Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a one-year term of office, expiring in 2004 due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council, to no overall control. Overall turnout was 52.3%.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party		Seats	+/-
	Labour	31	-1
	Conservative	29	+1
	Liberal Democrat	3	0
	Labour lose to NOC

Summary

Trafford Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	1	0	+1	47.6	45.9	38,792	+0.8%
	Labour	10	0	1	-1	47.6	35.7	30,192	-5.5%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	4.8	13.5	11,371	+1.5%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.4	3,688	+3.6%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	398	-0.3%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	81	-0.1%

Ward results

Altrincham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Williams	2,634	58.7	+4.2
	Labour	David Armstrong	1,212	27.0	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Legge	641	14.3	+0.8
Majority			1,422	31.7	+9.2
Turnout			4,487	52.0	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephanie Poole*	3,475	65.7	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Gaskill	870	16.5	+1.9
	Labour	Helen Walsh	535	10.1	-4.6
	Green	Bridget Green	408	7.7	+0.8
Majority			2,605	49.2	+0.0
Turnout			5,288	57.1	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Houraghan	2,271	51.5	+9.6
	Labour	Ian Golding	2,137	48.5	-1.4
Majority			134	3.0
Turnout			4,408	51.9	-5.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Dixon*	2,247	47.6	-9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Clarke	1,149	24.3	+6.8
	Labour	Joanne Bennett	1,083	22.9	-3.0
	Green	Stephen Parker	245	5.2	+5.2
Majority			1,098	23.3	-7.4
Turnout			4,724	61.3	+7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Platt*	1,749	74.7	-0.6
	Conservative	James Davies	592	25.3	+0.6
Majority			1,157	49.4	-1.2
Turnout			2,341	41.3	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eunice Stennett*	1,714	55.3	-20.5
	Green	Anne Power	854	27.6	+17.7
	Conservative	Roderick Allan	532	17.2	+2.8
Majority			860	27.7	-33.7
Turnout			3,100	41.9	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Crosbie*	2,331	62.1	+4.7
	Labour	Nigel Roberts	1,425	37.9	-4.8
Majority			906	24.2	+9.5
Turnout			3,756	53.8	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Reilly*	2,525	60.1	+8.4
	Labour	Dolores O'Sullivan	1,674	39.9	-8.5
Majority			851	20.2	+16.9
Turnout			4,199	55.9	-0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flixton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Coupe*	2,130	51.0	-0.5
	Labour	Karina Carter	1,652	39.5	-9.0
	Independent	Paul Pickford	398	9.5	+9.5
Majority			478	11.5	+8.5
Turnout			4,180	57.1	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Morris	3,078	64.5	-4.6
	Labour	Beverly Harrison	794	16.7	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Weightman	676	14.2	+0.4
	Green	Samuel Little	222	4.7	+4.7
Majority			2,288	47.8	-4.1
Turnout			4,770	57.1	-0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jarman*	1,708	49.7	-12.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Harding	1,233	35.9	-1.8
	Green	Bernard Kelly	497	14.5	+14.5
Majority			475	13.8	-10.8
Turnout			3,438	48.4	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersey St. Marys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb	2,877	54.4	-1.4
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	1,548	29.3	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	779	14.7	+1.5
	Socialist Labour	James Flannery	81	1.5	+1.5
Majority			1,329	25.1	+0.3
Turnout			5,285	55.8	+1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Strickland	1,604	61.5	-1.3
	Conservative	John Schofield	1,006	38.5	+1.3
Majority			598	23.0	-2.6
Turnout			2,610	44.0	-2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Keeley*	1,620	40.9	-7.6
	Conservative	Daniel Bunting	1,198	30.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Riley	907	22.9	+1.4
	Green	Steven Flower	241	6.1	+6.1
Majority			422	10.7	-7.8
Turnout			3,966	54.6	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munaver Rasul*	1,385	36.0	-11.5
	Conservative	Pervez Nakvi	1,247	32.4	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Clarke	1,212	31.5	+17.4
Majority			138	3.6	-11.2
Turnout			3,844	50.7	-2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Martins

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Quayle*	2,148	51.2	-15.2
	Conservative	Colin Foster	1,461	34.8	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Elliott	584	13.9	+13.9
Majority			687	16.4	-16.4
Turnout			4,193	53.3	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Stretford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernice Garlick*	1,987	54.2	-4.1
	Conservative	George Manley	1,331	36.3	-0.5
	Green	Antony Quinn	350	9.5	+9.5
Majority			656	17.9	-3.6
Turnout			3,668	49.1	-1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Talbot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauleen Lane*	1,505	60.8	-16.4
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	570	23.0	+0.2
	Green	Angela Hall	401	16.2	+16.2
Majority			935	37.8	-16.6
Turnout			2,476	40.2	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mauline Akins*	2,461	54.0	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Smith	2,099	46.0	-0.6
Majority			362	8.0	+1.2
Turnout			4,560	52.5	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Acton*	1,912	45.6	-11.2
	Conservative	Christine Turner	1,808	43.2	+0.0
	Green	Helen Jocys	470	11.2	+11.2
Majority			104	2.4	-11.2
Turnout			4,190	56.6	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Brophy	2,454	48.7	-16.4
	Conservative	David Pate	1,785	35.4	+0.5
	Labour	Martin Williams	800	15.9	+15.9
Majority			669	13.3	-16.9
Turnout			5,039	54.3	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing