Elections to the Council of the metropolitan borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2015. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
Councillors defending their seats in this year were first elected in the 2007 Trafford Council election and the vote share changes in this article are calculated on this basis.
The composition of the council after the election was as follows:
Party | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 37 | 0 | |
Labour | 22 | +1 | |
Liberal Democrat | 4 | -1 |
Vote share changes are based on the comparable 2007 elections.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matt Colledge | 1,752 | 50.3 | -5.7 | |
Conservative | Alex Williams* | 1,563 | |||
Labour | Gwyneth Brock | 1,036 | 29.9 | +7.4 | |
Labour | Thom Shelton | 934 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Karin Holden | 431 | 11.9 | -2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Legge | 355 | |||
Green | Paul Bayliss | 286 | 7.9 | -0.7 | |
Green | Deborah Leftwich | 238 | |||
Majority | 527 | 16.0 | -17.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,595 | 42.5 | +4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.35% CON to LAB | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Whetton* | 1,715 | 50.5 | -4.8 | |
Labour | Michael Wilton | 1,162 | 34.2 | +13.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Marritt | 288 | 8.5 | -4.1 | |
Green | Joseph Westbrook | 229 | 6.7 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 553 | 16.3 | -17.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,394 | 46.3 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Hyman* | 2,497 | 70.7 | -0.3 | |
Labour | Thomas Hague | 541 | 15.3 | +5.4 | |
Green | Bridget Green | 251 | 7.1 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kirstie Davidson | 242 | 6.9 | -4.8 | |
Majority | 1,956 | 55.4 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,531 | 48.6 | +7.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.85% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ken Weston* | 1,879 | 43.2 | -8.0 | |
Labour | Andrew Leask | 1,757 | 40.4 | +12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Taylor | 307 | 7.1 | -6.2 | |
UKIP | John Walsh | 205 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Green | Sara Ahsan | 202 | 4.6 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 122 | 2.8 | -20.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,350 | 45.9 | +9.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 10.25% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Higgins* | 1,995 | 52.7 | -3.5 | |
Labour | Lewis Dagnall | 1,172 | 31.0 | +14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John O'Connor | 393 | 10.4 | -9.1 | |
Green | Joseph Ryan | 226 | 6.0 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 823 | 21.7 | -15.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,786 | 47.7 | +7..3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.75% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Smith* | 1,432 | 63.3 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Lee Peck | 553 | 24.5 | -0.1 | |
Green | Daniel Wadsworth | 153 | 6.8 | -1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Rogers | 123 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 879 | 38.9 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,261 | 31.6 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.4% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ejaz Malik* | 2,310 | 76.2 | +17.0 | |
Green | Anne Power | 354 | 11.7 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Alex Finney | 247 | 8.1 | -4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Sherliker | 121 | 4.0 | -8.9 | |
Majority | 1,956 | 64.5 | +20.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,032 | 39.6 | +6.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 12.95% LIB to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lisa Cooke | 1,759 | 51.0 | -7.4 | |
Labour | Helen Simpson | 1,448 | 42.0 | +10.6 | |
Green | Jennie Wadsworth | 134 | 3.9 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Bird | 105 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 311 | 9.0 | -18.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,446 | 44.7 | +6.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Reilly* | 1,666 | 51.5 | -9.1 | |
Labour | Joyce Acton | 1,261 | 39.0 | +8.7 | |
Green | Jonathan Carr | 189 | 5.8 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Hogg | 119 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 405 | 12.5 | -17.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,235 | 42.9 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.9% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Coupe* | 1,754 | 47.9 | -2.8 | |
Labour | Freda Mottley | 1,473 | 40.2 | +7.8 | |
Green | Alison Cavanagh | 284 | 7.8 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Elliott | 150 | 4.1 | -6.0 | |
Majority | 281 | 7.7 | -10.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,661 | 43.8 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.35% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Cordingley* | 1,787 | 67.8 | -9.8 | |
Conservative | Samuel Martin | 515 | 19.5 | -3.6 | |
Green | Philip Leape | 198 | 7.5 | -4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Renee Matthews | 137 | 5.2 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 1,272 | 48.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,637 | 32.9 | +4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.2% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bernard Sharp* | 2,439 | 68.5 | -1.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Barbara Twiney | 549 | 15.4 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Doyle | 391 | 11.0 | -5.4 | |
Green | Sarah McIlroy | 180 | 5.1 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,890 | 53.1 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,559 | 46.8 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.8% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Young* | 2,040 | 59.0 | -4.2 | |
Labour Co-op | Beverley Harrison | 751 | 21.7 | +7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Newgrosh | 339 | 9.8 | -0.6 | |
Green | Samuel Little | 327 | 9.5 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 1,289 | 37.3 | -12.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,457 | 45.9 | +5.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.05% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anne Duffield | 2,194 | 63.0 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | Paul Lally | 734 | 21.1 | -8.9 | |
Green | Margaret Westbrook | 389 | 11.2 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dawn Carberry-Power | 164 | 4.7 | -6.3 | |
Majority | 1,460 | 41.9 | +26.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,481 | 39.9 | +4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 13.2% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Western | 1,510 | 43.3 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Zubair Ali | 993 | 28.5 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Jones | 620 | 17.8 | +3.6 | |
Green | Emma Handley | 364 | 10.4 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 517 | 14.8 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,487 | 43.9 | +4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.3% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Joanne Bennett* | 1,494 | 47.3 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Parris | 1,260 | 39.9 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph Carter | 216 | 6.8 | -3.8 | |
Green | Nigel Woodcock | 191 | 6.0 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 234 | 7.4 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,161 | 41.7 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.8% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Bunting* | 1,773 | 50.4 | -4.5 | |
Labour | Matthew Finnegan | 1,246 | 35.4 | +9.2 | |
UKIP | Stephen Farndon | 201 | 5.7 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jordan Cooper | 190 | 5.4 | -5.7 | |
Green | Iram Zaman | 108 | 3.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 527 | 15.0 | -13.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,518 | 40.0 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.85% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Adshead* | 1,923 | 61.2 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Colin Hooley | 766 | 24.4 | -6.5 | |
Green | Liz O'Neill | 299 | 9.5 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Shaw | 154 | 4.9 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 1,157 | 36.8 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,142 | 40.3 | +3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.4% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Bruer-Morris | 1,820 | 42.8 | -5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Cliff | 1,318 | 31.0 | -16.5 | |
Labour | Peter Baugh | 924 | 21.7 | N/A | |
Green | Jadwiga Leigh | 191 | 4.5 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 502 | 11.8 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,253 | 50.6 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.5% LIB to CON |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joanne Harding | 1,786 | 48.3 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Eddie Kelson* | 1,441 | 38.9 | -4.7 | |
Green | Helen Jocys | 196 | 5.3 | -3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Hurst | 142 | 3.8 | -4.4 | |
UKIP | Robert Rawcliffe | 136 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 345 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,701 | 46.0 | +3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.85% CON to LAB |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Laura Evans | 1,215 | 35.1 | -1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Kenyon | 1,154 | 33.4 | -16.3 | |
Labour | Majella Kennedy | 906 | 26.2 | +16.5 | |
Green | Michael Leigh | 183 | 5.3 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 61 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,458 | 44.1 | -4.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 7.5% LIB to CON |