Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1992

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 7 May 1992. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1996. The Conservative party retained overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

	Seats	+/-
Conservative	37	+4
Labour	22	-4
Liberal Democrat	4	0
Conservative hold

Ward results

Altrincham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. M. O'Bierne*	2,001	58.2	+8.8
	Labour	S. Hesford	979	28.5	-10.3
	Liberal Democrat	P. A. Stubbs	357	10.4	-1.4
	Green	B. J. Edwards	100	2.9	+2.9
Majority			1,022	29.7	+19.1
Turnout			3,437	40.8	-7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Merrell*	2,576	73.7	+6.6
	Liberal Democrat	J. Preston	525	15.0	-1.5
	Labour	H. F. Busteed	395	11.3	-1.8
Majority			2,051	58.7	-8.1
Turnout			3,496	39.8	-5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Bullock	1,963	54.8	+7.3
	Labour	E. R. Holden	1,141	31.9	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat	B. C. Lynch	478	13.3	-0.1
Majority			822	22.9	+14.4
Turnout			3,582	41.0	0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brooklands (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Taylor	2,302	34.5	+2.7
	Conservative	D. F. Silverman	2,264	34.0	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	A. Rhodes	544	8.2	-2.4
	Liberal Democrat	W. Rhodes	541	8.1	-2.5
	Labour	D. G. Kirkland	455	6.8	-0.8
	Labour	P. Miller	420	6.3	-1.3
	Green	V. Birdsall	141	2.1	+2.1
Majority			1,720	51.6	+9.0
Turnout			6,667	43.1	-0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Faulkner	1,263	68.9	+14.3
	Liberal Democrat	Y. S. Robertson	569	31.1	+31.1
Majority			694	37.9	+16.8
Turnout			1,832	29.0	-5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Rogers*	1,317	62.1	-9.6
	Conservative	M. T. Wyne	683	32.2	+3.9
	Green	D. W. Alexander	120	5.7	+5.7
Majority			634	29.9	-13.5
Turnout			2,120	26.9	-7.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. H. Eadie*	2,023	66.7	+14.5
	Labour	A. P. Roberts	821	27.1	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	A. J. Storey	187	6.2	-1.2
Majority			1,202	39.7	+22.9
Turnout			3,031	40.6	-7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. K. Ackerley*	2,162	56.6	+4.2
	Labour	A. Stringer	1,445	37.8	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	M. E. Clarke	211	5.5	-5.0
Majority			717	18.8	+3.5
Turnout			3,818	43.2	-5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flixton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. V. Ward	1,989	52.2	+8.1
	Labour	G. A. Carter	936	24.6	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	A. Vernon	883	23.2	-3.2
Majority			1,053	27.7	+13.1
Turnout			3,808	48.6	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Godwin*	2,541	69.9	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	D. C. R. Horstead	840	23.1	+0.8
	Labour	H. Baker	256	7.0	-2.9
Majority			1,701	46.8	+1.3
Turnout			3,637	42.7	-3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. G. Summerfield	1,615	53.6	+4.8
	Labour	K. Birchenough	1,309	43.4	-7.8
	Green	D. Glazier	91	3.0	+3.0
Majority			306	10.1	+7.7
Turnout			3,015	40.9	-4.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Mersey St. Marys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Tolhurst	2,732	69.6	+6.1
	Labour	B. D. Eckford	774	19.7	-3.0
	Liberal Democrat	R. M. Elliott	419	10.7	-3.1
Majority			1,958	49.9	+9.1
Turnout			3,925	42.0	-6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Williams	955	47.4	-11.6
	Conservative	E. J. Kelson	928	46.1	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat	C. R. Hedley	132	6.6	+6.6
Majority			27	1.3	-16.6
Turnout			2,015	34.0	-7.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. P. Flynn*	1,586	43.6	+11.5
	Liberal Democrat	C. Smith	1,097	30.2	-6.8
	Labour	G. Smethurst	952	26.2	-4.7
Majority			489	13.5	+8.6
Turnout			3,635	47.0	-2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. R. Baldwin	1,419	44.1	+6.6
	Labour	B. Brotherton*	1,269	39.4	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	A. P. Sutherland	530	16.5	-2.1
Majority			150	4.7	-1.7
Turnout			3,218	42.2	-5.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Martins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Nicholas	1,564	47.5	+9.5
	Labour	K. Harper	1,502	45.6	-6.1
	Liberal Democrat	T. J. P. Corbett	230	7.0	-3.2
Majority			62	1.9	-11.8
Turnout			3,296	36.6	-6.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Walker	2,048	53.2	+7.3
	Labour	J. T. Beer*	1,643	42.7	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	S. D. Bowater	125	3.2	-5.0
	Green	C. I. Kirby	36	0.9	+0.9
Majority			405	10.5	+10.4
Turnout			3,852	48.4	-1.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Talbot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bates	1,235	63.2	-5.9
	Conservative	C. J. Levenston	650	33.3	+2.4
	Green	J. H. Piprani	47	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	K. J. Martin	21	1.1	+1.1
Majority			585	30.0	-8.1
Turnout			1,953	29.1	-8.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. K. Davies*	2,052	55.9	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	J. E. Brophy	984	26.8	+4.0
	Labour	T. G. Crewe	637	17.3	-7.5
Majority			1,068	29.1	+1.4
Turnout			3,673	42.0	-5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Warbrick*	2,001	55.7	+5.5
	Labour	L. M. Seex	1,451	40.4	-9.4
	Liberal Democrat	D. J. Kelly	143	4.0	+4.0
Majority			550	15.3	+14.9
Turnout			3,595	47.5	-3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	R. Bowker*	2,265	48.5	+10.2
	Conservative	M. E. King	1,505	32.2	-4.0
	Labour	R. W. J. Small	899	19.3	-6.2
Majority			760	16.3	+14.3
Turnout			4,669	47.7	-5.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 7 May 1992", Trafford M.B.C.(1992).

(1991 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1992 (→ 1993)

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bedford Blackburn Brentwood Bristol Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Derby Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Halton Harlow Harrogate Hartlepool Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere Hull Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Milton Keynes Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Thamesdown Three Rivers Thurrock Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Wokingham Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest York

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See also: UK General election

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