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| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1 = Chris Boyes
| leader1 = Cllr Chris Boyes
| party1 = <br>[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| party1 = <br>[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| 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 = 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>
| leader2_type = [[Leader of the Council|Leader]]
| leader2_type = [[Leader of the Council|Leader]]
| leader2 = Tom Ross
| leader2 = Cllr 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 }}</ref>
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| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First-past-the-post]], third of council elected three years out of four
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| last_election1 = [[2019 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2019]] (one third of councillors)<br />[[2021 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2021]] (one third of councillors)<br />[[2022 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2022]] (one third of councillors)
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Revision as of 12:18, 6 May 2023

Trafford Council
Arms of Trafford Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor
Cllr Chris Boyes,
Conservative
since 25 May 2022[1]
Cllr Tom Ross,
Labour
since 17 December 2022[2]
Chief executive
Sara Todd
since 1 February 2019
Structure
Seats63 councillors
Political groups
Administration
  Labour (41)
Opposition
  Conservative (10)
  Liberal Democrat (6)
  Green Party (6)
Joint committees
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First-past-the-post, third of council elected three years out of four
Last election
2021 (one third of councillors)
2022 (one third of councillors)
2023 (all councillors)
Next election
2024 (one third of councillors)
2026 (one third of councillors)
2027 (one third of councillors)
Meeting place
Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford
Website
trafford.gov.uk

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.

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).[3]

Wards and councillors

Each ward is represented by three councillors.[4]

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 2022–26
Michael Welton Green 2019–23
Geraldine Coggins Green 2021–25
Ashton upon Mersey Tony O'Brien Labour 2022–26
Ben Hartley Labour 2019–23
Shona Gilbert Labour 2021–25
Bowdon Shengke Zhi Conservative 2022–26
Michael Whetton Conservative 2021–23
Mussadak Mirza Conservative 2021–25
Broadheath Amy Whyte Labour 2022–26
Serena Carr Labour 2019–23
Denise Western Labour 2021–25
Hale Barns Dylan Butt Conservative 2022–26
Dave Morgan Conservative 2019-23
Patrick Myers Conservative 2021–25
Hale Central Jane Leicester Green 2022–26
Patricia Young Conservative 2019–23
Daniel Chalkin Conservative 2021–25
St Mary's Rob Duncan Conservative 2022–26
Dan Bunting Conservative 2019–23
John Holden Conservative 2021–25
Timperley Will Frass Liberal Democrats 2022–26
Meena Minnis Liberal Democrats 2019–23
Jane Brophy Liberal Democrats 2021–25
Village Shaun Ennis Liberal Democrats 2022–26
Julian Newgrosh Liberal Democrats 2019–23
Linda Blackburn Conservative 2021–25
Stretford & Urmston
constituency
Bucklow-St. Martins Adele New Labour 2022–26
Aidan Williams Labour 2019–23
James Wright Labour 2021–25
Clifford Sophie Taylor Labour 2022–26
Akilah Akinola Labour 2019–23
Waseem Hassan Labour 2021–25
Davyhulme East Shirley Procter Labour 2022–26
Barry Winstanley Labour 2019–23
Jill Axford Labour 2021–25
Davyhulme West Graham Whitham Labour 2022–26
Karina Carter Labour 2019–23
Sue Maitland Labour 2021–25
Flixton Simon Thomas Labour 2022–26
Dolores O'Sullivan Labour 2021–23
Ged Carter Labour 2021–25
Gorse Hill David Acton Labour 2022–26
Fianna Hornby Labour 2022–23
Laurence Walsh Labour 2021–25
Longford David Jarman Labour 2022–26
Judith Lloyd Labour 2021–23
Sarah Haughey Labour 2021–25
Stretford Jane Slater Labour 2022–26
Stephen Adshead Labour 2019–23
Tom Ross Labour 2021–25
Urmston Kevin Procter Labour 2022–26
Joanne Harding Labour 2019–23
Catherine Hynes Labour 2021–25
Wythenshawe & Sale
East constituency
Brooklands Will Jones Labour 2022–26
Rose Thompson Labour 2019–23
Chris Boyes Conservative 2021–25
Priory Louise Dagnall Labour 2022–26
Andrew Western Labour 2019–23
Barry Brotherton Labour 2021–25
Sale Moor Liz Patel Labour 2022–26
Joanne Bennett Labour 2019–23
Michael Freeman Labour 2021–25

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

References

  1. ^ "Council minutes, 25 May 2022" (PDF). Trafford Council. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. ^ "New Trafford Council leader announced after by-election".
  3. ^ "Wards in Trafford". Trafford MBC. Government of the United Kingdom. May 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Your Councillors". Trafford MBC. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 June 2016.