Election Name: | 1995 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1994 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1994 |
Next Election: | 1996 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1996 |
Seats For Election: | 21 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 32 |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Leader of the Council | |
Before Election: | Frank Eadie |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
After Election: | Beverley Hughes |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 23 |
Seats1: | 14 |
Seats After1: | 29 |
Popular Vote1: | 33,006 |
Percentage1: | 46.4% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 35 |
Seats2: | 5 |
Seats After2: | 29 |
Popular Vote2: | 27,431 |
Percentage2: | 38.6% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 5 |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seats After3: | 5 |
Popular Vote3: | 9,522 |
Percentage3: | 13.4% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 1995. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1999. The Conservative party lost overall control of the council, to no overall control.[1]
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Labour Party | 33,006 (46.4%) | 5.4 | 14 (66.7%) | 6 | 29 (46.0%) | |||||
Conservative Party | 27,431 (38.6%) | 0.5 | 5 (23.8%) | 6 | 29 (46.0%) | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 9,522 (13.4%) | 7.3 | 2 (9.5%) | 5 (7.9%) | ||||||
Independent | 1,126 (1.6%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) |
29 | 5 | 29 |