Claim: In the Priory ward of the 2008 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election (where one-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2012), Labour Party's James Eisen won the election with 1,225 votes (40.9% of total turnout), while the Conservative Party did not have a representative.
Evidence: Labour Barry Brotherton* 1,225 40.9