| Election Name: | 2016 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | Sean Anstee |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | Sean Anstee |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 34 |
| Seats1: | 10 |
| Seats After1: | 34 |
| Popular Vote1: | 26,162 |
| Percentage1: | 39.3% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 26 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seats After2: | 26 |
| Popular Vote2: | 26,633 |
| Percentage2: | 40.0% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 6,391 |
| Percentage3: | 9.6% |
The 2016 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2020. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 26,162 (39.3%) | 4.7 | 10 (47.6%) | 34 (54.0%) | ||||||
| Labour Party | 26,633 (40.0%) | 9 (42.9%) | 26 (41.3%) | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 6,391 (9.6%) | 2.7 | 2 (9.5%) | 3 (4.8%) | ||||||
| Green Party | 4,290 (6.4%) | 1.7 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| UKIP | 2,472 (3.7%) | 2.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent | 622 (0.9%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 26 | 3 | 34 |