Trafford Council

Trafford Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England.a It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Trafford.

Trafford Council
Arms of Trafford Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor
Dolores O'Sullivan,
Labour
since 25 May 2023[1]
Tom Ross,
Labour
since 17 December 2022[2]
Chief executive
Sara Todd
since 1 February 2019
Structure
Seats63 councillors
Political groups
Administration
  Labour (41)
Opposition
  Conservative (10)
  Liberal Democrat (6)
  Green Party (6)
Joint committees
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First-past-the-post, third of council elected three years out of four
Last election
2021 (one third of councillors)
2022 (one third of councillors)
2023 (all councillors)
Next election
2024 (one third of councillors)
2026 (one third of councillors)
2027 (one third of councillors)
Meeting place
Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford
Website
trafford.gov.uk

Parliamentary representation

Trafford is currently covered by three constituencies: Altrincham and Sale West (nine wards), Stretford and Urmston (nine wards) and Wythenshawe and Sale East (three wards).[3]

Wards and councillors

Each ward is represented by three councillors.[4]

Parliamentary constituency Ward Councillor Party Term of office
Altrincham & Sale
West constituency
Altrincham Geraldine Coggins Green 2023-27
Daniel Jerrome Green 2023–26
Michael Welton Green 2023-24
Ashton upon Mersey Shona Gilbert Labour 2023-27
Ben Hartley Labour 2023-26
Tony O'Brien Labour 2023-24
Bowdon Phil Eckersley Conservative 2023-27
Shengke Zhi Conservative 2023–26
Michael Whetton Conservative 2023–24
Broadheath Denise Western Labour 2023-27
Amy Whyte Labour 2023-26
Kaushik Chackraborty Conservative 2023-24
Hale Barns & Timperley South Dylan Butt Conservative 2023-27
Nathan Evans Conservative 2023-26
Michael Taylor Conservative 2023-24
Hale Jane Leicester Green 2023–27
Hannah Spencer Green 2023–26
Owain Sutton Green 2023–24
Manor Rob Duncan Conservative 2023-27
John Holden Conservative 2023–26
Rupali Paul Conservative 2013-24
Timperley Central Shaun Ennis Liberal Democrats 2023-27
Julian Newgrosh Liberal Democrats 2023-26
Simon Lepori Liberal Democrats 2021–25
Timperley North Jane Brophy Liberal Democrats 2023-27
Will Frass Liberal Democrats 2023-26
Meena Minnis Liberal Democrats 2023-24
Stretford & Urmston
constituency
Bucklow-St. Martins Adele New Labour 2023-27
Aidan Williams Labour 2023-26
James Wright Labour 2023-24
Davyhulme Sue Maitland Labour 2023-27
Karina Carter Labour 2023-26
Barry Winstanley Labour 2023-24
Flixton Ged Carter Labour 2023-27
Dolores O'Sullivan Labour 2023-26
Simon Thomas Labour 2023-24
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook David Acton Labour 2023-27
Fianna Hornby Labour 2023-26
Laurence Walsh Labour 2023-24
Longford Sarah Haughey Labour 2023-27
Judith Lloyd Labour 2023-26
Dave Jarman Labour 2023-24
Lostock & Barton Jill Axford Labour 2023-27
Mike Cordingley Labour 2023-26
Shirley Procter Labour 2023-24
Old Trafford Waseem Hassan Labour 2023-27
Emma Hirst Labour 2023-24
Sophie Taylor Labour 2023-24
Stretford & Humphrey Park Stephen Adshead Labour 2023-27
Jane Slater Labour 2023-26
Tom Ross Labour 2023-24
Urmston Joanne Harding Labour 2023–27
Catherine Hynes Labour 2023–26
Kevin Procter Labour 2023-24
Wythenshawe & Sale
East constituency
Brooklands Will Jones Labour 2023-27
Rose Thompson Labour 2023-26
Bilal Babar Labour 2023-24
Sale Central Barry Brotherton Labour 2023-27
Eve Parker Labour 2023-26
Zak Deakin Labour 2023-24
Sale Moor Joanne Bennett Labour 2023-27
Liz Patel Labour 2023-26
Olly Baskerville Labour 2023-24

Notes

    a The short name of Trafford Council is currently used by the authority for most purposes, however the longer names of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council and Trafford Borough Council are commonly used in relation to the council.
    b Delayed from 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
    References to Note 1
    • The Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) Order 2006, SI 2006/3096, art 5.
    • "CONSTITUTION FOR EXECUTIVE GOVERNANCE" (PDF). Trafford Council. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
    References to Note 2

    References

    1. "Council minutes, 25 May 2022" (PDF). Trafford Council. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
    2. "New Trafford Council leader announced after by-election".
    3. "Wards in Trafford". Trafford MBC. Government of the United Kingdom. May 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
    4. "Your Councillors". Trafford MBC. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
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