In May 2021, a third of Trafford council positions were up for grabs.
On a bad day for Labour nationally, Trafford bucked the trend as ‘the only good news story for the party’ in the country, gaining four seats.
The party retained overall control of the council, holding all of its seats and winning a few more to boot, stealing them from the Conservatives.
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The Tories gained one seat in Village ward.
The Liberal Democrats kept all of their seats, with ex-MEP Jane Brophy being re-elected.
The Greens held on to their Altrincham seat with Geraldine Coggins.
In just a month’s time, the borough, like the rest of Greater Manchester, is going back to the polls with a third of seats on the line again.
Here’s a run-down of who is standing in every ward across Trafford on May 5 2022.
Altrincham ward:
- Anand Rao Chinthala – Conservative Party
- Dan Jerrome – Green Party
- Christopher John Lovell – Liberal Democrat Party
- Benjamin Duncan Slater – Labour Party
Ashton Upon Mersey Ward:
- Kay Georgette Dwyer – Conservative Party
- David Joseph Kierman – Liberal Democrat Party
- Tony O’Brien – Labour Party
- Caroline Louise Robertson-Brown – Green Party
Bowdon Ward:
- Thomas Robert Hague – Labour Party
- Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver – Liberal Democrat Party
- Gareth Adam Twose – Green Party
- Shengke Zhi – Conservative Party
Broadheath Ward:
- Kaushik Chakraborty – Conservative Party
- Stephen John Farndon – Independent
- Christopher Paul Marritt – Liberal Democrat Party
Amy Marie Whyte - Labour Party
- Alexander Philip Young – Green Party
Brooklands Ward:
- Renate Helga Aspden – Green Party
- Pauline Anne Cliff – Liberal Democrat Party
- Adrian Scott Hart – Conservative Party
- Will Jones – Labour Party
Bucklow-St Martins Ward:
- Rodrigo Capucho Paulo – Green Party
- Adele New – Labour Party
- Gary Towers – Conservative Party
- Simon Andrew Wright – Liberal Democrat Party
Clifford Ward:
- Limna Lijo – Conservative Party
- Jess Mayo – Green Party
- John Anthony Reyes – Liberal Democrat Party
- Sophie Rachel Taylor – Labour Party
Davyhulme East Ward:
- Steve Dillon – Conservative Party
- Timothy John Kinsella – Liberal Democrat Party
- Shirley Blair Procter – Labour Party
- Steve Tennant – Green Party
Davyhulme West Ward:
- Kevin Peter Chatterton – Green Party
- Tracey Beryl Haworth – Conservative Party
- Graham Whitham – Labour Party
- Gerald Alan Zuk – Liberal Democrat Party
Flixton Ward:
- Mark Michael Campion – Liberal Democrat Party
- Katrin Cotter – Green Party
- Jonathan Russell Coupe – Conservative Party
- Simon Garfield Thomas – Labour Party
Gorse Hill Ward:
- David Acton – Labour Party
- Chris Butler – Liberal Democrat Party
- Dawn Lee Carberry-Power – Liberal Democrat Party
- Laura Jane Clitheroe – Green Party
- Stuart John Donnelly – Conservative Party
- Hazel Joy Gibb – Independent
- Fianna Frances Ritchen Hornby – Labour Party
- Lijo John – Conservative Party
- Sanjai Patel – Green Party
Hale Barns Ward:
- Dylan Butt – Conservative Party
- Simon Edward Lepori – Liberal Democrat Party
- David Gerard Schorah – Green Party
- Barbara Ruth Twiney – Labour Party
Hale Central Ward:
- John Robert Brodie – Conservative Party
- Jane Frances Leicester – Green Party
- Charles William Mayer – Labour Party
- Marc Steven Ramsbottom – Liberal Democrats
Longford Ward:
- Anna Corrina Fryer – Liberal Democrat Party
- David Paul Jarman – Labour Party
- Daniel Richard May – Conservative Party
- Margaret Emily Westbrook – Green Party
Priory Ward:
- Louise Diane Dagnall – Labour Party
- Rupali Paul – Conservative Party
- Briony Ruth Stephenson – Liberal Democrat Party
- Dave Turner – GreeGree Party
Sale Moor Ward:
- Christopher James Halliday – Conservative Party
- Chris James Hargreaves – Green Party
- Mario Emanuele Miniaci – Liberal Democrat Party
- Liz Patel – Labour Party
St Mary’s Ward:
- Louise Claire Bird – Liberal Democrat Party
- Rob Duncan – Conservative Party
- James Mcglashan – Green Party
- Eve Rebecca Parker – Labour Party
- Lucy Anne Wood – Women’s Equality Party
Stretford Ward:
- Liz O’Neill – Green Party
- Stephen Lee Power – Liberal Democrat Party
- Jane Winifred Slater – Labour Party
- Susan Karen Taylor – Conservative Party
Timperley Ward:
- Nathan Morris France Evans – Conservative Party
- Will Frass – Liberal Democrat Party
- Dan Kyle – Green Party
- Ulrich Stephane Bertrand Savary – Labour Party
Urmston Ward:
- John Robert Franklin-Johnston – Liberal Democrat Party
- Veja Gorania – Conservative Party
- Kevin Alan Procter – Labour Party
- Luciya Whyte – Green Party
Village Ward:
- Shaun Gavin Ennis – Liberal Democrat Party
- Adam Thomas Legg – Labour Party
- Thomas Philip Steven Maxwell – Conservative Party
- Jennie Patricia Wadsworth – Green Party
The 2022 local council elections will take place on Thursday May 5.
