2004 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
10 June 2004 (2004-06-10)
63 of 63 seats
to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Susan Fildes David Acton Ray Bowker
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Altrincham Gorse Hill Village
Last election 10 seats,
45.9%		 10 seats,
35.7%		 1 seats,
13.5%
Seats before 28 31 4
Seats won 40 20 3
Seat change Increase12 Decrease11 Decrease 1
Popular vote 96,079 52,509 28,011
Percentage 53.0% 29.0% 15.5%
Swing Increase7.1% Decrease6.7% Increase2.0%
Map of results of 2004 election
Leader of the Council before election

David Acton
Labour

 Leader of the Council after election

Susan Fildes
Conservative

Elections to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004.

Due to demographic changes in the Borough since its formation in 1973, and in common with most other English Councils in 2004, substantial boundary changes were implemented in time for these elections. The most notable changes were as follows:

  • Most of the former wards of Park and Talbot were merged to form a new Gorse Hill ward.
  • Most of the former wards of Bucklow and St. Martins were merged to form a new Bucklow - St. Martins ward.
  • The Hale ward ceased to exist, and two new wards were created from most of its area: Hale Barns and Hale Central.
  • The Mersey St. Marys ward ceased to exist, and two new wards were created from most of its area: Ashton on Mersey and St. Marys.

Due to these changes, it was necessary for the whole Council to be re-elected for the first time since 1973. Each ward elected three candidates, with the first-placed candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2008, the second-placed candidate serving a three-year term of office, expiring in 2007, and the third-placed candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 2006. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[1] Overall turnout was 46.3%.

Election result

Party Votes Seats
Conservative Party 96,079 (53.0%)
Increase 7.1 40 (63.5%)
40 / 63
 Increase 12
Labour Party 52,509 (29.0%)
Decrease 6.7 20 (31.7%)
20 / 63
 Decrease 11
Liberal Democrats 28,011 (15.5%)
Increase 2.0 3 (4.8%)
3 / 63
 Decrease 1
Green Party 3,700 (2.0%)
Decrease 2.4 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
 Steady
BNP 786 (0.4%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
 N/A
Socialist Labour Party 135 (0.1%)
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
 Steady
↓
20 3 40

Ward results

Altrincham

Altrincham (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Fildes* 1,837 52.0
Conservative Alexander Williams* 1,670 47.3
Conservative Stephen Ogden 1,642 46.5
Labour John Graham 1,137 32.2
Liberal Democrats Roger Legge 949 26.9
Majority 505 14.3
Turnout 3,533 47.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ashton upon Mersey

Ashton upon Mersey (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Rigby* 1,817 50.3
Conservative Michael Whetton 1,680 46.5
Conservative John Lamb* 1,534 42.5
Labour Simon Beaumont* 969 26.8
Labour Joyce Eaton 968 26.8
Liberal Democrats Terence Corbett 798 22.1
Labour Tahira Rasul 798 22.1
Green Michael Addelman 585 16.2
Majority 565 15.6
Turnout 3,611 49.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bowdon

Bowdon (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Merrell* 2,454 64.5
Conservative Stephanie Poole* 2,402 63.1
Conservative Paula Pearson* 2,345 61.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Chappell 899 23.6
Labour Thomas Hague 590 15.5
Green Margaret Westbrook 546 14.3
Majority 1,446 38.0
Turnout 3,806 53.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Broadheath

Broadheath (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brenda Houraghan* 1,905 52.6
Conservative Kenneth Weston* 1,833 50.6
Conservative James Pearson 1,686 46.6
Labour Ian Golding 1,193 33.0
Labour Helen Walsh 1,081 29.9
Labour Martin Williams 968 26.7
Liberal Democrats Bryn Mallion 621 17.2
Majority 493 13.6
Turnout 3,619 45.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Brooklands

Brooklands (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Bullock* 2,196 58.1
Conservative David Higgins* 2,154 57.0
Conservative Pamela Dixon* 1,962 51.9
Liberal Democrats David Rhodes 1,296 34.3
BNP Andrew Harris 260 6.9
Majority 666 17.6
Turnout 3,782 49.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bucklow-St. Martin's

Bucklow-St. Martins (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Platt* 1,406 58.6
Labour Graham Kanes* 1,326 55.3
Labour David Quayle* 1,287 53.7
Conservative Anne Cavanagh 686 28.6
Conservative James Davies 685 28.6
Conservative Richard Kellett 647 27.0
Majority 601 25.1
Turnout 2,398 34.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Clifford

Clifford (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eunice Whitfield Stennett* 1,155 39.1
Labour Ejaz Malik 1,122 37.9
Labour Andrea Jones* 1,071 36.2
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Butt 785 26.5
Liberal Democrats Victor De Souza 741 25.1
Liberal Democrats Choudhrry Yousaf 704 23.8
Green John Westbrook 350 11.8
Green Bridget Green 289 9.8
Conservative John Gregory 288 9.7
Conservative Shirley Dirikis 269 9.1
Conservative Martin Massey 248 8.4
Green Samuel Little 212 7.2
Majority 286 9.7
Turnout 2,957 41.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Davyhulme East

Davyhulme East (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edith Eadie* 2,007 57.1
Conservative Gary Brockbanks 1,979 56.3
Conservative Michael Cornes* 1,968 56.0
Labour Shirley Procter 987 28.1
Labour Jeanette McLaughlin 785 22.3
Labour Arikoti Chikoti 698 19.9
Liberal Democrats Graham Rogers 518 14.7
Socialist Labour James Flannery 135 3.8
Majority 981 27.9
Turnout 3,516 45.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Davyhulme West

Davyhulme West (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ackerley* 1,977 54.3
Conservative John Reilly* 1,948 53.5
Conservative June Reilly* 1,921 52.7
Labour Freda Mottley 1,024 28.1
Labour Philip Morgan 1,002 27.5
Labour Kevin Procter 930 25.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Wright 555 15.2
Majority 897 24.6
Turnout 3,642 48.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Flixton

Flixton (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Summerfield* 1,952 49.2
Conservative Jonathan Coupe* 1,915 48.3
Conservative Elsie Ward* 1,885 47.5
Labour Gerard Carter 1,227 30.9
Labour Dolores O'Sullivan 1,175 29.6
Labour Nigel Roberts 1,095 27.6
Liberal Democrats Alan Vernon 819 20.7
Majority 658 16.6
Turnout 3,965 48.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Gorse Hill

Gorse Hill (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Strickland* 1,245 49.6
Labour Laurence Walsh* 1,222 48.7
Labour David Acton* 1,139 45.4
Conservative Alison Levenston 687 27.4
Conservative Colin Levenston 654 26.1
Conservative Graeme Levenston 614 24.5
Liberal Democrats Hazel Shacklock 573 22.8
Majority 452 18.0
Turnout 2,509 32.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hale Barns

Hale Barns (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Mullins* 2,515 63.1
Conservative Bernard Sharp 2,223 55.8
Conservative Dilriaz Butt 1,917 48.1
Liberal Democrats Barry Hepburn* 1,567 39.3
Majority 350 8.8
Turnout 3,985 53.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hale Central

Hale Central (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Foster 2,069 57.6
Conservative Patricia Young 1,967 54.8
Conservative Alan Mitchell 1,912 53.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Elliott 1,042 29.0
Labour Beverly Harrison 880 24.5
Majority 870 24.2
Turnout 3,592 51.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Longford

Longford (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Lloyd* 1,379 42.1
Labour Pauleen Lane* 1,288 39.3
Labour David Jarman* 1,286 39.3
Conservative Roderick Allan 948 28.9
Conservative Edward Kelson 889 27.1
Conservative Geoffrey Harding 846 25.8
Liberal Democrats Waseem Akram 654 20.0
Liberal Democrats Francis Beswick 591 18.0
Liberal Democrats Eric Haughton 576 17.6
Green Anne Power 362 11.1
Green Bernard Kelly 354 10.8
Green Stephen Parker 287 8.8
Majority 338 10.3
Turnout 3,276 40.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Priory

Priory (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Brotherton* 1,413 38.1
Labour Roland Griffin* 1,320 35.6
Labour Jane Baugh* 1,248 33.7
Conservative Joseph Garner 1,135 30.6
Conservative Hugh Pitcher 1,063 28.7
Liberal Democrats John Hunter 932 25.1
Conservative Saleem Bhatti 923 24.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Riley 821 22.1
Liberal Democrats Derek Hurst 771 20.8
BNP Jason Gough 232 6.3
Majority 113 3.0
Turnout 3,707 51.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sale Moor

Sale Moor (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Gratrix* 1,219 36.3
Labour Joanne Bennett 1,198 35.6
Conservative Christine Bailey 1,172 34.9
Conservative Pervez Nakvi 1,116 33.2
Conservative John Schofield 1,105 32.9
Labour Munaver Rasul* 1,007 30.0
Liberal Democrats Margaret Clarke 688 20.5
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Clarke 659 19.6
Liberal Democrats Colin Bearfield 650 19.3
Majority 56 1.8
Turnout 3,362 44.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St. Mary's

St. Mary's (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Holden 1,926 49.1
Conservative Daniel Bunting 1,912 48.7
Conservative John Tolhurst* 1,754 44.7
Labour Leonard Murkin* 1,237 31.5
Labour Sophie Taylor 1,073 27.3
Labour Angela Gray* 963 24.5
Liberal Democrats Diane Hibberd 641 16.3
BNP Dorothy Gough 294 7.5
Majority 517 13.2
Turnout 3,924 47.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stretford

Stretford (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernice Garlick* 1,299 45.9
Labour Stephen Adshead* 1,242 43.9
Labour Karina Carter 1,036 36.6
Conservative Benita Dirikis 966 34.1
Conservative George Manley 948 33.5
Conservative Colin Hooley 945 33.4
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Mian 449 15.7
Majority 70 2.5
Turnout 2,831 37.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Timperley

Timperley (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Bowker* 2,145 50.0
Conservative Matthew Colledge 2,045 47.7
Conservative Arthur Davies* 2,025 47.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Smith 1,329 31.0
Liberal Democrats Nichola Bairstow 1,277 29.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Gaskell 970 22.6
Labour Peter Baugh 869 20.3
Majority 696 16.2
Turnout 4,288 52.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Urmston

Urmston (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christine Turner 1,747 44.1
Conservative Angela Roberts 1,678 42.3
Conservative James Wibberley 1,658 41.8
Labour Joyce Acton* 1,549 39.1
Labour William Clarke* 1,434 36.2
Labour Ian McDermott* 1,366 34.5
Green Helen Jocys 715 18.0
Majority 109 2.7
Turnout 3,964 50.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Village

Village (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Bowker* 1,875 53.3
Liberal Democrats Jane Brophy* 1,672 47.5
Liberal Democrats Douglas Fishwick* 1,589 45.2
Conservative Kenneth Bullman 1,119 31.8
Conservative David Pate 1,006 28.6
Conservative Clive Feingold 958 27.2
Labour Tom Ross 603 17.1
Majority 470 13.4
Turnout 3,517 47.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Davyhulme West By-Election 25 November 2004[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Hooley 1,070 52.2 -3.4
Labour Bill Clarke 757 36.9 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Alan Vernon 222 10.8 -4.8
Majority 313 15.3 -13.5
Turnout 2,049 27.2 -21.3
Conservative hold Swing
Timperley By-Election 25 November 2004[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ken Bullman 1,152 51.2 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Chappell 750 33.3 +2.5
Labour Tom Ross 349 15.5 -4.5
Majority 402 17.9 -1.7
Turnout 2,251 27.3 -25.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Trafford council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  2. 1 2 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (25 November 2004). "November By Elections 2004". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
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