| Election Name: | 2010 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Seats For Election: | 22 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | Matt Colledge |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | Matt Colledge |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 39 |
| Seats1: | 12 |
| Seats After1: | 37 |
| Popular Vote1: | 46,332 |
| Percentage1: | 40.3% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 19 |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seats After2: | 21 |
| Popular Vote2: | 36,372 |
| Percentage2: | 31.7% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 5 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 5 |
| Popular Vote3: | 26,136 |
| Percentage3: | 22.8% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 6 May 2010. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2014. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 46,332 (40.3%) | 7.0 | 12 (54.5%) | 2 | 37 (58.7%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 36,382 (31.7%) | 4.1 | 8 (36.4%) | 2 | 21 (33.3%) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 26,136 (22.8%) | 5.9 | 2 (9.1%) | 5 (7.9%) | ||||||
| Green Party | 5,395 (4.7%) | 2.7 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| UKIP | 476 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||||||
| English Democrats | 168 (0.1%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 21 | 5 | 37 |
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