# 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 held in Trafford since it received its Royal Charter (and effectively took over from its predecessor Districts and Municipal Boroughs) in 1974. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 39,914 (56.1%) | 11.1 | 21 (95.5%) | 21 / 22 | 9 | 42 (66.7%) | 42 / 63 |
| Labour Party | 15,821 (22.2%) | 10.9 | 1 (4.5%) | 1 / 22 | 5 | 13 (20.6%) | 13 / 63 |
| Liberal Party | 15,170 (21.3%) | 0.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22 | 4 | 8 (12.7%) | 8 / 63 |
| Communist Party | 262 (0.4%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 |
| 13 | 8 | 42 |

## Ward results
### No.1 (Altrincham South West)

Altrincham South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Albert Whitehurst | 1,147 | 42.9 | −9.7 |
| | Liberal | J. B. Kenny | 806 | 30.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Robert Crossman | 721 | 27.0 | −26.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 | 12.8 | +12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,674 | 41.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### No.2 (Altrincham East)

Altrincham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Leigh | 2,016 | 47.7 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal | Roy Richardson* | 1,574 | 37.3 | −6.0 |
| | Labour | J. Gregory | 632 | 15.0 | −6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 442 | 10.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,222 | 44.8 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### No.3 (Altrincham North)

Altrincham North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. Harrison | 1,387 | 47.9 | +8.0 |
| | Liberal | Eric Faulkner | 803 | 27.7 | −5.8 |
| | Labour | Barry Jones | 704 | 24.3 | −9.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 584 | 20.2 | +19.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,894 | 44.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### No.4 (Timperley)

Timperley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Robertson | 1,626 | 47.9 | +13.4 |
| | Labour | John Webb | 1,026 | 30.2 | −8.7 |
| | Liberal | C. R. Gibson | 741 | 21.8 | −13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 600 | 17.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,393 | 42.6 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)

Mersey-St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Reginald Bannister* | 2,069 | 56.5 | +6.4 |
| | Liberal | Kenneth Humber | 1,591 | 43.5 | −9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 478 | 13.1 | +12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,660 | 41.4 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### No.6 (St. Martin’s)

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stanley Brownhill* | 2,276 | 69.1 | +17.3 |
| | Labour | J. K. Morgan | 1,020 | 30.9 | −23.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,256 | 38.1 | +33.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,296 | 30.4 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### No.7 (Sale Moor)

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Rhodes | 1,105 | 42.4 | −2.0 |
| | Labour | Barry Brotherton* | 888 | 34.1 | −23.1 |
| | Liberal | Michael Wood | 550 | 21.1 | N/A |
| | Communist | A. H. Burrage | 61 | 2.3 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 132 | 8.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,604 | 39.4 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### No.8 (St. Anne’s)

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. R. Newton | 1,642 | 47.3 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal | Alan Thorpe* | 1,195 | 34.5 | −8.2 |
| | Labour | David Teasdale | 631 | 18.2 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 447 | 12.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,468 | 41.0 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### No.9 (Brooklands)

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Taylor | 2,362 | 58.0 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal | Sydney Evans* | 1,375 | 33.7 | −20.3 |
| | Labour | E. P. M. Wollaston | 338 | 8.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 987 | 24.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,075 | 45.7 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### No.10 (Talbot North)

Talbot North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clifford Cronshaw* | 1,406 | 45.6 | −19.7 |
| | Conservative | Edward Kelson | 950 | 30.8 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal | T. A. Dixon | 729 | 23.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 456 | 14.8 | −10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,085 | 34.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### No.11 (Clifford)

Clifford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roy Corke | 1,309 | 57.2 | +10.3 |
| | Labour | John Maher | 981 | 42.8 | −15.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 328 | 14.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,290 | 34.9 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### No.12 (Longford)

Longford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alexander Kelly* | 1,844 | 53.2 | −0.8 |
| | Labour | K. Silcock | 1,064 | 30.7 | −18.2 |
| | Liberal | J. Stockley | 557 | 16.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 780 | 22.5 | +21.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,465 | 35.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### No.13 (Stretford)

Stretford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harry Walker* | 1,468 | 63.2 | −5.5 |
| | Labour | G. R. Scott | 588 | 25.3 | −9.0 |
| | Liberal | R. K. Sangster | 268 | 11.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 880 | 37.9 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,324 | 39.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### No.14 (Park)

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Schofield | 1,061 | 42.8 | +4.8 |
| | Labour | James Haydock* | 1,032 | 41.6 | −20.6 |
| | Liberal | W. A. Munden | 324 | 13.1 | N/A |
| | Communist | A. Jarratt | 61 | 2.5 | −4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,478 | 40.0 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### No.15 (Bowdon)

Bowdon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Humphreys* | 2,520 | 71.9 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal | G. M. R. Willmott | 545 | 15.5 | −21.0 |
| | Labour | Arthur Johnson | 440 | 12.6 | −8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,975 | 56.4 | +24.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,505 | 49.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### No.16 (Hale)

Hale (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman Barrett | 3,208 | 81.3 | +13.3 |
| | Conservative | Roy Godwin* | 3,058 | 77.5 | +9.5 |
| | Liberal | Roy Allen | 1,047 | 26.5 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,011 | 51.0 | +9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,944 | 43.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### No.17 (Partington)

Partington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Barltrop | 996 | 46.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | C. Younghusband | 991 | 46.6 | −27.6 |
| | Communist | Eileen Wilkinson | 140 | 6.6 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,127 | 27.6 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### No.18 (Urmston West East)

Urmston West East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Platt | 1,968 | 54.5 | +14.3 |
| | Labour | D. T. Taylor | 854 | 23.6 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal | Gwen Davies* | 790 | 21.9 | −16.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,114 | 30.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,612 | 43.3 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### No.19 (Flixton East Central)

Flixton East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gordon Lumby* | 2,363 | 54.5 | +7.1 |
| | Liberal | D. J. Gilbert | 1,123 | 25.9 | −13.0 |
| | Labour | C. Nightingale | 851 | 19.6 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,240 | 28.6 | +23.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,337 | 47.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### No.20 (Flixton West)

Flixton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Donald Harding | 2,414 | 58.9 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | Laura Seex | 1,088 | 26.5 | −20.6 |
| | Liberal | E. F. Teal | 598 | 14.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,326 | 32.4 | +24.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,100 | 43.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### No.21 (Davyhulme East)

Davyhulme East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eric Crosbie* | 1,125 | 50.1 | −14.3 |
| | Labour | W. J. Williams | 566 | 25.2 | −12.5 |
| | Liberal | T. M. Owen | 554 | 24.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 559 | 24.9 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,245 | 41.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |