2004 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Trafford 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. Overall turnout was 46.3%.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party		Seats	+/-
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Conservative	40	+12
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Labour	20	-11
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrat	3	-1
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Conservative gain from NOC.

Election result

Trafford Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	40			+12	63.5	53.0	96,079	+7.1%
	Labour	20			-11	31.7	29.0	52,509	-6.7%
	Liberal Democrats	3			-1	4.8	15.5	28,011	+2.0%
	Green	0			0	0	2.0	3,700	-2.4%
	BNP	0			0	0	0.4	786	+0.4%
	Socialist Labour	0			0	0	0.1	135	+0.0%

Ward results

Altrincham (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Fildes*	1,837	25.4
	Conservative	Alexander Williams*	1,670	23.1
	Conservative	Stephen Ogden	1,642	22.7
	Labour	John Graham	1,137	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Legge	949	13.1
Turnout			7,235	47.2

Ashton upon Mersey (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	1,817	19.9
	Conservative	Michael Whetton	1,680	18.4
	Conservative	John Lamb*	1,534	16.8
	Labour	Simon Beaumont	969	10.6
	Labour	Joyce Eaton	968	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Corbett	798	8.7
	Labour	Tahira Rasul	798	8.7
	Green	Michael Addelman	585	6.4
Turnout			9,149	49.9

Bowdon (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Merrell*	2,454	26.6
	Conservative	Stephanie Poole*	2,402	26.0
	Conservative	Paula Pearson	2,345	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chappell	899	9.7
	Labour	Thomas Hague	590	6.4
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	546	5.9
Turnout			9,236	53.7

Broadheath (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Houraghan*	1,905	20.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Weston*	1,833	19.7
	Conservative	James Pearson	1,686	18.2
	Labour	Ian Golding	1,193	12.8
	Labour	Helen Walsh	1,081	11.6
	Labour	Martin Williams	968	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Mallion	621	6.7
Turnout			9,287	45.3

Brooklands (3 Councillors)

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

Bucklow-St. Martins (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Platt*	1,406	23.3
	Labour	Graham Kanes*	1,326	22.0
	Labour	David Quayle	1,287	21.3
	Conservative	Anne Cavanagh	686	11.4
	Conservative	James Davies	685	11.3
	Conservative	Richard Kellett	647	10.7
Turnout			6,037	34.7

Clifford (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eunice Stennett*	1,155	16.0
	Labour	Ejaz Malik	1,122	15.5
	Labour	Andrea Jones*	1,071	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Butt	785	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Victor De Souza	741	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Choudhrry Yousaf	704	9.7
	Green	John Westbrook	350	4.8
	Green	Bridget Green	289	4.0
	Conservative	John Gregory	288	4.0
	Conservative	Shirley Dirikis	269	3.6
	Conservative	Martin Massey	248	3.4
	Green	Samuel Little	212	2.9
Turnout			7,234	41.7

Davyhulme East (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edith Eadie*	2,007	22.1
	Conservative	Gary Brockbanks	1,979	21.8
	Conservative	Michael Cornes*	1,968	21.7
	Labour	Shirley Procter	987	10.9
	Labour	Jeanette McLaughlin	785	8.6
	Labour	Arikoti Chikoti	698	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Rogers	518	5.7
	Socialist Labour	James Flannery	135	1.5
Turnout			9,077	45.6

Davyhulme West (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ackerley*	1,977	21.1
	Conservative	John Reilly*	1,948	20.8
	Conservative	June Reilly*	1,921	20.5
	Labour	Freda Mottley	1,024	10.9
	Labour	Philip Morgan	1,002	10.7
	Labour	Kevin Procter	930	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wright	555	5.9
Turnout			9,357	48.5

Flixton (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Summerfield*	1,952	19.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe*	1,915	19.0
	Conservative	Elsie Ward*	1,885	18.7
	Labour	Gerard Carter	1,227	12.2
	Labour	Dolores O'Sullivan	1,175	11.7
	Labour	Nigel Roberts	1,095	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Vernon	819	8.1
Turnout			10,068	48.6

Gorse Hill (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Strickland	1,245	20.4
	Labour	Laurence Walsh*	1,222	19.9
	Labour	David Acton	1,139	18.6
	Conservative	Alison Levenston	687	11.2
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	654	10.7
	Conservative	Graeme Levenston	614	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Shacklock	573	9.3
Turnout			6,134	32.8

Hale Barns (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Mullins*	2,515	30.6
	Conservative	Bernard Sharp	2,223	27.0
	Conservative	Dilriaz Butt	1,917	23.3
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Hepburn*	1,567	19.1
Turnout			8,222	53.8

Hale Central (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Foster	2,069	26.3
	Conservative	Patricia Young	1,967	25.0
	Conservative	Alan Mitchell	1,912	24.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Elliott	1,042	13.2
	Labour	Beverly Harrison	880	11.2
Turnout			7,870	51.6

Longford (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Lloyd*	1,379	14.6
	Labour	Pauleen Lane	1,288	13.6
	Labour	David Jarman*	1,286	13.6
	Conservative	Roderick Allan	948	10.0
	Conservative	Edward Kelson	889	9.4
	Conservative	Geoffrey Harding	846	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Waseem Akram	654	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Beswick	591	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Haughton	576	6.1
	Green	Anne Power	362	3.8
	Green	Bernard Kelly	354	3.7
	Green	Stephen Parker	287	3.0
Turnout			9,460	40.1

Priory (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Brotherton*	1,413	14.3
	Labour	Roland Griffin*	1,320	13.4
	Labour	Jane Baugh	1,248	12.7
	Conservative	Joseph Garner	1,135	11.5
	Conservative	Hugh Pitcher	1,063	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Hunter	932	9.6
	Conservative	Saleem Bhatti	923	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Riley	821	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Hurst	771	7.8
	BNP	Jason Gough	232	2.4
Turnout			9,858	51.4

Sale Moor (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Gratrix*	1,219	13.8
	Labour	Joanne Bennett	1,198	13.6
	Conservative	Christine Bailey	1,172	13.3
	Conservative	Pervez Nakvi	1,116	12.7
	Conservative	John Schofield	1,105	12.5
	Labour	Munaver Rasul*	1,007	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Clarke	688	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Clarke	659	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Bearfield	650	7.4
Turnout			8,814	44.4

St. Mary's (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holden	1,926	19.7
	Conservative	Daniel Bunting	1,912	19.5
	Conservative	John Tolhurst	1,754	17.9
	Labour	Leonard Murkin	1,237	12.6
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	1,073	10.9
	Labour	Angela Gray	963	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Hibberd	641	6.5
	BNP	Dorothy Gough	294	3.0
Turnout			9,800	47.2

Stretford (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernice Garlick*	1,299	18.9
	Labour	Stephen Adshead*	1,242	18.0
	Labour	Karina Carter	1,036	15.0
	Conservative	Benita Dirikis	966	14.0
	Conservative	George Manley	948	13.8
	Conservative	Colin Hooley	945	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Mian	449	6.5
Turnout			6,885	37.1

Timperley (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Bowker*	2,145	20.1
	Conservative	Matthew Colledge	2,045	19.2
	Conservative	Arthur Davies*	2,025	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Smith	1,329	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nichola Bairstow	1,277	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Gaskell	970	9.1
	Labour	Peter Baugh	869	8.2
Turnout			10,660	52.4

Urmston (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Turner	1,747	17.2
	Conservative	Angela Roberts	1,678	16.5
	Conservative	James Wibberley	1,658	16.3
	Labour	Joyce Acton*	1,549	15.3
	Labour	William Clarke*	1,434	14.1
	Labour	Ian McDermott	1,366	13.5
	Green	Helen Jocys	715	7.0
Turnout			10,147	50.9

Village (3 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Bowker*	1,875	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Brophy*	1,672	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Fishwick*	1,589	18.0
	Conservative	Kenneth Bullman	1,119	12.7
	Conservative	David Pate	1,006	11.4
	Conservative	Clive Feingold	958	10.9
	Labour	Tom Ross	603	6.8
Turnout			8,822	47.1

References

Preceded by Trafford Council election 2003

Trafford local elections

Succeeded by Trafford Council election 2006