2021 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

2021 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

6 May 2021 (2021-05-06)
25 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Andrew Western Nathan Evans Geraldine Coggins Party Labour Conservative Green Leader's seat Priory Timperley Altrincham Last election 14 seats, 41.3% 4 seats, 29.4% 1 seats, 12.6% Seats before 35 20 3 Seats won 16 7 1 Seats after 40 17 3 Seat change 5 3 Popular vote 40,453 29,906 11,167 Percentage 45.5% 33.6% 12.5% Swing 4.2% 4.2% 0.1%   Fourth party   Leader Julian Newgrosh Party Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Village Last election 2 seats, 10.6% Seats before 3 Seats won 1 Seats after 3 Seat change Popular vote 7,101 Percentage 8.0% Swing 2.6%
Map of results of 2021 election
Leader of the Council before election Andrew Western Labour Leader of the Council after election Andrew Western Labour

The 2021 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England took place on 6 May 2021. As with many other local elections in England, it was postponed from May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

One third of council seats were contested in the election, with each successful candidate serving a two-year term of office rather than the normal four due to a boundary review to be implemented in 2023.^[1] Four additional seats were also contested in concurrent by-elections; seats which had become vacant due to deaths and resignations.

Election result

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Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Labour Party		40,453 (45.5%)		4.2	16 (64.0%)	16 / 25	5	40 (63.5%)	40 / 63
Conservative Party		29,906 (33.6%)		4.2	7 (28.0%)	7 / 25	3	17 (27.0%)	17 / 63
Green Party		11,167 (12.5%)		0.1	1 (4.0%)	1 / 25		3 (4.8%)	3 / 63
Liberal Democrats		7,101 (8.0%)		2.6	1 (4.0%)	1 / 25		3 (4.8%)	3 / 63
Women's Equality Party		134 (0.2%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 25	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
Independent		120 (0.1%)		0.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 25		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
UKIP		75 (0.1%)		5.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 25		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
The Democratic Network		42 (0.1%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 25	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

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Ward results

Altrincham ward

Altrincham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Geraldine Coggins*	2,387	55.8	5.5
	Conservative	Shengke Zhi	1,227	28.7	1.4
	Labour	Ben Slater	567	13.2	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Martin	93	2.1	1.2
Majority			1,160	27.1	7.0
Registered electors			9,189
Turnout			4,274	46.81	2.85
	Green hold		Swing	3.5%

Ashton upon Mersey ward

Ashton upon Mersey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shona Gilbert	1,938	47.3	4.4
	Conservative	Kay Dwyer	1,722	42.0	2.9
	Green	Caroline Robertson-Brown	314	7.7	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Lovell	122	6.9	3.0
Majority			216	5.2	2.2
Registered electors			7,699
Turnout			4,121	53.5	5.66
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bowdon ward

Bowdon (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mussadak Mirza	1,814	54.0
	Conservative	Michael Whetton	1,763	52.5
	Green	Bridget Green	684	20.4
	Labour	Thomas Hague	672	20.0
	Labour	Charles Mayer	471	14.0
	Green	Martin Skelton	331	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver	226	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mario Emanuele Miniaci	216	6.4
Majority			1,130
Majority			1,091
Registered electors			7,316
Turnout			3,396	46.4	6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath ward

Broadheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Western*	2,260	48.9	1.6
	Conservative	Kaushik Chakraborty	1,708	36.9	6.6
	Green	Philip Young	319	6.9	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Paul	216	4.7	0.7
	Independent	Stephen Farndon	120	2.6	0.5
Majority			552	11.9	5.0
Registered electors			10,149
Turnout			4,646	45.8	5.16
	Labour hold		Swing

Brooklands ward

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Boyes*	1,894	44.7	9.3
	Labour	Fianna Hornby	1,875	44.4	1.0
	Green	Joe Ryan	255	5.3	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Cliff	206	2.9	5.2
Majority			19	0.4	3.0
Registered electors			7,831
Turnout			4,255	54.3	6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow-St. Martins ward

Bucklow-St. Martins

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wright*	1,244	60.3	5.7
	Conservative	Philip Maxwell	585	28.3	10.3
	Green	Rodrigo Capucho Paulo	147	7.1	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wright	87	4.2	0.0
Majority			659	31.9	4.7
Rejected ballots			38	1.8
Registered electors			7,213
Turnout			2,101	29.1	3.26
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford ward

Clifford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Waseem Hassan	2,650	76.2	2.9
	Green	Jess Mayo	469	13.5	0.9
	Conservative	James Halliday	254	7.3	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Hick	103	2.9	0.1
Majority			2,181	62.7	3.8
Registered electors			9,053
Turnout			3,515	38.83	2.76
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East ward

Davyhulme East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Axford	1,882	51.9	10.0
	Conservative	Steve Dillon	1,467	40.4	18.5
	Green	Steven Tennant	172	4.7	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Marshall	107	3.2	0.3
Majority			415	11.4	27.6
Registered electors			7,703
Turnout			3,659	47.5	6.24
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Davyhulme West ward

Davyhulme West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Maitland	1,837	53.4	0.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe	1,378	40.0	9.3
	Green	Philip Horner	146	4.2	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Zuk	81	2.3	0.4
Majority			459	13.3	9.9
Registered electors			7,745
Turnout			3,466	44.8	3.18
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Flixton ward

Flixton (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ged Carter	2,202	54.0
	Labour	Dolores Catherine O'Sullivan	1,900	46.6
	Conservative	Susan Ann Taylor	1,293	31.7
	Conservative	Gary Towers	871	21.4
	Green	Katrin Cotter	399	9.8
	Green	Alison Jayne Cavanagh	280	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy John Kinsella	179	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Ian Sutherland	110	2.7
	UKIP	Paul James Swansborough	75	1.8
Majority			909
Registered electors			8,383
Turnout			4089	48.8	3.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorse Hill ward

Gorse Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Walsh*	2,114	70.9	5.4
	Conservative	Ivan Voronov	513	17.2	5.3
	Green	Sanjai Patel	212	7.1	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Carberry-Power	140	4.7	0.2
Majority			1,601	53.7	0.3
Registered electors			8,666
Turnout			3,007	34.7	3.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Hale Barns ward

Hale Barns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Myers*	2,008	61.8	4.3
	Labour Co-op	Barbara Twiney	671	20.67	7.17
	Green	David Gerard	337	10.3	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Lepori	231	7.1	4.0
Majority			1,337	25.2	17.5
Registered electors			7,362
Turnout			3,247	43.54	5.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale Central ward

Hale Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Chalkin	1,499	37.7	10.8
	Green	Jane Leicester	1,307	32.8	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Will Frass	737	18.5	0.3
	Labour	Stephen Little	415	10.4	7.0
Majority			192	4.8	24.9
Registered electors			7,495
Turnout			3,978	53.8	13.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.1%

Longford ward

Longford (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Jane Haughey	2,470	63.4
	Labour	Judith Ann Lloyd*	2,072	53.2
	Green	Jennie Patricia Wadsworth	517	13.3
	Green	Margaret Emily Westbrook	435	11.2
	Conservative	Lijo John	433	11.1
	Conservative	Daniel Richard May	409	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Corrina Fryer	387	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Michael Campion	210	5.4
Majority			1953
Registered electors			9,472
Turnout			3912	41.31	5.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory ward

Priory (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Brotherton*	2,029	51.4
	Labour	Louise Dagnall	1,981	50.2
	Conservative	Rob Duncan	1,043	26.4
	Conservative	Simon Stonehill	778	19.7
	Green	Nick Robertson-Brown	440	11.1
	Green	Dave Turner	367	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Briony Stephenson	173	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Kierman	166	4.2
	The Democratic Network	Ewen Garrod	42	1.1
Majority			986
Majority			1,203
Rejected ballots			27	0.67
Registered electors			8,121
Turnout			3,977	49.0	10.39
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor ward

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Freeman*	1,812	56.7	4.3
	Conservative	Daniel Bell	971	30.4	6.5
	Green	Stephen Leicester	268	8.4	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Ramsbottom	128	4.0	3.9
Majority			841	26.3	0.3
Registered electors			7,653
Turnout			3,197	34.03	2.37
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's ward

St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holden*	1,729	47.5	1.6
	Labour	James Mills	1,317	36.2	6.6
	Green	James McGlashan	235	6.5	2.9
	Women's Equality	Lucy Wood	184	5.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Bird	174	4.7	1.3
Majority			412	11.3	8.2
Registered electors			8,671
Turnout			3,638	42.0	5.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stretford ward

Stretford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Ross*	2,160	66.7	0.7
	Conservative	Colin Hooley	625	19.3	7.5
	Green	Liz O'Neill	356	10.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Lee	72	2.2	1.6
Majority			1,535	47.4	6.8
Rejected ballots			26	0.8
Registered electors			7,974
Turnout			3,239	40.6	5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley ward

Timperley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Brophy*	1,762	39.9	2.5
	Conservative	Stuart Donnelly	1,528	34.6	2.1
	Labour	Adam Legg	799	18.1	N/A
	Green	Jadwiga Leigh	298	2.9	8.0
Majority			234	5.3	4.6
Registered electors			8,353
Turnout			4,418	52.9	6.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Urmston ward

Urmston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Cath Hynes*	2,214	58.1	3.5
	Conservative	Anand Chinthala	1,101	28.8	7.4
	Green	Luciya Whyte	324	8.5	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Franklin-Johnston	141	3.7	1.5
Majority			1,113	29.2	4.0
Registered electors			8,496
Turnout			3,813	44.9	4.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Village ward

Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Blackburn	1,293	37.9	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Ennis	1,028	30.2	10.8
	Labour	Will Jones	901	26.5	12.2
	Green	Robert Raikes	168	4.9	1.2
Majority			265	7.8	3.7
Registered electors			7,972
Turnout			3,405	42.7	2.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "LGBCE | Trafford | LGBCE Site". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
2. "2021 Local election results". Trafford Council. Retrieved 8 May 2021.