| Election Name: | 2008 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2007 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Next Election: | 2010 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| 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: | 38 |
| Seats1: | 13 |
| Seats After1: | 39 |
| Popular Vote1: | 30,145 |
| Percentage1: | 47.3% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 20 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seats After2: | 19 |
| Popular Vote2: | 17,584 |
| Percentage2: | 27.6% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 10,779 |
| Percentage3: | 16.9% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2012. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 30,145 (47.3%) | 1.0 | 13 (59.1%) | 1 | 39 (61.9%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 17,584 (27.6%) | 2.0 | 7 (31.8%) | 1 | 19 (30.2%) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 10,779 (16.9%) | 2.3 | 2 (9.1%) | 1 | 5 (7.9%) | |||||
| Green Party | 4,682 (7.4%) | 0.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| UKIP | 223 (0.4%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| BNP | 297 (0.2%) | 0.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent | 137 (0.2%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 19 | 5 | 39 |