| Election Name: | 2012 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2011 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2011 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 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: | 37 |
| Seats1: | 10 |
| Seats After1: | 34 |
| Popular Vote1: | 23,689 |
| Percentage1: | 39.5% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 22 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seats After2: | 25 |
| Popular Vote2: | 25,100 |
| Percentage2: | 41.8% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,605 |
| Percentage3: | 9.3% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2016. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 23,689 (39.5%) | 3.6 | 10 (47.6%) | 3 | 34 (54.0%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 25,100 (41.8%) | 2.4 | 9 (42.9%) | 3 | 25 (39.7%) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 5,605 (9.3%) | 0.6 | 2 (9.5%) | 4 (6.3%) | ||||||
| Green Party | 4,505 (7.5%) | 0.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| UKIP | 1,001 (1.7%) | 1.0 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent | 117 (0.2%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 25 | 4 | 34 |