Trafford Council

Trafford Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England.^a It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Trafford.

Trafford Council
Type
Type	Metropolitan district council of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor of Trafford	Cllr Laurence Walsh, Labour since 25 November 2020
Leader of the Council	Cllr Andrew Western, Labour since 23 May 2018
Chief executive	Sara Todd since 1 February 2019
Structure
Seats	63 councillors
Political groups	Administration   Labour (34) Opposition   Conservative (20) Other Parties   Liberal Democrat (3)   Green Party (3)   Vacant (3)
Joint committees	Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post, third of council elected three years out of four
Last election	2016 (one third of councillors) 2018 (one third of councillors) 2019 (one third of councillors)
Next election	2021^b (one third of councillors) 2022 (one third of councillors) 2023 (one third of councillors)
Meeting place
Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford
Website
trafford.gov.uk

Parliamentary representation

Trafford is currently covered by three constituencies: Altrincham and Sale West (nine wards), Stretford and Urmston (nine wards) and Wythenshawe and Sale East (three wards).[1]

Wards and councillors

Each ward is represented by three councillors.[2]

Council Wards
1 Altrincham
2 Ashton on Mersey
3 Bowdon
4 Broadheath
5 Hale Barns
6 Hale Central
7 St Mary's
8 Timperley
9 Village
10 Bucklow St Martins
11 Clifford
12 Davyhulme East
13 Davyhulme West
14 Flixton
15 Gorse Hill
16 Longford
17 Stretford
18 Urmston
19 Brooklands
20 Priory
21 Sale Moor

Parliamentary constituency	Ward	Councillor	Party		Term of office
Altrincham & Sale West constituency	Altrincham	Daniel Jerrome		Green	2018-22
		Michael Welton		Green	2019-23
		Geraldine Coggins		Green	2016-21^b
	Ashton on Mersey	John Lamb		Conservative	2018-22
		Ben Hartley		Labour	2019-23
		Brian Rigby		Conservative	2016-21^b
	Bowdon	Karen Barclay		Conservative	2018-22
		Claire Churchill		Conservative	2019-23
		Sean Anstee		Conservative	2016-21^b
	Broadheath	Amy Whyte		Labour	2018-22
		Serena Carr		Labour	2019-23
		Denise Western		Labour	2016-21^b
	Hale Barns	Dylan Butt		Conservative	2018-22
		Dave Morgan		Conservative	2019-23
		Patrick Myers		Conservative	2016-21^b
	Hale Central	Alan Mitchell		Conservative	2018-22
		Patricia Young		Conservative	2019-23
		Denise Haddad		Conservative	2016-21^b
	St Mary's	Rob Chilton		Conservative	2018-22
		Dan Bunting		Conservative	2019-23
		John Holden		Conservative	2016-21^b
	Timperley	Nathan Evans		Conservative	2018-22
		Meena Minnis		Liberal Democrats	2019-23
		Jane Brophy		Liberal Democrats	2016-21^b
	Village	Thomas Carey		Conservative	2018-22
		Julian Newgrosh		Liberal Democrats	2019-23
		Vacant[3]			2016-21^b
Stretford & Urmston constituency	Bucklow-St. Martins	Adele New		Labour	2018-22
		Aidan Williams		Labour	2019-23
		James Wright		Labour	2016-21^b
	Clifford	Sophie Taylor		Labour	2018-22
		Akilah Akinola		Labour	2019-23
		Whit Stennett		Labour	2016-21^b
	Davyhulme East	Jayne Dillon		Labour	2018-22
		Barry Winstanley		Labour	2019-23
		Linda Blackburn		Conservative	2016-21^b
	Davyhulme West	Graham Whitham		Labour	2018-22
		Karina Carter		Labour	2019-23
		Brian Shaw		Conservative	2016-21^b
	Flixton	Simon Thomas		Labour	2018-22
		Shirley Procter		Labour	2019-23
		Paul Lally		Conservative	2016-21^b
	Gorse Hill	David Acton		Labour	2018-22
		Mike Cordingley		Labour	2019-23
		Laurence Walsh		Labour	2016-21^b
	Longford	David Jarman		Labour	2018-22
		Vacant[4]		Labour	2019-23
		Judith Lloyd		Labour	2016-21^b
	Stretford	Jane Slater		Labour	2018-22
		Stephen Adshead		Labour	2019-23
		Tom Ross		Labour	2016-21^b
	Urmston	Kevin Procter		Labour	2018-22
		Joanne Harding		Labour	2019-23
		Catherine Hynes		Labour	2016-21^b
Wythenshawe & Sale East constituency	Brooklands	Steven Longden		Labour	2018-22
		Rose Thompson		Labour	2019-23
		Christopher Boyes		Conservative	2016-21^b
	Priory	Vacant[5]			2018-22
		Andrew Western		Labour	2019-23
		Barry Brotherton		Labour	2016-21^b
	Sale Moor	Liz Patel		Labour	2018-22
		Joanne Bennett		Labour	2019-23
		Michael Freeman		Labour	2016-21^b

See also

• Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Notes

^a The short name of Trafford Council is currently used by the authority for most purposes, however the longer names of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council and Trafford Borough Council are commonly used in relation to the council.

^b Delayed from 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

References to Note 1

• The Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) Order 2006, SI 2006/3096, art 5.
• "CONSTITUTION FOR EXECUTIVE GOVERNANCE" (PDF). Trafford Council. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

References to Note 2

• "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
• "May's local and mayoral elections postponed for a year due to coronavirus". ITV News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

References

1. "Wards in Trafford". Trafford MBC. Government of the United Kingdom. May 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
2. "Your Councillors". Trafford MBC. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
3. Richardson, Alice (14 January 2020). "Tributes as long-serving Trafford councillor Ray Bowker dies". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
4. Boothroyd, David (11 December 2020). "localcouncils.co.uk December 2020 updates". Retrieved 4 January 2021.
5. Prior, David (28 February 2020). "Tributes paid to "incredibly committed and passionate" former Broadheath councillor". Altrincham Today. Retrieved 12 April 2020.