| Election Name: | 2004 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2003 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2003 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Seats For Election: | 63 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | David Acton |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | Susan Fildes |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 28 |
| Seats1: | 40 |
| Popular Vote1: | 96,079 |
| Percentage1: | 53.0% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 31 |
| Seats2: | 20 |
| Popular Vote2: | 52,509 |
| Percentage2: | 29.0% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 28,011 |
| Percentage3: | 15.5% |
Elections to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004.
Due to demographic changes in the Borough since its formation in 1973, and in common with most other English Councils in 2004, substantial boundary changes were implemented in time for these elections.The most notable changes were as follows:
Due to these changes, it was necessary for the whole Council to be re-elected for the first time since 1973. Each ward elected three candidates, with the first-placed candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2008, the second-placed candidate serving a three-year term of office, expiring in 2007, and the third-placed candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 2006.The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[1] Overall turnout was 46.3%.
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Conservative Party | 96,079 (53.0%) | 7.1 | 40 (63.5%) | 12 | ||||
| Labour Party | 52,509 (29.0%) | 6.7 | 20 (31.7%) | 11 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 28,011 (15.5%) | 2.0 | 3 (4.8%) | 1 | ||||
| Green Party | 3,700 (2.0%) | 2.4 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| BNP | 786 (0.4%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | ||||
| Socialist Labour Party | 135 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 20 | 3 | 40 |