| Election Name: | 1990 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1988 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1988 |
| Next Election: | 1991 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
| Seats For Election: | 24 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | Colin Warbrick |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | Colin Warbrick |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 32 |
| Seats1: | 13 |
| Seats After1: | 37 |
| Popular Vote1: | 43,193 |
| Percentage1: | 45.3% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 26 |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seats After2: | 24 |
| Popular Vote2: | 37,507 |
| Percentage2: | 39.4% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seats After3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 8,728 |
| Percentage3: | 9.2% |
| Party4: | Partington Democratic Labour |
| Last Election4: | N/A |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,658 |
| Percentage4: | 1.7% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 1990. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1994. The Conservative party retained overall control of the council.[1]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 43,193 (45.3%) | 3.6 | 13 (54.2%) | 5 | 37 (58.7%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 37,507 (39.4%) | 3.4 | 10 (41.7%) | 2 | 24 (38.1%) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 8,728 (9.2%) | 5.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 3 | 1 (1.6%) | |||||
| Independent | 1,658 (1.7%) | N/A | 1 (4.2%) | 1 (1.6%) | ||||||
| Green Party | 4,220 (4.4%) | 3.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 24 | 1 | 1 | 37 |