Trafford council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 21 wards · 21 seats contested

Most seats
8
Labour Party
Seats contested
21
across 21 wards
Turnout
48.9%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 8 -7 20,070 23.3% -18.6
Conservative and Unionist Party 5 +3 19,954 23.2% -2.0
Green Party 4 +2 20,167 23.4% +5.6
Reform UK 2 +2 16,355 19.0% +16.7
Liberal Democrats 2 +0 9,083 10.6% -0.9
Advance UK 0 +0 205 0.2% —
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 145 0.2% —
Independent 0 +0 109 0.1% -1.1

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 21
Conservative and Unionist Party 21
Green Party 21
Labour Party 21
Liberal Democrats 21
Reform UK 21
Advance UK 6
Independent 2
Social Democratic Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 21 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Altrincham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Dan Jerrome Elected 1,744 44.2% -13.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Dean 1,099 27.9% +3.8
Reform UK Stuart Craig Niven 556 14.1% —
Labour Party Mark Nesbitt 363 9.2% -6.2
Liberal Democrats Donald McIntosh 180 4.6% +1.5
Majority645
Turnout48.6%
Registered electors8,131
Ballots cast3,943

Green Party hold

Ashton upon Mersey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Ben Hartley Elected 1,476 34.5% -20.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher Halliday 1,038 24.2% -2.6
Green Party Diane Elizabeth Plunkett 801 18.7% +5.7
Reform UK Luke Sowerby 683 16.0% —
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Bevan 283 6.6% +1.3
Majority438
Turnout55.4%
Registered electors7,732
Ballots cast4,281

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Bowdon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Shengke Zhi Elected 2,616 54.4% +11.4
Green Party Bridget Mary Green 1,424 29.6% -12.9
Reform UK Michelle Lesley McCusker 445 9.3% +4.9
Labour Party Kate Lamerton 203 4.2% -3.8
Liberal Democrats Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver 105 2.2% +0.1
Advance UK Ron Hutton 11 0.2% —
Majority1,192
Turnout56.3%
Registered electors8,558
Ballots cast4,805

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Broadheath

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Prakash Nathani Elected 1,721 35.7% -1.2
Labour Party Javed Bakht Khwaja 1,018 21.1% -1.2
Liberal Democrats Barbara Gerard 842 17.5% -1.7
Reform UK Terence Charnock 704 14.6% -1.9
Green Party Alexander Young 504 10.4% +5.8
Independent Stephen John Farndon 33 0.7% +0.2
Majority703
Turnout53.7%
Registered electors8,988
Ballots cast4,824

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Brooklands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rose Thompson Elected 1,417 32.0% -15.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Bheem Pulla 1,149 26.0% -4.9
Reform UK John Spencer Churchill 811 18.3% +11.7
Green Party Renate Aspden 783 17.7% +8.5
Liberal Democrats Pauline Cliff 262 5.9% +0.2
Majority268
Turnout56.6%
Registered electors7,837
Ballots cast4,425

Labour Party hold

Bucklow-St Martins

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Charlotte Amy Eileen Waterworth Elected 1,226 43.6% —
Labour Party Aidan James Williams 618 22.0% -39.5
Green Party George James Speight 412 14.7% +7.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Istvan Toth 314 11.2% -9.5
Liberal Democrats Margaret Hamilton Boysen 173 6.2% -0.6
Advance UK Paul Swansborough 69 2.5% —
Majority608
Turnout34.7%
Registered electors8,135
Ballots cast2,812

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Davyhulme

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Billy Burke Elected 1,294 30.1% —
Labour Party Karina Carter 1,283 29.8% -23.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Coupe 811 18.8% -8.6
Green Party Kevin Peter Chatterton 665 15.5% +5.4
Liberal Democrats Briony Stephenson 214 5.0% +0.6
Advance UK Gary Regan 36 0.8% —
Majority11
Turnout48.6%
Registered electors8,879
Ballots cast4,303

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Flixton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dolores Catherine O'Sullivan Elected 1,314 29.6% -27.1
Reform UK Mark John Ormiston 1,291 29.1% —
Green Party Katrin Cotter 812 18.3% +5.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Lally 746 16.8% -4.2
Liberal Democrats Tim Kinsella 241 5.4% +1.6
Advance UK Andrew Beaumont 32 0.7% —
Majority23
Turnout51.6%
Registered electors8,616
Ballots cast4,436

Labour Party hold

Gorse Hill & Cornbrook

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Aaron James Fradley Elected 1,417 44.3% +27.9
Labour Party Fianna Frances Ritchen Hornby 943 29.5% -31.5
Reform UK Bill Sumner 515 16.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart Donnelly 199 6.2% -5.6
Liberal Democrats Dawn Lee Carberry-Power 125 3.9% +0.2
Majority474
Turnout35.5%
Registered electors9,044
Ballots cast3,199

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Hale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Rupert Owen Kelly Elected 1,941 45.2% -1.3
Green Party Orla Weir 1,571 36.6% -1.5
Reform UK Richard Anthony Shean 346 8.1% -0.0
Labour Party Seth Edward Champion 271 6.3% +2.1
Liberal Democrats Jason Stack 162 3.8% +0.7
Majority370
Turnout58.9%
Registered electors7,298
Ballots cast4,291

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Hale Barns & Timperley South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nathan Evans Elected 2,138 51.7% +8.7
Liberal Democrats Matt Sellars 1,084 26.2% -7.2
Reform UK Leslie Cupitt 431 10.4% +4.2
Green Party Centaine Parker 299 7.2% +0.3
Labour Party Isaac Jones 183 4.4% -6.0
Majority1,054
Turnout54.2%
Registered electors7,647
Ballots cast4,136

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Longford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Gareth Adam Twose Elected 1,719 46.7% +24.5
Labour Party Judith Ann Lloyd 1,196 32.5% -25.1
Reform UK Charles William Oliver Rear 399 10.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Boyes 242 6.6% -3.3
Liberal Democrats Anna Fryer 127 3.4% -3.9
Majority523
Turnout44.9%
Registered electors8,220
Ballots cast3,683

Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Lostock & Barton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mark Gregory Tobin Elected 1,068 30.9% -30.0
Reform UK Ian Andrew Edwards 1,037 30.0% —
Green Party Stephen William Holman 700 20.3% +7.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Tracey Beryl Haworth 468 13.6% -7.9
Liberal Democrats David Kierman 178 5.2% +0.3
Majority31
Turnout42.2%
Registered electors8,205
Ballots cast3,451

Labour Party hold

Manor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Rupali Paul Elected 2,037 46.9% +6.9
Reform UK Dan Barker 827 19.0% +12.5
Labour Party Gawain Glenton 803 18.5% -22.4
Green Party James McGlashan 528 12.2% +3.3
Liberal Democrats Simon Wright 145 3.3% -0.4
Majority1,210
Turnout50.5%
Registered electors8,616
Ballots cast4,342

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Old Trafford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jennie Patricia Wadsworth Elected 1,952 52.6% +21.3
Labour Party Mahvish Masood 1,338 36.1% -24.0
Reform UK Alan Cowell 160 4.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Diane Coupe 142 3.8% -0.6
Liberal Democrats Andy Hick 118 3.2% -0.9
Majority614
Turnout42.2%
Registered electors8,817
Ballots cast3,710

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Sale Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Eve Rebecca Parker Elected 1,405 36.4% -24.1
Green Party Teddy Somers 943 24.4% +14.9
Reform UK Stephen Colin Ardern 571 14.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kameswari Achanta 521 13.5% -7.9
Liberal Democrats Joe Samuel Kramer 279 7.2% -1.5
Social Democratic Party Hilary Salt 145 3.8% —
Majority462
Turnout50.1%
Registered electors7,746
Ballots cast3,864

Labour Party hold

Sale Moor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Liz Patel Elected 1,471 43.5% -15.2
Reform UK James William McCullough 985 29.1% —
Green Party Chris James Hargreaves 786 23.2% +10.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Kishorchandra Patil 533 15.7% -7.2
Liberal Democrats James Miller 208 6.1% +0.1
Majority486
Turnout40.7%
Registered electors8,343
Ballots cast3,385

Labour Party hold

Stretford & Humphrey Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jane Winifred Slater Elected 1,380 32.3% -27.7
Green Party Daniel John Bowdler 1,264 29.6% +11.2
Reform UK Jamie Gordon Hook 1,033 24.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Syeda Bushra Rizvi 360 8.4% -8.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Lee Power 161 3.8% -0.9
Independent Hazel Joy Gibb-Shacklock 76 1.8% —
Majority116
Turnout48.1%
Registered electors8,910
Ballots cast4,274

Labour Party hold

Timperley Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Julian David Newgrosh Elected 1,693 39.0% -11.0
Reform UK Philip Alexander Holt 1,081 24.9% +18.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Vineeta Singh Chouhan 765 17.6% -3.1
Green Party James Brooke-Taylor 475 10.9% +5.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Barbara Ruth Twiney 325 7.5% -9.7
Majority612
Turnout50.2%
Registered electors8,644
Ballots cast4,339

Liberal Democrats hold

Timperley North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Will Frass Elected 2,276 48.6% -9.9
Reform UK Anthony Shaw 830 17.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Angela Bruer-Morris 646 13.8% -2.2
Green Party Aagash Vadera 471 10.1% +3.5
Labour Party Jo Sharpe 440 9.4% -9.6
Advance UK Angela O'Neill 21 0.4% —
Majority1,446
Turnout53.4%
Registered electors8,790
Ballots cast4,684

Liberal Democrats hold

Urmston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Clare Sheridan Elected 1,555 36.1% -21.4
Reform UK Dave Stubbs 1,130 26.2% +18.1
Green Party Steve Tennant 897 20.8% +10.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Ali Aydogdu 468 10.9% -2.8
Liberal Democrats John Robert Franklin-Johnston 227 5.3% +1.3
Advance UK Paul Regan 36 0.8% —
Majority425
Turnout49.6%
Registered electors8,716
Ballots cast4,313

Labour Party hold

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