St Mary's (ward)

St. Mary's is an electoral ward of Trafford covering most of the southern half of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale. The population of the Trafford Ward taken at the 2011 census was 11,775.^[1]

The ward was created in 2004 largely from parts of the old Mersey St. Mary's and St. Martin's wards.

Its electoral history since 2004 is as follows:

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Bunting*	2,911	53.4	+6.7
	Labour	Michael Melia	1,880	34.5	-0.3
	Green	Jane Leicester	381	7.0	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Martin	283	5.2	+2.2
Majority			1,031	18.9	+7.0
Turnout			5,455	65.9	+25.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Chilton*	1,617	46.7	+3.4
	Labour	James Wright	1,206	34.8	-7.6
	UKIP	John Walsh	401	11.6	+7.5
	Green	Phil Kilburn	134	3.9	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Cliff	105	3.0	-16.9
Majority			411	11.9	-1.8
Turnout			3,463	40.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holden*	1,285	43.0	-7.4
	Labour	Simon Buckley	1,266	42.4	+7.0
	UKIP	Stephen Farndon	203	6.8	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jordan Cooper	122	4.1	-1.3
	Green	Joseph Ryan	111	3.7	+0.6
Majority			19	0.6	-14.4
Turnout			2,987	35.2	-4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Bunting*	1,773	50.4	+7.1
	Labour	Matthew Finnegan	1,246	35.4	+5.8
	UKIP	Stephen Farndon	201	5.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jordan Cooper	190	5.4	-14.5
	Green	Iram Zaman	108	3.1	+0.1
Majority			527	15.0	+1.3
Turnout			3,518	40.0	-22.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Chilton	2,367	43.3	-12.7
	Labour	Thomas Tomkins	1,619	29.6	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Marjorie Rhodes	1,089	19.9	+10.4
	UKIP	Stephen Farndon	223	4.1	-3.4
	Green	Zoe Power	165	3.0	-1.9
Majority			748	13.7	-20.2
Turnout			5,463	62.8	+28.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holden*	1,659	56.0	+1.1
	Labour	Tom Tomkins	655	22.1	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Webster	280	9.5	-1.6
	UKIP	Stephen Farndon	223	7.5	+4.2
	Green	Zoe Power	145	4.9	+0.4
Majority			1,004	33.9	+5.2
Turnout			2,962	34.3	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Bunting*	1,642	54.9	+2.7
	Labour	Tom Ross	783	26.2	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Webster	332	11.1	-2.1
	Green	Simon Campling	134	4.5	-2.2
	UKIP	Stephen Farndon	100	3.3	+3.3
Majority			859	28.7	+4.5
Turnout			2,991	36.2	-0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tolhurst*	1,555	52.2	-4.9
	Labour	Tom Ross	833	28.0	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Hibberd	392	13.2	+6.7
	Green	Janet Jackson	199	6.7	+6.7
Majority			722	24.2	+8.4
Turnout			2,979	36.8	-10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2004 (after boundary changes)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holden	1,926	19.7
	Conservative	Daniel Bunting	1,912	19.5
	Conservative	John Tolhurst*	1,754	17.9
	Labour	Leonard Murkin*	1,237	12.6
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	1,073	10.9
	Labour	Angela Gray*	963	9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Hibberd	641	6.5
	BNP	Dorothy Gough	294	3.0
Turnout			9,800	47.2

References

1. "Trafford population 2011". Retrieved 9 January 2016.

External links

• Trafford Council