Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Trafford Council, is the local authority for the

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of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 63 councillors have been elected from 21

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Political control

Trafford was created under the

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as a

, with

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providing county-level services. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Greater Manchester County Council was abolished in 1986 and Trafford became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1974 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1974 have been:

Composition

Following the May 2023 election, the political composition of the council is as follows: The next election is due in May 2024.

Wards

The council comprises 63 councillors who represent the borough and its residents. Each councillor typically serves for a four-year term, representing an electoral ward.

Council elections

One third of the council is elected each year, followed by one year without election. *

1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election The first elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. This was a new council created to replace the following authorities: the Municipal Borough of Altrincham, the Municipal Borough of Sale, the Municipal Borough of Stretf ...

, held Thursday 10 May. *

1975 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1979. These were the first Borough elections to be h ...

, held Thursday 1 May. *

1976 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1976. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1980. The Conservative Party retained overall contro ...

, held Thursday 6 May. *

1978 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1978. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1982. The Conservative Party retained overall contro ...

, held Thursday 4 May. *

1979 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 3 May 1979, on the same day as the 1979 UK General Election. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1 ...

, held Thursday 3 May. *

1980 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1980. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1984. The Conservative Party retained overall contr ...

, held Thursday 1 May. *

1982 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1986. The Conservative Party retained overall control o ...

, held Thursday 6 May. * 1983 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 5 May. *

1984 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 3 May 1984. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1988. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the coun ...

, held Thursday 3 May. *

1986 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 8 May 1986. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1990. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council ...

, held Thursday 8 May. *

1987 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1991. The council remained under no overall control."Trafford M. ...

, held Thursday 7 May. *

1988 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council in the United Kingdom were held on 5 May 1988. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1992. The Conservative party gained overall ...

, held Thursday 5 May. *

1990 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 1990. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1994. The Conservative party retained overall control of the coun ...

, held Thursday 4 May. *

1991 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 1991. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1995. The Conservative party retained overall control of the cou ...

, held Thursday 2 May. *

1992 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election 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 cou ...

, held Thursday 7 May. *

1994 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 5 May 1994. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1998. The Conservative party retained overall control of the cou ...

, held Thursday 5 May. *

1995 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election 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, ...

, held Thursday 4 May. *

1996 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Borough 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 coun ...

, held Thursday 2 May. *

1998 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 7 May 1998. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2002. The Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the ...

, held Thursday 7 May. *

1999 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election On 6 May 1999, an election was held to choose council members for the Trafford Council in Greater Manchester, England. One-third of the council members were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expi ...

, held Thursday 6 May. *

2000 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2004. The Labour Party held overall control of the council. After ...

, held Thursday 4 May. *

2002 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to ...

, held Thursday 2 May. *

2003 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a one-year term of office, expiring in 2004 due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to tak ...

, held Thursday 1 May. * 2004 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 10 June. (All seats contested due to boundary changes) * 2006 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, held Thursday 4 May. *

2007 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the coun ...

, held Thursday 3 May. *

2008 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2012. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council. ...

, held Thursday 1 May *

2010 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 6 May 2010. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2014. The Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, soci ...

, held Thursday 6 May *

2011 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to the Council of the metropolitan borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 201 ...

, held Thursday 5 May *

2012 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Trafford Council were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2016. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council. ...

, held Thursday 3 May. *

2014 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election A Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other 2014 United Kingdom local elections, local elections. One third of t ...

, held Thursday 22 May. *

2015 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2015 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election was scheduled to take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was ...

, held Thursday 7 May. *

2016 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2016 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other 2016 United Kingdom local elections, local elections. One t ...

, held Thursday 5 May. *

2018 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2018 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England took place on 3 May 2018. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council stood for electi ...

, held Thursday 3 May. *

2019 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2019 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council stood for elect ...

, held Thursday 2 May. *

2021 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2021 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England took place on 6 May 2021. As with many other local elections in England, it was postponed from May 2020, due to the ...

, held Thursday 6 May (delayed from May 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic). *

2022 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2022 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England is currently taking place as of 5 May 2022. One third of the 63 seats will be contested and one by election. Results ...

, held Thursday 5 May. *

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, held Thursday 4 May (All seats contested due to boundary changes)

By-election results

By-elections in the 2010s

By-elections in the 2000s

By-elections in the 1990s

By-elections in the 1980s

By-elections in the 1970s

References

External links

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
{{Metropolitan districts of England 1974 establishments in England Local government in Trafford Elections in Trafford Council elections in Greater Manchester Metropolitan borough council elections in England