# 1999 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

On 6 May 1999, an election was held to choose council members for the Trafford Borough 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, expiring in 2003. The Labour Party held overall control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Labour Party | 22,844 (41.5%) | 2.7 | 11 (52.4%) | 11 / 21 | 3 | 33 (52.4%) | 33 / 63 |
| Conservative Party | 25,018 (45.5%) | 0.7 | 9 (42.9%) | 9 / 21 | 4 | 27 (42.9%) | 27 / 63 |
| Liberal Democrats | 6,180 (12.4%) | 3.3 | 1 (4.8%) | 1 / 21 | 1 | 3 (4.8%) | 3 / 63 |
| Socialist Labour Party | 362 (0.7%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 21 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 |
| 33 | 3 | 27 |

## Ward results
### Altrincham

Altrincham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lynch | 1,684 | 49.9 | −0.8 |
| | Labour | Graham | 1,455 | 43.1 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | DM Jones | 237 | 7.0 | +7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 229 | 6.8 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,376 | 38.3 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Bowdon

Bowdon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Poole* | 2,145 | 69.5 | +3.2 |
| | Labour | Monkhouse | 527 | 17.1 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Musgrove | 416 | 13.5 | −4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,618 | 52.4 | +4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,088 | 32.9 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Broadheath

Broadheath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chapman-Barker* | 1,575 | 48.7 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | Cohen | 1,409 | 43.5 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brookes | 252 | 7.8 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | 5.2 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,236 | 37.1 | −1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dixon* | 1,779 | 61.1 | −0.8 |
| | Labour | Bennett | 780 | 26.8 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | YR Clarke | 353 | 12.1 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 999 | 34.3 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,912 | 36.8 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bucklow

Bucklow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Platt | 943 | 80.7 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Kelly | 164 | 14.0 | +14.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frankland | 61 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 779 | 66.7 | −12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,168 | 19.8 | −0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Clifford

Clifford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stennett* | 1,225 | 64.5 | −4.1 |
| | Socialist Labour | Ali | 362 | 19.1 | +19.1 |
| | Conservative | Wood | 240 | 12.6 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hunter | 72 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 863 | 45.4 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,899 | 25.6 | −1.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Davyhulme East

Davyhulme East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Crosbie* | 1,428 | 60.7 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Walsh | 824 | 35.0 | −5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nolte | 100 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 604 | 25.7 | +7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,352 | 32.4 | −6.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Davyhulme West

Davyhulme West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Reilly | 1,536 | 48.3 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | Gray | 1,523 | 47.9 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | ME Clarke | 120 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,179 | 41.5 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Flixton

Flixton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Coupe | 1,603 | 49.2 | −4.2 |
| | Labour | AS Jones* | 1,473 | 45.2 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Smith | 181 | 5.6 | +5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 130 | 4.0 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,257 | 42.4 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Hale

Hale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Strafford | 1,998 | 66.8 | −3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Horstead | 597 | 20.0 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | McNee | 395 | 13.2 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,401 | 46.8 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,990 | 35.3 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Longford

Longford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jarman* | 1,215 | 53.7 | −10.6 |
| | Conservative | Kelson | 910 | 40.2 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Browne | 137 | 6.1 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 305 | 13.5 | −15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,262 | 30.7 | −2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Mersey-St. Mary's

Mersey St. Marys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sharp* | 1,935 | 58.7 | −4.6 |
| | Labour | Conquest | 1,056 | 32.1 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Legge | 304 | 9.2 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 879 | 26.5 | −8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,295 | 33.7 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tully* | 858 | 59.4 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | Nakvi | 487 | 33.7 | −2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | JAD Ackroyd | 99 | 6.9 | +6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 371 | 25.7 | −2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,444 | 23.8 | −0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Priory

Priory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keeley-Huggett* | 1,373 | 48.2 | −4.8 |
| | Conservative | Nightingale | 1,009 | 35.4 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vernon | 468 | 16.4 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 364 | 12.8 | −13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,850 | 36.6 | −0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rasul | 1,177 | 49.1 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative | RD Baldwin | 897 | 37.5 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | K Clarke | 321 | 13.4 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 11.6 | −8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,395 | 31.5 | −1.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martins :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Quayle* | 1,208 | 54.6 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | Myers | 803 | 36.3 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dunn | 200 | 9.1 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 405 | 18.3 | −9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,211 | 26.1 | −2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Stretford

Stretford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Garlick* | 1,475 | 57.5 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | Schofield | 973 | 37.9 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rogers | 118 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 502 | 19.6 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,566 | 33.9 | +1.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Talbot

Talbot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lane* | 1,038 | 76.3 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Levenston | 245 | 18.0 | −9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shacklock | 77 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 793 | 58.3 | +13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,360 | 21.8 | +0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley

Timperley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Akins | 1,431 | 46.2 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bruer-Morris* | 915 | 29.5 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | Atherton | 755 | 24.4 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 516 | 16.7 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,101 | 35.2 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Urmston

Urmston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J Acton* | 1,420 | 51.7 | −7.2 |
| | Conservative | Nicklin | 1,184 | 43.1 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elliot | 142 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 | 8.6 | −12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,746 | 36.7 | −0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Village

Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | BV Ackroyd* | 1,640 | 49.0 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Scholar | 1,158 | 34.6 | −4.1 |
| | Labour | Harrison | 549 | 16.4 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 482 | 14.4 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,347 | 35.6 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |