Election Name: | 1992 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1991 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1991 |
Next Election: | 1994 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1994 |
Seats For Election: | 22 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: | 34 |
Seats1: | 17 |
Seats After1: | 37 |
Popular Vote1: | 38,604 |
Percentage1: | 53.4% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 26 |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seats After2: | 22 |
Popular Vote2: | 22,054 |
Percentage2: | 30.5% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 4 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seats After3: | 4 |
Popular Vote3: | 11,060 |
Percentage3: | 15.3% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 7 May 1992. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1996. The Conservative party retained overall control of the council.[1]
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 38,604 (53.4%) | 6.7 | 17 (77.3%) | 3 | 37 (58.7%) | |||||
Labour Party | 22,054 (30.5%) | 6.6 | 4 (18.2%) | 1 | 22 (34.9%) | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 11,060 (15.3%) | 0.6 | 1 (4.5%) | 4 (6.3%) | ||||||
Green Party | 535 (0.7%) | 0.5 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
Independent | 21 (0.0%) | 1.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
22 | 4 | 37 |