# Mersey St Mary's

Mersey St. Mary's was an electoral ward of Trafford covering the eastern part of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale, Greater Manchester.
The ward was abolished in 2004, and its area split between the new Ashton upon Mersey and St. Mary's wards. For the ward's entire existence, it elected Conservative councillors on all but one occasion – at its creation in 1973, it elected 1 Liberal councillor alongside 2 Conservative councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 1973 | Brian Clancy (Lib) | Ivor Hurst (Con) | Reginald Bannister (Con) |
| 1975 | Brian Clancy (Lib) | Ivor Hurst (Con) | Reginald Bannister (Con) |
| 1976 | Brian Clancy (Lib) | Ivor Hurst (Con) | Reginald Bannister (Con) |
| 1978 | Ron Moss (Con) | Ivor Hurst (Con) | Reginald Bannister (Con) |
| 1979 | Ron Moss (Con) | Ivor Hurst (Con) | Reginald Bannister (Con) |
| 1980 | Ron Moss (Con) | Ivor Hurst (Con) | Reginald Bannister (Con) |
| 1982 | Stephen Elder (Con) | Ivor Hurst (Con) | Reginald Bannister (Con) |
| 1983 | Stephen Elder (Con) | Ivor Hurst (Con) | Reginald Bannister (Con) |
| 1984 | Stephen Elder (Con) | David Silverman (Con) | Reginald Bannister (Con) |
| 1986 | Dora Carter (Con) | David Silverman (Con) | Reginald Bannister (Con) |
| Jan 1987 | Dora Carter (Con) | David Silverman (Con) | Stanley Brownhill (Con) |
| 1987 | Dora Carter (Con) | David Silverman (Con) | Stanley Brownhill (Con) |
| 1988 | Dora Carter (Con) | David Silverman (Con) | Stanley Brownhill (Con) |
| 1990 | Dora Carter (Con) | David Silverman (Con) | Bernard Sharp (Con) |
| 1991 | Dora Carter (Con) | David Silverman (Con) | Bernard Sharp (Con) |
| 1992 | Dora Carter (Con) | John Tolhurst (Con) | Bernard Sharp (Con) |
| 1994 | Brian Rigby (Con) | John Tolhurst (Con) | Bernard Sharp (Con) |
| 1995 | Brian Rigby (Con) | John Tolhurst (Con) | Bernard Sharp (Con) |
| 1996 | Brian Rigby (Con) | John Tolhurst (Con) | Bernard Sharp (Con) |
| 1998 | Brian Rigby (Con) | John Tolhurst (Con) | Bernard Sharp (Con) |
| 1999 | Brian Rigby (Con) | John Tolhurst (Con) | Bernard Sharp (Con) |
| 2000 | Brian Rigby (Con) | John Tolhurst (Con) | Bernard Sharp (Con) |
| 2002 | Brian Rigby (Con) | John Tolhurst (Con) | Bernard Sharp (Con) |
| 2003 | Brian Rigby (Con) | John Tolhurst (Con) | John Lamb (Con) |

## Elections in the 2000s

2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Lamb | 2,877 | 54.4 | −1.4 |
| | Labour | Sophie Taylor | 1,548 | 29.3 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Rogers | 779 | 14.7 | +1.5 |
| | Socialist Labour | James Flannery | 81 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,329 | 25.1 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,285 | 55.8 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Rigby* | 2,914 | 55.8 | −9.0 |
| | Labour | Sophie Taylor | 1,621 | 31.0 | +8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Rogers | 687 | 13.2 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,293 | 24.8 | −17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,222 | 54.6 | +22.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Tolhurst* | 2,048 | 64.8 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | Tamira Rasul | 720 | 22.8 | −9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Rogers | 395 | 12.5 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,328 | 42.0 | +15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,163 | 32.5 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## Elections in the 1990s

1999 :
| 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 | | |
1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | B. D. Rigby* | 2,155 | 63.3 | +13.2 |
| | Labour | J. Bennett | 952 | 28.0 | −7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | G. P. Rogers | 297 | 8.7 | −6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,203 | 35.3 | +20.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,404 | 34.7 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Tolhurst* | 1,878 | 50.1 | +3.2 |
| | Labour | A. Guttridge | 1,318 | 35.1 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. J. Thompson | 554 | 14.8 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 560 | 14.9 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,750 | 38.3 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | B. Sharp* | 1,961 | 46.9 | −2.1 |
| | Labour | A. Guttridge | 1,473 | 35.3 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. J. Thompson | 454 | 10.9 | −10.9 |
| | Independent | J. F. S. Kallinicos | 290 | 6.9 | +6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 488 | 11.7 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,178 | 43.9 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1994 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | B. D. Rigby | 2,193 | 49.0 | −20.6 |
| | Labour | A. Guttridge | 1,303 | 29.1 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. M. Elliott | 975 | 21.8 | +11.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 890 | 19.9 | −30.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,471 | 47.4 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1992 :
| 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 | | |
1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | B. Sharp* | 2,884 | 63.5 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | B. D. Eckford | 1,030 | 22.7 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. J. Thompson | 629 | 13.8 | +8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,854 | 40.8 | +24.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,543 | 48.5 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1990 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. I. Carter* | 2,820 | 31.6 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | B. Sharp | 2,678 | 30.0 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | B. D. Eckford | 1,249 | 14.0 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | L. M. Wright | 1,190 | 13.3 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. J. Thompson | 513 | 5.8 | −10.1 |
| | Green | A. M. Bowden | 466 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,429 | 16.0 | −5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,916 | 50.4 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## Elections in the 1980s

1988 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. F. Silverman* | 2,613 | 60.5 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | P. Miller | 1,017 | 23.6 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. J. Thompson | 687 | 15.9 | −7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,596 | 37.0 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,317 | 45.0 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1987 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. G. Brownhill* | 2,862 | 59.3 | +7.6 |
| | SDP | R. J. Thompson | 1,125 | 23.3 | +23.3 |
| | Labour | P. Miller | 836 | 17.3 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,737 | 36.0 | +13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,823 | 50.0 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
By-Election 22 January 1987 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. G. Brownhill | 1,610 | 56.7 | +5.0 |
| | SDP | R. J. Thompson | 683 | 24.0 | +24.0 |
| | Labour | P. Miller | 550 | 19.3 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 927 | 32.6 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,843 | 29.6 | −13.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1986 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. I. Carter | 2,155 | 51.7 | −7.2 |
| | Liberal | A. Kelly | 1,202 | 28.8 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | P. J. English | 815 | 19.5 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 953 | 22.8 | −11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,172 | 43.4 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1984 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. F. Silverman | 2,212 | 58.9 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal | J. B. Weightman | 914 | 24.3 | −2.6 |
| | Labour | M. R. H. Bradbury | 631 | 16.8 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,298 | 34.5 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,757 | 39.1 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1983 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. P. Bannister* | 2,631 | 59.7 | −2.6 |
| | Alliance | J. B. Weightman | 1,185 | 26.9 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | N. J. Bentham | 592 | 13.4 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,446 | 32.8 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,408 | 46.5 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1982 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. A. Elder | 2,510 | 62.3 | +10.4 |
| | SDP | E. P. M. Wollaston | 1,004 | 24.9 | +24.9 |
| | Labour | B. R. Coates | 515 | 12.8 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,506 | 37.4 | +12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,029 | 42.4 | −4.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1980 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | I. H. Hurst* | 2,306 | 51.9 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal | E. Critchlow | 1,188 | 26.7 | −2.2 |
| | Labour | H. Pollard | 951 | 21.4 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,118 | 25.2 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,445 | 46.6 | −32.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## Elections in the 1970s

1979 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. P. Bannister* | 3,873 | 54.4 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal | E. Critchlow | 2,055 | 28.9 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | C. Younghusband | 1,186 | 16.7 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,818 | 25.6 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,114 | 78.6 | +37.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1978 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. Moss | 2,208 | 59.4 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal | E. Critchlow | 973 | 26.2 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | C. Younghusband | 534 | 14.4 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,235 | 33.2 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,715 | 41.0 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
1976 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | I. H. Hurst* | 2,451 | 60.8 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal | R. Elliott | 1,184 | 29.4 | −14.1 |
| | Labour | R. A. Tully | 393 | 9.8 | +9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,267 | 31.5 | +18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,028 | 45.0 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
1975 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | R. P. Bannister* | 2,069 | 56.5 |
| | Liberal | K. F. Humber | 1,591 | 43.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 478 | 13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,660 | 41.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
1973 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | B. P. Clancy | 1,876 | 51.4 | |
| | Conservative | I. H. Hurst | 1,777 | 48.6 | |
| | Conservative | R. P. Bannister | 1,774 | | |
| | Liberal | K. Humber | 1,752 | | |
| | Liberal | M. Hughes | 1,736 | | |
| | Conservative | J. Parkins | 1,734 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,628 | 39.9 | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |