Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1996

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 1996. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2000. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council, from no overall control.^[1]

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

	Seats	+/-
Labour	35	+6
Conservative	23	-6
Liberal Democrat	5	0
Labour gain from NOC

Ward results

Altrincham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. M. O'Bierne*	1,676	49.3	+6.2
	Labour	S. D. McNee	1,399	41.2	-7.9
	Liberal Democrat	J. B. Weightman	322	9.5	+1.2
Majority			277	8.2	+2.2
Turnout			3,397	38.2	-5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Merrell*	2,150	61.3	+1.1
	Labour	M. A. Busteed	692	19.8	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	R. M. Elliott	668	19.0	+2.1
Majority			1,458	41.5	+4.3
Turnout			3,510	38.2	-0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Bullock*	1,767	47.2	+9.5
	Labour	H. K. Western	1,660	44.4	-9.2
	Liberal Democrat	P. A. Stubbs	314	8.4	-0.3
Majority			107	2.9	-13.0
Turnout			3,741	43.7	-1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. J. J. Lynch	1,626	49.0	-0.9
	Labour	J. A. Lloyd	1,190	35.8	+8.7
	Liberal Democrat	K. Clarke	505	15.2	+1.6
Majority			436	13.1	-9.7
Turnout			3,321	42.1	-2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Faulkner*	1,394	82.6	+5.3
	Independent	F. Holland	149	8.8	-13.9
	Conservative	H. L. Wilde	145	8.6	+8.6
Majority			993	58.8	+4.2
Turnout			1,688	27.5	-5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. A. Dunnico	1,367	64.8	-15.9
	Independent	M. Ali	374	17.7	+17.7
	Conservative	A. J. McDonald	370	17.5	-1.8
Majority			993	47.0	-14.5
Turnout			2,111	29.2	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. H. Eadie*	1,643	57.6	+2.0
	Labour	S. Hesford	1,211	42.4	-2.0
Majority			432	15.1	+3.8
Turnout			2,854	41.8	-2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. K. Ackerley*	1,697	50.2	+7.7
	Labour	F. Mottley	1,686	49.8	-0.4
Majority			11	0.3	-7.4
Turnout			3,383	43.0	-3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flixton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. V. Ward*	1,534	42.5	+2.7
	Labour	M. G. H. Barker	1,506	41.7	-1.9
	Liberal Democrat	A. Vernon	571	15.8	-0.8
Majority			28	0.8	-3.1
Turnout			3,611	46.2	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. L. Hepburn	2,119	59.7	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	C. S. Fink	960	27.0	-8.9
	Labour	R. E. Lucas	473	13.3	-1.3
Majority			1,159	32.6	-0.7
Turnout			3,552	42.1	-2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. S. Faltermeyer	1,544	59.1	-2.0
	Conservative	K. G. Summerfield*	1,068	40.9	+2.0
Majority			476	18.2	-3.9
Turnout			2,612	35.4	-3.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Mersey St. Marys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Tolhurst*	1,878	50.1	+3.2
	Labour	A. Guttridge	1,318	35.1	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	R. J. Thompson	554	14.8	+3.9
Majority			560	14.9	+3.2
Turnout			3,750	38.3	-5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Williams*	1,307	66.8	+0.1
	Conservative	E. J. Kelson	650	33.2	-0.1
Majority			657	33.6	+0.2
Turnout			1,957	32.4	-4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. O. Griffin	1,540	43.6	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	D. M. Browne	1,171	33.1	-0.8
	Conservative	L. M. L. Burton	822	23.3	-2.2
Majority			369	10.4	+3.7
Turnout			3,533	45.8	-2.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. F. Busteed	1,499	48.7	-4.4
	Conservative	D. R. Baldwin*	1,169	38.0	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	M. E. Clarke	410	13.3	+4.1
Majority			330	10.7	-4.7
Turnout			3,078	40.3	-3.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Martins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. C. Harper	1,915	62.3	-2.5
	Conservative	M. O. Joyce	922	30.0	-5.2
	Liberal Democrat	D. J. Kelly	235	7.6	+7.6
Majority			993	32.3	+2.7
Turnout			3,072	35.2	-4.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Dolan	1,899	62.3	-3.9
	Conservative	H. Walker*	1,151	37.7	+3.9
Majority			748	24.5	-7.9
Turnout			3,050	40.1	-2.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Talbot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bates*	1,312	76.3	-1.9
	Conservative	C. J. Levenston	381	22.2	+2.0
	Independent	K. J. Martin	27	1.6	+0.1
Majority			931	54.1	-3.9
Turnout			1,720	28.0	-5.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. K. Davies*	1,453	41.0	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	C. Smith	1,257	35.4	-4.9
	Labour	A. P. Roberts	836	23.6	+1.3
Majority			196	5.5	-2.6
Turnout			3,546	40.8	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Clarke	1,961	61.9	-0.6
	Conservative	A. Smith	1,208	38.1	+0.6
Majority			753	23.8	-1.1
Turnout			3,169	43.1	-4.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	R. Bowker*	2,377	59.5	+11.7
	Conservative	H. Scholar	961	24.1	-7.2
	Labour	S. N. Humby	657	16.4	-4.5
Majority			1,416	35.4	+19.0
Turnout			3,995	42.5	0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council results". The Guardian. 1996-05-03. p. 6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

(1995 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1996 (→ 1997)

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Ad-hoc election	Northern Ireland Forum

Council elections in Greater Manchester

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Manchester	1945 1946 1947 1949 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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