Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1995

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 1995. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1999. The Conservative party lost overall control of the council, to no overall control.^[1]

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

	Seats	+/-
Labour	30	+7
Conservative	29	-6
Liberal Democrat	4	-1
Conservative lose to NOC

Ward results

Altrincham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. G. Crewe	1,908	49.1	+7.5
	Conservative	A. H. Wilson	1,675	43.1	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat	K. Clarke	322	8.3	-6.6
Majority			233	6.0	+4.2
Turnout			3,887	44.1	+0.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bowdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Poole*	2,139	60.2	+8.1
	Labour	H. F. Busteed	815	22.9	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	J. Preston	602	16.9	-10.1
Majority			1,324	37.2	+12.1
Turnout			3,556	38.4	-3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. D. Chapman-Barker	2,064	53.6	+4.5
	Conservative	L. M. L. Burton*	1,451	37.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	P. A. Stubbs	333	8.7	-6.1
Majority			613	15.9	-2.9
Turnout			3,848	44.8	-2.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. A. Dixon	1,815	49.9	+1.5
	Labour	P. Frizzby	986	27.1	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	C. Marchbank-Smith	493	13.6	-16.9
	Independent	D. F. Cockayne	343	9.4	+9.4
Majority			829	22.8	+4.9
Turnout			3,637	44.8	-0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Rogers*	1,566	77.3	+22.1
	Independent	F. Holland	461	22.7	+22.7
Majority			1,105	54.6	+44.2
Turnout			2,027	33.1	-5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. W. Stennett*	2,122	80.7	+3.9
	Conservative	W. R. Monaghan	506	19.3	+1.6
Majority			1,616	61.5	+2.4
Turnout			2,628	33.0	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. E. Crosbie*	1,840	55.6	+3.1
	Labour	S. Hesford	1,467	44.4	+5.4
Majority			373	11.3	-2.3
Turnout			3,307	44.7	-3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Stringer	1,849	50.2	+6.6
	Conservative	P. Bates*	1,565	42.5	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat	D. M. Browne	267	7.3	-3.4
Majority			284	7.7	+5.6
Turnout			3,681	46.8	+0.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Flixton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. S. Jones	1,688	43.6	+12.5
	Conservative	M. P. Whetton	1,539	39.8	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	A. Vernon	643	16.6	-11.4
Majority			149	3.9	-5.8
Turnout			3,870	49.6	-4.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. J. Myers*	2,012	57.8	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat	C. S. Fink	1,251	35.9	-2.8
	Labour	R. E. Lucas	509	14.6	+4.3
Majority			1,159	33.3	+21.0
Turnout			3,481	44.3	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. P. Jarman*	1,760	61.1	+5.0
	Conservative	J. G. Graham	1,122	38.9	-3.0
Majority			638	22.1	+1.8
Turnout			2,882	39.1	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersey St. Marys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Sharp*	1,961	46.9	-2.1
	Labour	A. Guttridge	1,473	35.3	-6.2
	Liberal Democrat	R. J. Thompson	454	10.9	-10.9
	Independent	J. F. S. Kallinicos	290	6.9	+6.9
Majority			488	11.7	-8.2
Turnout			4,178	43.9	-3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. A. Tully*	1,481	66.7	+7.9
	Conservative	E. J. Kelson	739	33.3	+1.2
Majority			742	33.4	+6.7
Turnout			2,220	37.0	-3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. M. Keeley-Huggett	1,529	40.6	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	E. Mitchell*	1,276	33.9	+1.4
	Conservative	C. M. Dillon	962	25.5	-4.8
Majority			253	6.7	+1.9
Turnout			3,767	48.7	-1.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. H. Merry*	1,780	53.1	+6.9
	Conservative	C. J. J. Lynch	1,265	37.7	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	M. E. Clarke	307	9.2	-6.4
Majority			515	15.4	+7.4
Turnout			3,352	43.8	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Martins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. A. Quayle*	2,225	64.8	+7.3
	Conservative	C. J. D. Browning	1,209	35.2	+3.1
Majority			1,016	29.6	+3.4
Turnout			3,434	39.2	-4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. E. Garlick*	2,176	66.2	+8.2
	Conservative	J. T. Kelly	1,110	33.8	+0.5
Majority			1,066	32.4	+7.6
Turnout			3,286	42.9	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Talbot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. A. Lane*	1,642	78.2	+0.6
	Conservative	C. J. Levenston	425	20.2	-2.2
	Independent	K. J. Martin	32	1.5	+1.5
Majority			1,217	58.0	+2.9
Turnout			2,099	33.5	-1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	A. M. Bruer-Morris	1,508	40.3	+0.3
	Conservative	H. Scholar*	1,400	37.4	-0.9
	Labour	H. K. Western	836	22.3	-0.6
Majority			108	2.9	+1.1
Turnout			3,744	44.2	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Acton	2,221	62.5	+1.9
	Conservative	E. May*	1,335	37.5	-1.9
Majority			886	24.9	+3.8
Turnout			3,556	48.0	-1.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	B. V. Ackroyd*	2,075	47.8	+0.2
	Conservative	A. Bowker	1,361	31.3	-1.5
	Labour	S. N. Humby	909	20.9	+1.3
Majority			714	16.4	+1.6
Turnout			4,345	42.5	-7.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "ENGLAND Tories lose over 1,700 seats and have control of only 20 English councils - less than half the number now run by the Lib Dems". The Guardian. 1995-05-06. p. 10. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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