Election Name: | 2007 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2006 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2006 |
Next Election: | 2008 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Seats For Election: | 22 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: | 39 |
Seats1: | 13 |
Seats After1: | 39 |
Popular Vote1: | 29,371 |
Percentage1: | 46.3% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 20 |
Seats2: | 8 |
Seats After2: | 20 |
Popular Vote2: | 18,782 |
Percentage2: | 29.6% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 4 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seats After3: | 4 |
Popular Vote3: | 9,238 |
Percentage3: | 14.6% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 29,371 (46.3%) | 1.7 | 13 (59.1%) | 39 (61.9%) | ||||||
Labour Party | 18,782 (29.6%) | 0.4 | 8 (36.4%) | 20 (31.7%) | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 9,238 (14.6%) | 2.0 | 1 (4.5%) | 4 (6.3%) | ||||||
Green Party | 5,267 (8.3%) | 0.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
BNP | 297 (0.5%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
English Democrats | 252 (0.4%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
UKIP | 100 (0.2%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
Socialist Labour Party | 92 (0.2%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) |
20 | 4 | 39 |