Village is an
electoral ward
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...
of
Trafford
Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of 235,493 in 2017. It covers Retrieved on 13 December 2007. and includes the area of Old Trafford and the towns of Altrincham, Stretford, Ur ...
, Greater Manchester, covering the eastern part of the village of
Timperley
Timperley is a suburban village in the borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it is approximately six miles southwest of central Manchester. The population at the 2011 census was 11,061.
History
The name Ti ...
, including the Village Centre, and part of
Brooklands
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.
Upon the seat's creation in 1973, the slate was split between 2 Labour councillors and 1 Liberal. At elections during the rest of the 1970s, the Conservatives eventually gained all three seats. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Conservatives fared less well while they were in Government, and the Liberals (latterly the Liberal Democrats) won the seat at most elections until 2010, the exceptions being 1983, 1987 and 1990.
In 2011, The Conservative candidate Laura Evans won in the ward for her party for the first time in 21 years. Though she successfully defended her seat in 2015, the Conservatives wouldn't make a gain in the ward until 2018, despite losing seats in other wards on the authority.
Incumbent Councillor Ray Bowker, first elected in 1973, died in January 2020.
Councillors
Three councillors serve the ward: Shaun Ennis (Lib Dem), Julian Newgrosh (Lib Dem) and Linda Blackburn (Con) who was elected in May 2021 after her previous ward of
Davyhulme East
Davyhulme East is an electoral ward of Trafford, Greater Manchester, covering Dumplington, the eastern half of Davyhulme and a small part of Urmston
Urmston is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 41,82 ...
swung to Labour.
indicates seat up for re-election.
indicates vacant seat.
Elections in 2020s
May 2022
May 2021
Elections in 2010s
May 2019
May 2018
May 2016
May 2015
May 2014
May 2012
May 2011
May 2010
Elections in 2000s
May 2008
May 2007
May 2006
May 2004
May 2003
May 2002
May 2000
Elections in 1990s
Elections in 1980s
Elections in 1970s
References
External links
Trafford Council
{{Greater Manchester
Wards of Trafford
1974 establishments in England