Elections to Trafford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2012. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council.
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22 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of results of 2008 election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election result
editParty | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 30,145 (47.3%) | 1.0 | 13 (59.1%) | 13 / 22
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1 | 39 (61.9%) | 39 / 63
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Labour Party | 17,584 (27.6%) | 2.0 | 7 (31.8%) | 7 / 22
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1 | 19 (30.2%) | 19 / 63
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Liberal Democrats | 10,779 (16.9%) | 2.3 | 2 (9.1%) | 2 / 22
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1 | 5 (7.9%) | 5 / 63
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Green Party | 4,682 (7.4%) | 0.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63
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UKIP | 223 (0.4%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63
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BNP | 297 (0.2%) | 0.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63
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Independent | 137 (0.2%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22
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1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63
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19 | 5 | 39 |
Ward results
editAltrincham ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susan Williams* | 1,590 | 56.3 | 0.3 | |
Labour | Majella Kennedy | 620 | 22.0 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Legge | 323 | 11.4 | −2.9 | |
Green | Deborah Leftwich | 155 | 5.5 | −1.7 | |
Independent | Sarah Walmsley | 137 | 4.9 | 4.9 | |
Majority | 970 | 34.3 | 0.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,825 | 35.2 | −2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ashton upon Mersey ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Rigby* | 1,762 | 60.1 | 4.8 | |
Labour | Michael Wilton | 535 | 18.3 | −2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry Corbett | 389 | 13.3 | 0.7 | |
Green | Marian Sudbury | 244 | 8.3 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 1,227 | 41.9 | 7.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,930 | 40.4 | −1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bowdon ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sean Anstee | 2,187 | 73.4 | 2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Chappell | 334 | 11.3 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Hague | 255 | 8.6 | −1.3 | |
Green | Bridget Green | 190 | 6.4 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 1,853 | 62.5 | 3.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,966 | 39.9 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broadheath ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brenda Houraghan* | 1,681 | 54.1 | 2.9 | |
Labour | Andrew Western | 836 | 26.9 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Armaan Chohan | 334 | 10.8 | −2.5 | |
Green | Martin Bate | 255 | 8.2 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 845 | 27.2 | 3.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,106 | 35.5 | −0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brooklands ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Bucklow-St. Martins ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian Platt* | 961 | 50.1 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | Anne Hooley | 592 | 30.9 | 6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Hogg | 183 | 9.5 | 9.5 | |
Green | Melanie Bell | 182 | 9.5 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 369 | 19.2 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,918 | 26.7 | −4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Clifford ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eunice Whitfield Stennett* | 1,434 | 32.0 | 4.8 | |
Labour | Sophie Taylor | 1,212 | 27.1 | −5.0 | |
Green | Christine Rawson | 377 | 8.4 | 1.5 | |
Conservative | John Schofield | 338 | 7.6 | 2.5 | |
Conservative | John Blackburn | 318 | 7.1 | 1.5 | |
Green | Anne Power | 313 | 7.0 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Bird | 264 | 5.9 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Hurst | 220 | 4.9 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 835 | 37.3 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,476 | 32.6 | −0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Davyhulme East ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Linda Blackburn | 1,728 | 60.3 | 1.9 | |
Labour | Ged Carter | 703 | 24.5 | −6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Rogers | 286 | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
Green | Jennie Gander | 150 | 5.2 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 1,025 | 35.8 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,867 | 36.2 | −2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Davyhulme West ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Shaw | 1,755 | 61.5 | 0.9 | |
Labour | Kevin Procter | 669 | 23.5 | −6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Wright | 292 | 10.2 | 10.2 | |
Green | Joe Ryan | 137 | 4.8 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 1,086 | 38.1 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,853 | 37.0 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Flixton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Summerfield* | 1,785 | 55.6 | 4.9 | |
Labour | Dolores O'Sullivan | 890 | 27.7 | −4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Elliott | 321 | 10.0 | −0.1 | |
Green | Paul Syrett | 213 | 6.6 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 895 | 27.9 | 9.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,209 | 38.2 | −2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gorse Hill ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Laurence Walsh* | 1,170 | 52.3 | −5.6 | |
Conservative | Colin Levenston | 617 | 27.6 | 4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis Beswick | 262 | 11.7 | 4.5 | |
Green | Philip Leape | 189 | 8.5 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 553 | 24.7 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,238 | 27.7 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hale Barns ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patrick Myers | 2,216 | 72.2 | 2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Taylor | 437 | 14.2 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Emily Spurrell | 290 | 9.5 | 0.4 | |
Green | Andrew Gratton | 125 | 4.1 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 1,779 | 60.0 | 6.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,068 | 40.3 | −1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hale Central ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Chris Candish | 1,861 | 66.3 | 3.1 | |
Labour | Beverly Harrison | 379 | 13.5 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Cliff | 338 | 12.0 | 1.6 | |
Green | Sarah McIlroy | 231 | 8.2 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 1,482 | 52.8 | 3.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,809 | 38.1 | −2.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Longford ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Judith Lloyd* | 1,167 | 41.3 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Rod Allan | 931 | 32.9 | 2.8 | |
Green | Margaret Westbrook | 448 | 15.8 | 2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Rhodes | 282 | 10.0 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 236 | 8.3 | −7.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,828 | 32.5 | −2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Priory ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barry Brotherton* | 1,225 | 40.9 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Rob Chilton | 1,013 | 33.9 | 2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Eisen | 358 | 12.0 | −2.2 | |
Green | Emma Handley | 253 | 8.5 | −3.5 | |
BNP | Philip Davis | 144 | 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Majority | 212 | 7.1 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,993 | 38.7 | −0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sale Moor ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nigel Hooley | 1,120 | 39.9 | 4.9 | |
Labour | Philip Gratrix* | 1,116 | 39.8 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Clarke | 351 | 12.5 | 1.9 | |
Green | Bridget Battye | 218 | 7.8 | 2.6 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.1 | −5.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,805 | 36.6 | −2.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
St. Mary's ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Holden* | 1,659 | 56.0 | 1.1 | |
Labour | Tom Tomkins | 655 | 22.1 | −4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diane Webster | 280 | 9.5 | −1.6 | |
UKIP | Stephen Farndon | 223 | 7.5 | 4.2 | |
Green | Zoe Power | 145 | 4.9 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 1,004 | 33.9 | 5.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,962 | 34.3 | −1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Stretford ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Ross | 1,345 | 49.7 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Colin Hooley | 896 | 33.1 | 2.2 | |
Green | Liz O'Neill | 247 | 9.1 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John O'Connor | 218 | 8.1 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 449 | 16.6 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,706 | 35.0 | −1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Timperley ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jane Brophy | 2,196 | 49.9 | 2.4 | |
Conservative | Darren Storey | 1,864 | 42.3 | −6.0 | |
Labour | Peter Baugh | 247 | 5.6 | 5.6 | |
Green | Jadwiga Leigh | 97 | 2.2 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 332 | 7.5 | 6.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,404 | 52.0 | 2.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Urmston ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christine Turner* | 1,346 | 39.8 | −3.8 | |
Labour | Joyce Acton | 1,129 | 33.4 | −5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Murray | 714 | 21.1 | 12.9 | |
Green | Helen Jocys | 191 | 5.7 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 217 | 6.4 | 2.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,380 | 41.9 | −0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Village ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ray Bowker* | 1,883 | 58.2 | 8.5 | |
Conservative | Jacki Wilkinson | 1,003 | 31.0 | −5.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Shelton | 224 | 6.9 | −2.8 | |
Green | Michael Leigh | 126 | 3.9 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 880 | 27.2 | 14 | ||
Turnout | 3,236 | 41.1 | 1.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |