# 2007 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 3 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 council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 29,371 (46.3%) | 1.7 | 13 (59.1%) | 13 / 22 | | 39 (61.9%) | 39 / 63 |
| Labour Party | 18,782 (29.6%) | 0.4 | 8 (36.4%) | 8 / 22 | | 20 (31.7%) | 20 / 63 |
| Liberal Democrats | 9,238 (14.6%) | 2.0 | 1 (4.5%) | 1 / 22 | | 4 (6.3%) | 4 / 63 |
| Green Party | 5,267 (8.3%) | 0.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 |
| BNP | 297 (0.5%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 |
| English Democrats | 252 (0.4%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 |
| UKIP | 100 (0.2%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 |
| Socialist Labour Party | 92 (0.2%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 |
| 20 | 4 | 39 |

## Ward results
### Altrincham

Altrincham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alex Williams* | 1,618 | 56.0 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | Graham Crean | 651 | 22.5 | −0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Kelly | 413 | 14.3 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Liz O’Neill | 209 | 7.2 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 967 | 33.4 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,819 | 38.1 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ashton upon Mersey

Ashton upon Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Whetton* | 1,646 | 55.3 | −3.1 |
| | Labour | Sophie Taylor | 631 | 21.2 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Irving | 376 | 12.6 | +12.6 |
| | Green | Marian Sudbury | 342 | 10.9 | −4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,015 | 34.1 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,977 | 42.1 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bowdon

Bowdon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephanie Poole* | 2,132 | 71.0 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Chappell | 351 | 11.7 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Thomas Hague | 297 | 9.9 | −0.2 |
| | Green | Bridget Green | 222 | 7.4 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,781 | 59.3 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,002 | 41.5 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Broadheath

Broadheath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ken Weston* | 1,530 | 51.2 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Peter Baugh | 834 | 27.9 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Cliff | 397 | 13.3 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Martin Bate | 226 | 7.6 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 696 | 23.3 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,987 | 36.4 | −9.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Higgins* | 1,769 | 56.2 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Clarke | 614 | 19.5 | −4.3 |
| | Labour | David Hampson | 536 | 17.0 | +0.2 |
| | Green | Nicola Campling | 229 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,155 | 36.7 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,148 | 40.3 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bucklow-St. Martin's

Bucklow-St. Martins :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Smith | 1,106 | 52.6 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | Anne Cavanagh | 517 | 24.6 | −6.4 |
| | BNP | Andrew Harris | 297 | 14.1 | +14.1 |
| | Green | William Gradwell | 181 | 8.6 | −6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 589 | 28.0 | +5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,101 | 31.4 | +3.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Clifford

Clifford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ejaz Malik* | 1,364 | 59.2 | −4.8 |
| | Green | Sarah Bailey | 352 | 15.3 | −3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Adams | 297 | 12.9 | +12.9 |
| | Conservative | Eleanor Heaton | 292 | 12.7 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,012 | 43.9 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,305 | 33.4 | +1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Davyhulme East

Davyhulme East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gary Brockbanks* | 1,679 | 58.4 | −4.7 |
| | Labour | Nigel Roberts | 902 | 31.4 | −5.5 |
| | Green | Jennie Gander | 202 | 7.0 | +7.0 |
| | Socialist Labour | James Flannery | 92 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 777 | 27.0 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,875 | 38.2 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Davyhulme West

Davyhulme West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Reilly* | 1,784 | 60.6 | −0.8 |
| | Labour | Philip Morgan | 891 | 30.3 | +2.0 |
| | Green | Margaret Westbrook | 267 | 9.1 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 893 | 30.4 | −2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,942 | 39.2 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Flixton

Flixton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Coupe* | 1,652 | 50.7 | −2.7 |
| | Labour | Dolores O’Sullivan | 1,054 | 32.4 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Elliott | 330 | 10.1 | +10.1 |
| | Green | Anne Power | 220 | 6.8 | −6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 598 | 18.4 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,256 | 40.2 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gorse Hill

Gorse Hill (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mike Cordingley | 1,211 | 30.0 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | Laurence Walsh* | 1,125 | 27.9 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Colin Levenston | 502 | 12.5 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Graeme Levenston | 431 | 10.7 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Beswick | 290 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| | Green | Sarah King | 264 | 6.6 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Philip Leape | 208 | 5.2 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 623 | 30.9 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,031 | 28.8 | +1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hale Barns

Hale Barns :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bernard Sharp* | 2,177 | 69.8 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Taylor | 511 | 16.4 | −2.2 |
| | Labour | Andrew Western | 284 | 9.1 | −1.3 |
| | Green | Jane Smith | 148 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,666 | 53.4 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,120 | 42.2 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hale Central

Hale Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Young* | 1,813 | 63.2 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | Beverly Harrison | 395 | 13.8 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Samuel Little | 364 | 12.7 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Armaan Chohan | 299 | 10.4 | −5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,418 | 49.4 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,871 | 40.5 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Longford

Longford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Pauleen Lane* | 1,313 | 45.5 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Roderick Allan | 868 | 30.1 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Bernard Kelly | 388 | 13.4 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Wright | 317 | 11.0 | +11.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 445 | 15.4 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,886 | 35.1 | +1.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Priory

Priory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roland Griffin* | 1,225 | 42.1 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | Sean Anstee | 927 | 31.8 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Eisen | 412 | 14.2 | −3.6 |
| | Green | Zoe Power | 348 | 12.0 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 298 | 10.2 | +4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,912 | 39.6 | +0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joanne Bennett* | 1,175 | 40.6 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Brian Shaw | 1,013 | 35.0 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Clarke | 306 | 10.6 | −10.3 |
| | English Democrat | Craig Healey | 252 | 8.7 | +8.7 |
| | Green | Bridget Battye | 150 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | 5.6 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,896 | 39.2 | +2.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dan Bunting* | 1,642 | 54.9 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | Tom Ross | 783 | 26.2 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Webster | 332 | 11.1 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Simon Campling | 134 | 4.5 | −2.2 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Farndon | 100 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 859 | 28.7 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,991 | 36.2 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Stretford

Stretford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Adshead* | 1,398 | 50.9 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Colin Hooley | 849 | 30.9 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John O’Connor | 263 | 9.6 | +9.6 |
| | Green | Joe Ryan | 237 | 8.6 | −7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 549 | 20.0 | +4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,747 | 36.9 | −0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley

Timperley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Matthew Colledge* | 1,955 | 48.3 | +7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Brophy | 1,924 | 47.5 | +3.9 |
| | Green | Jadwiga Leigh | 168 | 4.2 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 | 0.8 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,047 | 49.3 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Urmston

Urmston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eddie Kelson | 1,450 | 43.6 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | William Clarke | 1,308 | 39.3 | −0.7 |
| | Green | Helen Jocys | 296 | 8.9 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Rogers | 272 | 8.2 | +8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 142 | 4.3 | −2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,326 | 42.7 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Village

Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Bowker | 1,534 | 49.7 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative | Chris Candish | 1,125 | 36.4 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | Leon Thomas | 299 | 9.7 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Michael Leigh | 130 | 4.2 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 409 | 13.2 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,088 | 40.1 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |