# 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 council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 38,604 (53.4%) | 6.7 | 17 (77.3%) | 17 / 22 | 3 | 37 (58.7%) | 37 / 63 |
| Labour Party | 22,054 (30.5%) | 6.6 | 4 (18.2%) | 4 / 22 | 1 | 22 (34.9%) | 22 / 63 |
| Liberal Democrats | 11,060 (15.3%) | 0.6 | 1 (4.5%) | 1 / 22 | | 4 (6.3%) | 4 / 63 |
| Green Party | 535 (0.7%) | 0.5 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 |
| Independent | 21 (0.0%) | 1.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 |
| 22 | 4 | 37 |

## Ward results
### Altrincham

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

### Bowdon

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

### Broadheath

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

### Brooklands

Brooklands (2 Councillors) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Taylor | 2,302 | 34.5 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | D. F. Silverman | 2,264 | 34.0 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Rhodes | 544 | 8.2 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,720 | 51.6 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,667 | 43.1 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bucklow

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

### Clifford

Clifford :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 634 | 29.9 | −13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,120 | 26.9 | −7.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Davyhulme East

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

### Davyhulme West

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

### Flixton

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

### Hale

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

### Longford

Longford :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 306 | 10.1 | +7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,015 | 40.9 | −4.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Mersey-St. Mary's

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

### Park

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

### Priory

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

### Sale Moor

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

### St. Martin's

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

### Stretford

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

### Talbot

Talbot :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 585 | 30.0 | −8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,953 | 29.1 | −8.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley

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

### Urmston

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

### Village

Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 760 | 16.3 | +14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,669 | 47.7 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 1992 and 1994

Clifford By-Election 16 December 1993 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. W. Stennett | 1,207 | 78.8 | +16.7 |
| | Conservative | C. H. Davenport | 226 | 14.8 | −17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | F. C. Beswick | 99 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 981 | 64.0 | +34.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,532 | 17.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |