| Election Name: | 2006 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2007 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | Susan Williams |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | Susan Williams |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 40 |
| Seats1: | 13 |
| Seats After1: | 39 |
| Popular Vote1: | 27,936 |
| Percentage1: | 48.0% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 20 |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seats After2: | 20 |
| Popular Vote2: | 17,475 |
| Percentage2: | 30.0% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 7,359 |
| Percentage3: | 12.6% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2010. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 27,936 (48.0%) | 5.0 | 13 (61.9%) | 1 | 39 (61.9%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 17,475 (30.0%) | 1.0 | 6 (28.6%) | 20 (31.7%) | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 7,359 (12.6%) | 2.9 | 2 (9.5%) | 1 | 4 (6.3%) | |||||
| Green Party | 5,151 (8.9%) | 6.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent | 156 (0.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| UKIP | 148 (0.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 20 | 4 | 39 |