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| house_type = Metropolitan district council
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| body = Metropolitan Borough of Trafford
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| foundation = 1 April 1974
| foundation = 1 April 1974
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| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1_type = [[Mayors in England|Mayor]]
| leader1 = Cllr Chris Boyes
| leader1 = Amy Whyte
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| party1 = <br/>[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| election1 = 25 May 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 25 May 2022 |url=https://democratic.trafford.gov.uk/documents/g3416/Printed%20minutes%2025th-May-2022%2018.00%20Council.pdf?T=1 |website=Trafford Council |access-date=3 September 2022}}</ref>
| election1 = 22 May 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Council meeting, 22 May 2024 |url=https://democratic.trafford.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=122&MId=3663 |website=Trafford Council |access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Have your say on our country's future, urges Trafford's new Mayor |url=https://www.trafford.gov.uk/residents/news/articles/2024/20240529-Have-your-say-on-our-country%27s-future-urges-Trafford%27s-new-Mayor.aspx |website=Trafford Council |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=30 May 2024}}</ref>
| leader2_type = [[Leader of the Council|Leader]]
| leader2_type = [[Leader of the Council|Leader]]
| leader2 = Cllr Tom Ross
| leader2 = [[Tom Ross (politician)|Tom Ross]]
| party2 = <br>[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| party2 = <br/>[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| election2 = 17 December 2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/23198678.new-trafford-council-leader-announced-by-election/ | title=New Trafford Council leader announced after by-election }}</ref>
| election2 = 17 December 2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/23198678.new-trafford-council-leader-announced-by-election/ | title=New Trafford Council leader announced after by-election | date=18 December 2022 }}</ref>
| leader3_type = Chief executive
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| leader3 = Sara Todd
| leader3 = Sara Todd
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| election3 = 1 February 2019
| election3 = 1 February 2019
| seats = 63 councillors
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| term_length = 4 years
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| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First-past-the-post]], third of council elected three years out of four
| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First-past-the-post]]
| last_election1 = [[2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2021]] (one third of councillors)<br />[[2022 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2022]] (one third of councillors)<br />[[2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2023]] (all councillors)
| last_election1 = [[2024 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2 May 2024]]
| next_election1 = 7 May 2026
| next_election1 = [[2024 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2024]] (one third of councillors)<br />[[2026 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2026]] (one third of councillors)<br />[[2027 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2027]] (one third of councillors)
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| meeting_place = [[Trafford Town Hall]], Talbot Road, [[Stretford]]
| meeting_place = [[Trafford Town Hall]], Talbot Road, [[Stretford]], Manchester, M32{{nbsp}}0TH
| website = {{URL|trafford.gov.uk/}}
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'''Trafford Council''' is the local authority of the [[Trafford|Metropolitan Borough of Trafford]] in Greater Manchester, England.{{ref|Short|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''', or '''Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council''', is the [[Local government in England|local authority]] of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Trafford]] in [[Greater Manchester]], England. It is a [[metropolitan borough council]] and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the [[Greater Manchester Combined Authority]] since 2011.


The council has been under [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] majority control since 2019. It is based at [[Trafford Town Hall]] in [[Stretford]].
== Parliamentary representation ==

Trafford is currently covered by three [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituencies]]: [[Altrincham and Sale West (UK Parliament constituency)|Altrincham and Sale West]] (nine wards), [[Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)|Stretford and Urmston]] (nine wards) and [[Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wythenshawe and Sale East]] (three wards).<ref>{{cite web | title = Wards in Trafford | url = http://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/elections/wards-in-trafford.aspx |date=May 2017 | publisher = Government of the United Kingdom | work = Trafford MBC | access-date = 4 June 2016 }}</ref>
==History==
The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and its council were created in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]] as one of ten metropolitan districts within the new [[metropolitan county]] of Greater Manchester. The first election was held [[1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|in 1973]]. For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's seven outgoing authorities, being the [[municipal borough|borough]] councils of [[Municipal Borough of Altrincham|Altrincham]], [[Municipal Borough of Sale|Sale]] and [[Municipal Borough of Stretford|Stretford]], the [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban district]] councils of [[Bowdon Urban District|Bowdon]], [[Hale Urban District|Hale]], and [[Urmston Urban District|Urmston]], and the [[Bucklow Rural District|Bucklow Rural District Council]] (in respect of four of its parishes only). The new metropolitan district and its council formally came into being on 1 April 1974, at which point the old districts and their councils were abolished.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|schedule=1|access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>

The metropolitan district was awarded [[Borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=District Councils and Boroughs |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145 |website=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |access-date=30 May 2024 |date=28 March 1974}}</ref> The council styles itself Trafford Council rather than its full formal name of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Find your local council |url=https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council/trafford |website=gov.uk |access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/about-us/docs/part-1-constitution-summary.pdf |title=CONSTITUTION FOR EXECUTIVE GOVERNANCE |website=Trafford Council |access-date=19 March 2018}}</ref>

From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the [[Greater Manchester County Council]]. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ten borough councils, including Trafford, with some services provided through joint committees.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1985|year=1985|chapter=51|access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref>

Since 2011 the council has been a member of the [[Greater Manchester Combined Authority]], which has been led by the directly elected [[Mayor of Greater Manchester]] since 2017. The combined authority provides strategic leadership and co-ordination for certain functions across Greater Manchester, notably regarding transport and town planning, but Trafford Council continues to be responsible for most local government functions.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011|year=2011|number=908|access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Understand how your council works |url=https://www.gov.uk/understand-how-your-council-works |website=gov.uk |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>

==Governance==
Trafford Council provides [[metropolitan borough]] services. Some strategic functions in the area are provided by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority; the leader of Trafford Council sits on the combined authority as Trafford's representative.<ref>{{cite web |title=GMCA Members |url=https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/who-we-are/gmca-members/ |website=Greater Manchester Combined Authority |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref> There are four [[civil parish]]es in the borough at [[Carrington, Greater Manchester|Carrington]], [[Dunham Massey]], [[Partington]] and [[Warburton, Greater Manchester|Warburton]], which form an additional tier of local government for their areas; the rest of the borough is [[Unparished area|unparished]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>

===Political control===
The council has been under Labour majority control since 2019.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms took effect has been as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=Compositions calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |website=The Elections Centre |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="2016 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections">{{cite web | title = Declaration of result of poll: Trafford | url = http://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/elections/docs/Declaration-of-results-2016.pdf | publisher = Government of the United Kingdom | author = Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | author-link = Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | date = 5 May 2016 | access-date = 7 May 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party in control!!Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 1974–1986
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1986–1988
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 1988–1995
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1995–1996
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 1996–2003
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 2003–2004
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 2004–2018
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 2018–2019
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 2019–present
|}

===Leadership===
The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Trafford. Political leadership is instead provided by the [[leader of the council]]. The leaders since 1974 have been:<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes |url=https://democratic.trafford.gov.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?GL=1&bcr=1 |website=Trafford Council |access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
|-
| Arthur Littler ||{{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1 April 1974 || align=right|22 May 1974
|-
| Frank Eadie ||{{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|22 May 1974 || align=right|1975
|-
| Michael King ||{{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1975 || align=right|1976
|-
| Colin Warbrick ||{{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1976 || align=right|1977
|-
| Michael King ||{{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1977 || align=right|1978
|-
| Jonathan Taylor ||{{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1978 || align=right|1982
|-
| Michael King ||{{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1982 || align=right|1985
|-
| Colin Warbrick ||{{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1985 || align=right|1986
|-
| Barry Brotherton || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|1986 || align=right|1988
|-
| Colin Warbrick ||{{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1988 || align=right|1993
|-
| Frank Eadie ||{{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|1993 || align=right|1995
|-
| [[Beverley Hughes]] || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|1995 || align=right|1997
|-
| David Acton || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|1997 || align=right|2004
|-
| [[Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford|Susan Williams]] || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|2004 || align=right|19 May 2009
|-
| Matthew Colledge || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|19 May 2009 || align=right|13 Mar 2014
|-
| [[Sean Anstee]] || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|13 Mar 2014 || align=right|23 May 2018
|-
| [[Andrew Western]] || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|23 May 2018 || align=right|4 Jan 2023
|-
| [[Tom Ross (politician)|Tom Ross]] || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|4 Jan 2023 || align=right|
|}

===Composition===
Following the [[2024 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2024 election]], the composition of the council was:<ref>{{cite news |title=Local elections 2024: full mayoral and council results for England |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2024/may/02/local-elections-2024-full-council-results-for-england |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=4 May 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2| Party
! Councillors
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=center|43
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=center|8
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}} || align=center|6
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} || align=center|6
|-
! colspan=2|Total
! align=center|63
|}

The next election is due in May 2026.

==Elections==
{{also|Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections}}
Since the last boundary changes in 2023, the council has comprised 63 [[councillor]]s representing 21 [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|wards]], with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Trafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022|year=2022|number=1375|access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>


== Wards and councillors ==
== Wards and councillors ==
{{for|historical political control and leadership|Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections}}
Each ward is represented by three councillors.<ref>{{cite web | title = Your Councillors | url = https://democratic.trafford.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 | publisher = Government of the United Kingdom | work = Trafford MBC | access-date = 4 June 2016 }}</ref>
Each ward is represented by three councillors.<ref>{{cite web | title = Your Councillors | url = https://democratic.trafford.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 | publisher = Government of the United Kingdom | work = Trafford MBC | access-date = 4 June 2016 }}</ref>
[[File:Trafford_Council_Wards_Numbered.png|thumbnail|'''Council Wards'''<br />
1 Altrincham <br />
2 Ashton on Mersey <br />
3 Bowdon <br />
4 Broadheath <br />
5 Hale Barns <br />
6 Hale Central <br />
7 St Mary's <br />
8 Timperley <br />
9 Village <br />
10 Bucklow St Martins <br />
11 Clifford <br />
12 Davyhulme East <br />
13 Davyhulme West <br />
14 Flixton <br />
15 Gorse Hill <br />
16 Longford <br />
17 Stretford <br />
18 Urmston <br />
19 Brooklands <br />
20 Priory <br />
21 Sale Moor]]


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| rowspan=27 | [[Altrincham and Sale West (UK Parliament constituency)|Altrincham & Sale<br />West constituency]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Altrincham (ward)|Altrincham]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Altrincham (ward)|Altrincham]]
|Geraldine Coggins
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|2023–27
|-
|Daniel Jerrome
|Daniel Jerrome
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|2023–26
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Michael Welton
|Michael Welton
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|2024–28
|2019–23
|-
|Geraldine Coggins
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Ashton upon Mersey (ward)|Ashton upon Mersey]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Ashton upon Mersey (ward)|Ashton upon Mersey]]
|Shona Gilbert
|Tony O'Brien
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Ben Hartley
|Ben Hartley
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2019–23
|-
|-
|Tony O'Brien
|Shona Gilbert
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Bowdon (ward)|Bowdon]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Bowdon (ward)|Bowdon]]
|Phil Eckersley
|Shengke Zhi
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Shengke Zhi
|Michael Whetton
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2021–23
|-
|-
|Lisa Hancock
|Mussadak Mirza
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Broadheath (Trafford ward)|Broadheath]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Broadheath (Trafford ward)|Broadheath]]
|Denise Western
|Amy Whyte
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Amy Whyte
|Serena Carr
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2019–23
|-
|-
|Ulrich Savary
|Denise Western
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Hale Barns (ward)|Hale Barns]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Hale Barns and Timperley South|Hale Barns & Timperley South]]
|Dylan Butt
|Dylan Butt
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Nathan Evans
|Dave Morgan
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2019-23
|-
|-
|Michael Taylor
|Patrick Myers
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Hale Central]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Hale (electoral ward)|Hale]]
|Jane Leicester
|Jane Leicester
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Hannah Spencer
|Patricia Young
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|2023–26
|2019–23
|-
|-
|Owain Sutton
|Daniel Chalkin
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[St Mary's (Trafford ward)|St Mary's]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Manor (Trafford electoral ward)|Manor]]
|Rob Duncan
|Rob Duncan
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|Dan Bunting
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2019–23
|-
|-
|John Holden
|John Holden
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2021–25
|-
|-
|Keleigh Glenton
|rowspan="3"| [[Timperley (ward)|Timperley]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|Will Frass
|2024-28
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Timperley Central]]
|Shaun Ennis
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Julian Newgrosh
|Meena Minnis
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2023–26
|-
|Simon Lepori
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2019–23
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Timperley North]]
|[[Jane Brophy]]
|[[Jane Brophy]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2021–25
|-
|-
|Will Frass
|rowspan="3"| [[Village (ward)|Village]]
|Shaun Ennis
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Meena Minnis
|Julian Newgrosh
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2019–23
|-
|Linda Blackburn
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2021–25
|-
|-
| rowspan=27 | [[Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)|Stretford & Urmston<br />
| rowspan=27 | [[Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)|Stretford & Urmston<br />
constituency]]
constituency]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Bucklow-St. Martins]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Bucklow-St. Martins]]
|Frances Cosby
|Adele New
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Aidan Williams
|Aidan Williams
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2019–23
|-
|-
|James Wright
|James Wright
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Clifford (ward)|Clifford]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Davyhulme (ward)|Davyhulme]]
|Sue Maitland
|Sophie Taylor
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Karina Carter
|Akilah Akinola
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2019–23
|-
|-
|Barry Winstanley
|Waseem Hassan
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Davyhulme East]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Flixton (ward)|Flixton]]
|Ged Carter
|Shirley Procter
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Dolores O'Sullivan
|Barry Winstanley
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2019–23
|-
|-
|Simon Thomas
|Jill Axford
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Davyhulme West]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Gorse Hill and Cornbrook|Gorse Hill & Cornbrook]]
|David Acton
|Graham Whitham
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Fianna Hornby
|Karina Carter
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2019–23
|-
|-
|George Devlin
|Sue Maitland
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Flixton (ward)|Flixton]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Longford, Greater Manchester|Longford]]
|Sarah Haughey
|Simon Thomas
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Judith Lloyd
|Dolores O'Sullivan
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2021–23
|-
|-
|Dave Jarman
|Ged Carter
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Gorse Hill (ward)|Gorse Hill]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Lostock and Barton|Lostock & Barton]]
|Jill Axford
|David Acton
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Mike Cordingley
|Fianna Hornby
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2022–23
|-
|-
|Shirley Procter
|Laurence Walsh
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Longford, Greater Manchester|Longford]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Old Trafford (ward)|Old Trafford]]
|Waseem Hassan
|David Jarman
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Emma Hirst
|Judith Lloyd
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2021–23
|-
|-
|Sophie Taylor
|Sarah Haughey
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Stretford (ward)|Stretford]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Stretford and Humphrey Park|Stretford & Humphrey Park]]
|Stephen Adshead
|Jane Slater
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Jane Slater
|Stephen Adshead
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2019–23
|-
|-
|Tom Ross
|Tom Ross
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Urmston (ward)|Urmston]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Urmston (ward)|Urmston]]
|Kevin Procter
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–26
|-
|Joanne Harding
|Joanne Harding
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2019–23
|-
|-
|Catherine Hynes
|Catherine Hynes
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2021–25
|-
|Kevin Procter
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|-
|-
| rowspan=9 | [[Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wythenshawe & Sale<br />East constituency]]
| rowspan=9 | [[Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wythenshawe & Sale<br />East constituency]]
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|Will Jones
|Will Jones
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Rose Thompson
|Rose Thompson
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2019–23
|-
|-
|Bilal Babar
|Chris Boyes
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Priory (Trafford ward)|Priory]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Sale Central]]
|Barry Brotherton
|Louise Dagnall
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Eve Parker
|[[Andrew Western]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2019–23
|-
|-
|Zak Deakin
|Barry Brotherton
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Sale Moor (ward)|Sale Moor]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Sale Moor (ward)|Sale Moor]]
|Joanne Bennett
|Liz Patel
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–27
|2022–26
|-
|-
|Liz Patel
|Joanne Bennett
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2023–26
|2019–23
|-
|-
|Olly Baskerville
|Michael Freeman
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024-28
|2021–25
|}
|}


== Notes ==
==Premises==
The council is based at [[Trafford Town Hall]], on Talbot Road in [[Stretford]]. The building was originally called Stretford Town Hall, having been completed in 1933 for the former Stretford Borough Council, one of Trafford Council's predecessors.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road|num=1391923|grade=II|access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref> Most of the council's offices are in a modern extension to the rear of the building which opened in 2013, replacing an earlier office extension of 1983 on the same site.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mara |first1=Felix |title=Keep it simple: Trafford Town Hall redevelopment by 5Plus |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/keep-it-simple-trafford-town-hall-redevelopment-by-5plus |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=Architects' Journal |date=18 July 2013}}</ref>
{{notelist}}

:{{note label|Short|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.

:{{note label|Co-vid19|b}} Delayed from 2020 due to the [[COVID-19|coronavirus pandemic]].

;References to Note 1
* <small>The Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) Order 2006, SI 2006/3096, art 5.</small>
* <small>{{cite web |url=https://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/about-us/docs/part-1-constitution-summary.pdf |title=CONSTITUTION FOR EXECUTIVE GOVERNANCE |website=Trafford Council |access-date=19 March 2018}}</small>

;References to Note 2
* <small>{{cite news |title=Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51876269 |access-date=13 April 2020 |work=BBC News |date=13 March 2020}}</small>
* <small>{{cite news |title=May's local and mayoral elections postponed for a year due to coronavirus |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-13/may-s-local-and-mayoral-elections-postponed-for-a-year-due-to-coronavirus |access-date=13 April 2020 |work=[[ITV News]] |date=13 March 2020 |language=en}}</small>


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 16:14, 27 September 2024

Trafford Council
Arms of Trafford Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Amy Whyte,
Labour
since 22 May 2024[1][2]
Tom Ross,
Labour
since 17 December 2022[3]
Sara Todd
since 1 February 2019
Structure
Seats63 councillors
Political groups
Administration (43)
  Labour (43)
Other parties (20)
  Conservative (8)
  Green (6)
  Liberal Democrats (6)
Joint committees
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0TH
Website
trafford.gov.uk

Trafford Council, or Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2011.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2019. It is based at Trafford Town Hall in Stretford.

History

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The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and its council were created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 as one of ten metropolitan districts within the new metropolitan county of Greater Manchester. The first election was held in 1973. For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's seven outgoing authorities, being the borough councils of Altrincham, Sale and Stretford, the urban district councils of Bowdon, Hale, and Urmston, and the Bucklow Rural District Council (in respect of four of its parishes only). The new metropolitan district and its council formally came into being on 1 April 1974, at which point the old districts and their councils were abolished.[4]

The metropolitan district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.[5] The council styles itself Trafford Council rather than its full formal name of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.[6][7]

From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ten borough councils, including Trafford, with some services provided through joint committees.[8]

Since 2011 the council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which has been led by the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. The combined authority provides strategic leadership and co-ordination for certain functions across Greater Manchester, notably regarding transport and town planning, but Trafford Council continues to be responsible for most local government functions.[9][10]

Governance

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Trafford Council provides metropolitan borough services. Some strategic functions in the area are provided by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority; the leader of Trafford Council sits on the combined authority as Trafford's representative.[11] There are four civil parishes in the borough at Carrington, Dunham Massey, Partington and Warburton, which form an additional tier of local government for their areas; the rest of the borough is unparished.[12]

Political control

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The council has been under Labour majority control since 2019.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms took effect has been as follows:[13][14]

Party in control Years
Conservative 1974–1986
No overall control 1986–1988
Conservative 1988–1995
No overall control 1995–1996
Labour 1996–2003
No overall control 2003–2004
Conservative 2004–2018
No overall control 2018–2019
Labour 2019–present

Leadership

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The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Trafford. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been:[15]

Councillor Party From To
Arthur Littler Conservative 1 April 1974 22 May 1974
Frank Eadie Conservative 22 May 1974 1975
Michael King Conservative 1975 1976
Colin Warbrick Conservative 1976 1977
Michael King Conservative 1977 1978
Jonathan Taylor Conservative 1978 1982
Michael King Conservative 1982 1985
Colin Warbrick Conservative 1985 1986
Barry Brotherton Labour 1986 1988
Colin Warbrick Conservative 1988 1993
Frank Eadie Conservative 1993 1995
Beverley Hughes Labour 1995 1997
David Acton Labour 1997 2004
Susan Williams Conservative 2004 19 May 2009
Matthew Colledge Conservative 19 May 2009 13 Mar 2014
Sean Anstee Conservative 13 Mar 2014 23 May 2018
Andrew Western Labour 23 May 2018 4 Jan 2023
Tom Ross Labour 4 Jan 2023

Composition

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Following the 2024 election, the composition of the council was:[16]

Party Councillors
Labour 43
Conservative 8
Green 6
Liberal Democrats 6
Total 63

The next election is due in May 2026.

Elections

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See also: Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2023, the council has comprised 63 councillors representing 21 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office.[17]

Wards and councillors

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Each ward is represented by three councillors.[18]

Parliamentary constituency Ward Councillor Party Term of office
Altrincham & Sale
West constituency 		Altrincham Geraldine Coggins Green 2023–27
Daniel Jerrome Green 2023–26
Michael Welton Green 2024–28
Ashton upon Mersey Shona Gilbert Labour 2023–27
Ben Hartley Labour 2023–26
Tony O'Brien Labour 2024-28
Bowdon Phil Eckersley Conservative 2023–27
Shengke Zhi Conservative 2023–26
Lisa Hancock Conservative 2024-28
Broadheath Denise Western Labour 2023–27
Amy Whyte Labour 2023–26
Ulrich Savary Labour 2024-28
Hale Barns & Timperley South Dylan Butt Conservative 2023–27
Nathan Evans Conservative 2023–26
Michael Taylor Conservative 2024-28
Hale Jane Leicester Green 2023–27
Hannah Spencer Green 2023–26
Owain Sutton Green 2024-28
Manor Rob Duncan Conservative 2023–27
John Holden Conservative 2023–26
Keleigh Glenton Labour 2024-28
Timperley Central Shaun Ennis Liberal Democrats 2023–27
Julian Newgrosh Liberal Democrats 2023–26
Simon Lepori Liberal Democrats 2024-28
Timperley North Jane Brophy Liberal Democrats 2023–27
Will Frass Liberal Democrats 2023–26
Meena Minnis Liberal Democrats 2024-28
Stretford & Urmston
constituency 		Bucklow-St. Martins Frances Cosby Labour 2023–27
Aidan Williams Labour 2023–26
James Wright Labour 2024-28
Davyhulme Sue Maitland Labour 2023–27
Karina Carter Labour 2023–26
Barry Winstanley Labour 2024-28
Flixton Ged Carter Labour 2023–27
Dolores O'Sullivan Labour 2023–26
Simon Thomas Labour 2024-28
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook David Acton Labour 2023–27
Fianna Hornby Labour 2023–26
George Devlin Labour 2024-28
Longford Sarah Haughey Labour 2023–27
Judith Lloyd Labour 2023–26
Dave Jarman Labour 2024-28
Lostock & Barton Jill Axford Labour 2023–27
Mike Cordingley Labour 2023–26
Shirley Procter Labour 2024-28
Old Trafford Waseem Hassan Labour 2023–27
Emma Hirst Labour 2023–26
Sophie Taylor Labour 2024-28
Stretford & Humphrey Park Stephen Adshead Labour 2023–27
Jane Slater Labour 2023–26
Tom Ross Labour 2024-28
Urmston Joanne Harding Labour 2023–27
Catherine Hynes Labour 2023–26
Kevin Procter Labour 2024-28
Wythenshawe & Sale
East constituency 		Brooklands Will Jones Labour 2023–27
Rose Thompson Labour 2023–26
Bilal Babar Labour 2024-28
Sale Central Barry Brotherton Labour 2023–27
Eve Parker Labour 2023–26
Zak Deakin Labour 2024-28
Sale Moor Joanne Bennett Labour 2023–27
Liz Patel Labour 2023–26
Olly Baskerville Labour 2024-28

Premises

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The council is based at Trafford Town Hall, on Talbot Road in Stretford. The building was originally called Stretford Town Hall, having been completed in 1933 for the former Stretford Borough Council, one of Trafford Council's predecessors.[19] Most of the council's offices are in a modern extension to the rear of the building which opened in 2013, replacing an earlier office extension of 1983 on the same site.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Council meeting, 22 May 2024". Trafford Council. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Have your say on our country's future, urges Trafford's new Mayor". Trafford Council. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  3. ^ "New Trafford Council leader announced after by-election". 18 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Local Government Act 1972: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70 (sch. 1), retrieved 30 May 2024
  5. ^ "District Councils and Boroughs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 28 March 1974. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Find your local council". gov.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  7. ^ "CONSTITUTION FOR EXECUTIVE GOVERNANCE" (PDF). Trafford Council. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Local Government Act 1985", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1985 c. 51, retrieved 5 April 2024
  9. ^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2011/908, retrieved 30 May 2024
  10. ^ "Understand how your council works". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  11. ^ "GMCA Members". Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  14. ^ Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (5 May 2016). "Declaration of result of poll: Trafford" (PDF). Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Council minutes". Trafford Council. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Local elections 2024: full mayoral and council results for England". The Guardian. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  17. ^ "The Trafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1375, retrieved 4 June 2024
  18. ^ "Your Councillors". Trafford MBC. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  19. ^ Historic England. "Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road (Grade II) (1391923)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  20. ^ Mara, Felix (18 July 2013). "Keep it simple: Trafford Town Hall redevelopment by 5Plus". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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