| Election Name: | 1991 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1990 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1990 |
| Next Election: | 1992 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 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: | 37 |
| Seats1: | 12 |
| Seats After1: | 34 |
| Popular Vote1: | 35,971 |
| Percentage1: | 46.7% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 24 |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seats After2: | 25 |
| Popular Vote2: | 28,572 |
| Percentage2: | 37.1% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 11,322 |
| Percentage3: | 14.7% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 1991. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1995. The Conservative party retained overall control of the council.[1]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 35,971 (46.7%) | 1.4 | 12 (57.1%) | 3 | 34 (54.0%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 28,572 (37.1%) | 2.3 | 7 (33.3%) | 1 | 25 (39.7%) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 11,322 (14.7%) | 5.5 | 2 (9.5%) | 2 | 3 (4.8%) | |||||
| Independent | 955 (1.2%) | 0.5 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.6%) | ||||||
| Green Party | 133 (0.2%) | 4.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 25 | 1 | 3 | 34 |