| Election Name: | 1979 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1978 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1978 |
| Next Election: | 1980 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
| Seats For Election: | 23 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | Jonathan Taylor |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | Jonathan Taylor |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 54 |
| Seats1: | 15 |
| Seats After1: | 48 |
| Popular Vote1: | 58,913 |
| Percentage1: | 45.4% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 9 |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 40,095 |
| Percentage2: | 30.9% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 0 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 30,793 |
| Percentage3: | 23.7% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 3 May 1979, on the same day as the 1979 UK General Election. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1983. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 58,913 (45.4%) | 13.1 | 15 (65.2%) | 6 | 48 (76.2%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 40,095 (30.9%) | 3.0 | 6 (26.1%) | 4 | 13 (20.6%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 30,793 (23.7%) | 10.3 | 2 (8.7%) | 2 | 2 (3.2%) | |||||
| Communist Party | 41 (0.0%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 13 | 2 | 48 |