2000 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

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4 May 2000 (2000-05-04)

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21 of 63 seats
to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	David Acton	Frank Eadie	Brenda Ackroyd
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat	Urmston	Davyhulme East	Village
Last election	11 seats, 41.5%	9 seats, 45.5%	1 seats, 12.4%
Seats before	33	25	3
Seats won	10	10	1
Seats after	33	26	3
Seat change		1
Popular vote	20,410	28,389	6,108
Percentage	37.0%	51.5%	11.1%
Swing	4.5%	6.0%	1.3%

Map of results of 2000 election

Leader of the Council before election

David Acton
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

David Acton
Labour

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2004. The Labour Party held overall control of the council.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	20,410 (37.0%)	4.5	10 (47.6%)	10 / 21		33 (52.4%)	33 / 63
Conservative Party	28,389 (51.5%)	6.0	10 (47.6%)	10 / 21	1	27 (41.3%)	26 / 63
Liberal Democrats	6,108 (11.1%)	1.3	1 (4.8%)	1 / 21		3 (4.8%)	3 / 63
Independent	201 (0.4%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21	1	1 (1.6%)	1 / 63

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33	3	1	26

Ward results

Altrincham

Altrincham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paula Pearson	1,689	59.1	+9.2
	Labour	David Armstrong	774	27.1	-16.0
	Independent	Sheila O'Bierne*	201	7.0	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Legge	193	6.8	-0.2
Majority			915	32.0	+25.2
Turnout			2,857	32.4	-5.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bowdon

Bowdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Merrell*	2,219	73.0	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Musgrove	445	14.6	+1.1
	Labour	Peter Dunnico	375	12.3	-4.8
Majority			1,774	58.4	+6.0
Turnout			3,039	32.5	-0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Weston	1,588	48.6	+5.1
	Labour	Joanne Bennett	1,435	43.9	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Brookes	243	7.4	-0.4
Majority			153	4.7
Turnout			3,266	37.5	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Bullock	1,986	66.3	+5.2
	Labour	Ian McDermott	618	20.6	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Clarke	393	13.1	+1.0
Majority			1,368	45.7	+11.4
Turnout			2,997	37.9	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow

Bucklow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Faulkner*	800	72.7	-8.0
	Conservative	Alexander Kelly	300	27.3	+13.3
Majority			500	45.4	-21.3
Turnout			1,100	18.6	-1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrea Jones	1,278	75.9	+11.4
	Conservative	Elliott Wood	297	17.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Hunter	109	6.5	+2.7
Majority			981	58.3	+12.9
Turnout			1,684	22.4	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East

Davyhulme East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Eadie*	1,587	67.1	+6.4
	Labour	Jeanette McLaughlin	780	33.0	-2.0
Majority			807	34.1	+8.4
Turnout			2,367	32.5	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West

Davyhulme West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ackerley*	1,931	63.0	+14.7
	Labour	Karina Carter	1,135	37.0	-10.9
Majority			796	26.0	+25.6
Turnout			3,066	40.2	-1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flixton

Flixton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivienne Ward*	1,755	60.5	+11.3
	Labour	Jennifer Carroll	1,148	39.6	-5.6
Majority			607	20.9	+16.9
Turnout			2,903	38.0	-4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale

Hale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Hepburn*	2,148	75.1	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Gaskell	358	12.5	-7.5
	Labour	Beverly Harrison	355	12.4	-0.8
Majority			1,790	62.6	+15.8
Turnout			2,861	33.8	-1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Barker	1,393	54.5	+0.8
	Conservative	Keith Summerfield	1,164	45.5	+5.3
Majority			229	9.0	-4.5
Turnout			2,557	34.6	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersey-St. Mary's

Mersey St. Marys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tolhurst*	2,048	64.8	+6.1
	Labour	Tamira Rasul	720	22.8	-9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Rogers	395	12.5	+3.3
Majority			1,328	42.0	+15.5
Turnout			3,163	32.5	-1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Justine Williams*	835	55.4	-4.0
	Conservative	Pervez Nakvi	672	44.6	+10.9
Majority			153	10.8	-14.9
Turnout			1,507	24.8	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roland Griffin*	1,560	49.0	+0.8
	Conservative	Alexander Williams	1,077	33.9	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Riley	545	17.1	+0.7
Majority			483	15.1	+2.3
Turnout			3,182	40.9	+4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Busteed*	1,143	44.5	-4.6
	Conservative	Marjorie Hepburn	1,121	43.7	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Hurst	303	11.8	-1.6
Majority			22	0.8	-10.8
Turnout			2,567	33.6	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Gray	1,153	45.5	-9.1
	Conservative	William Cole	1,140	45.0	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Elliott	241	9.5	+0.4
Majority			13	0.5	-17.8
Turnout			2,535	29.9	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Stretford

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Dolan*	1,406	56.9	-0.6
	Conservative	John Schofield	1,066	43.1	+5.2
Majority			340	13.8	-5.8
Turnout			2,472	32.5	-1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Talbot

Talbot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Walsh	906	66.6	-9.7
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	349	25.6	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Shacklock	106	7.8	+2.1
Majority			557	41.0	-17.3
Turnout			1,361	21.5	-0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Davies*	1,611	53.5	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Smith	845	28.0	-1.5
	Labour	Mary Atherton	558	18.5	-5.9
Majority			766	25.5	+8.8
Turnout			3,014	34.0	-1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston

Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Clarke*	1,679	53.9	+2.2
	Conservative	David Nicklin	1,439	46.2	+3.1
Majority			240	7.7	-0.9
Turnout			3,118	41.3	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Village

Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Bowker*	1,932	55.3	+6.3
	Conservative	Ian Mullins	1,202	34.4	-0.2
	Labour	Andrew McNee	359	10.3	-6.1
Majority			730	20.9	+6.5
Turnout			3,493	38.1	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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