St Mary's (ward)

St. Mary's is an electoral ward of Trafford covering most of the southern half of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale. The population of the Trafford Ward taken at the 2011 census was 11,775.

The ward was created in 2004 largely from parts of the old Mersey St. Mary's and St. Martin's wards.

Its electoral history since 2004 is as follows:

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Bunting*	2,911	53.4	+6.7
	Labour	Michael Melia	1,880	34.5	-0.3
	Green	Jane Leicester	381	7.0	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Martin	283	5.2	+2.2
Majority			1,031	18.9	+7.0
Turnout			5,455	65.9	+25.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Chilton*	1,617	46.7	+3.4
	Labour	James Wright	1,206	34.8	-7.6
	UKIP	John Walsh	401	11.6	+7.5
	Green	Phil Kilburn	134	3.9	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Cliff	105	3.0	-16.9
Majority			411	11.9	-1.8
Turnout			3,463	40.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holden*	1,285	43.0	-7.4
	Labour	Simon Buckley	1,266	42.4	+7.0
	UKIP	Stephen Farndon	203	6.8	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jordan Cooper	122	4.1	-1.3
	Green	Joseph Ryan	111	3.7	+0.6
Majority			19	0.6	-14.4
Turnout			2,987	35.2	-4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Bunting*	1,773	50.4	+7.1
	Labour	Matthew Finnegan	1,246	35.4	+5.8
	UKIP	Stephen Farndon	201	5.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jordan Cooper	190	5.4	-14.5
	Green	Iram Zaman	108	3.1	+0.1
Majority			527	15.0	+1.3
Turnout			3,518	40.0	-22.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Chilton	2,367	43.3	-12.7
	Labour	Thomas Tomkins	1,619	29.6	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Marjorie Rhodes	1,089	19.9	+10.4
	UKIP	Stephen Farndon	223	4.1	-3.4
	Green	Zoe Power	165	3.0	-1.9
Majority			748	13.7	-20.2
Turnout			5,463	62.8	+28.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holden*	1,659	56.0	+1.1
	Labour	Tom Tomkins	655	22.1	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Webster	280	9.5	-1.6
	UKIP	Stephen Farndon	223	7.5	+4.2
	Green	Zoe Power	145	4.9	+0.4
Majority			1,004	33.9	+5.2
Turnout			2,962	34.3	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Bunting*	1,642	54.9	+2.7
	Labour	Tom Ross	783	26.2	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Webster	332	11.1	-2.1
	Green	Simon Campling	134	4.5	-2.2
	UKIP	Stephen Farndon	100	3.3	+3.3
Majority			859	28.7	+4.5
Turnout			2,991	36.2	-0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tolhurst*	1,555	52.2	-4.9
	Labour	Tom Ross	833	28.0	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Hibberd	392	13.2	+6.7
	Green	Janet Jackson	199	6.7	+6.7
Majority			722	24.2	+8.4
Turnout			2,979	36.8	-10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2004 (after boundary changes)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holden	1,926	19.7
	Conservative	Daniel Bunting	1,912	19.5
	Conservative	John Tolhurst*	1,754	17.9
	Labour	Leonard Murkin*	1,237	12.6
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	1,073	10.9
	Labour	Angela Gray*	963	9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Hibberd	641	6.5
	BNP	Dorothy Gough	294	3.0
Turnout			9,800	47.2

External links

• Trafford Council