The 2018 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Trafford Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and pr ...
in England took place on 3 May 2018.
This was on the same day as other
local elections
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One third of the council stood for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2022. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council going into the election but lost 5 seats, with Labour holding the larger number of councillors, meaning the council entered a state of
no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election Results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with
2016
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Ward Results
Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.
Altrincham ward
Ashton upon Mersey ward
Bowdon ward
Broadheath ward
Brooklands ward
Bucklow-St. Martins ward
Clifford ward
Davyhulme East ward
Davyhulme West ward
Flixton ward
Gorse Hill ward
Hale Barns ward
Hale Central ward
Longford ward
Priory ward
Sale Moor ward
St. Mary's ward
Stretford ward
Timperley ward
Urmston ward
Village ward
Notes
References
{{Greater Manchester elections
2018 English local elections
2018
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2010s in Greater Manchester