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(Top) 1 Election result 2 Ward results 2.1 No.1 (Altrincham South West) 2.2 No.2 (Altrincham East) 2.3 No.3 (Altrincham North) 2.4 No.4 (Timperley) 2.5 No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s) 2.6 No.6 (St. Martin’s) 2.7 No.7 (Sale Moor) 2.8 No.8 (St. Anne’s) 2.9 No.9 (Brooklands) 2.10 No.10 (Talbot North) 2.11 No.11 (Clifford) 2.12 No.12 (Longford) 2.13 No.13 (Stretford) 2.14 No.14 (Park) 2.15 No.15 (Bowdon) 2.16 No.16 (Hale) 2.17 No.17 (Partington) 2.18 No.18 (Urmston West East) 2.19 No.19 (Flixton East Central) 2.20 No.20 (Flixton West) 2.21 No.21 (Davyhulme East) 3 References

1975 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

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← 1973

1 May 1975 (1975-05-01)

1976 →

22 of 63 seats (One Third and one by-election)
toTrafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Mike King	Bert Pyper	Cecil Fink
Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal
Leader's seat	St. Martin's	Park	Brooklands
Last election	32 seats, 45.0%	19 seats, 33.1%	12 seats, 20.9%
Seats before	33	18	12
Seats won	21	1	0
Seats after	42	13	8
Seat change	9	5	4
Popular vote	39,914	15,821	15,170
Percentage	56.1%	22.2%	21.3%
Swing	11.1%	10.9%	0.4%

Map of results of 1975 election

Leader of the Council before election

Frank Eadie
Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Mike King
Conservative

Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1979. These were the first Borough elections to be held in Trafford since it received its Royal Charter (and effectively took over from its predecessor Districts and Municipal Boroughs) in 1974. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result[edit]

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	39,914 (56.1%)	11.1	21 (95.5%)	21 / 22	9	42 (66.7%)	42 / 63
Labour Party	15,821 (22.2%)	10.9	1 (4.5%)	1 / 22	5	13 (20.6%)	13 / 63
Liberal Party	15,170 (21.3%)	0.4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22	4	8 (12.7%)	8 / 63
Communist Party	262 (0.4%)	0.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

↓
13	8	42

Ward results[edit]

No.1 (Altrincham South West)[edit]

Altrincham South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Whitehurst	1,147	42.9	-9.7
	Liberal	J. B. Kenny	806	30.1	N/A
	Labour	Robert Crossman	721	27.0	-26.7
Majority			341	12.8	+12.4
Turnout			2,674	41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.2 (Altrincham East)[edit]

Altrincham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Leigh	2,016	47.7	+10.4
	Liberal	Roy Richardson*	1,574	37.3	-6.0
	Labour	J. Gregory	632	15.0	-6.8
Majority			442	10.5
Turnout			4,222	44.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

No.3 (Altrincham North)[edit]

Altrincham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Harrison	1,387	47.9	+8.0
	Liberal	Eric Faulkner	803	27.7	-5.8
	Labour	Barry Jones	704	24.3	-9.9
Majority			584	20.2	+19.7
Turnout			2,894	44.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.4 (Timperley)[edit]

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. C. Robertson	1,626	47.9	+13.4
	Labour	John Webb	1,026	30.2	-8.7
	Liberal	C. R. Gibson	741	21.8	-13.6
Majority			600	17.7
Turnout			3,393	42.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)[edit]

Mersey-St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Bannister*	2,069	56.5	+6.4
	Liberal	Kenneth Humber	1,591	43.5	-9.3
Majority			478	13.1	+12.5
Turnout			3,660	41.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.6 (St. Martin’s)[edit]

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Brownhill*	2,276	69.1	+17.3
	Labour	J. K. Morgan	1,020	30.9	-23.7
Majority			1,256	38.1	+33.1
Turnout			3,296	30.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.7 (Sale Moor)[edit]

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Rhodes	1,105	42.4	-2.0
	Labour	Barry Brotherton*	888	34.1	-23.1
	Liberal	Michael Wood	550	21.1	N/A
	Communist	A. H. Burrage	61	2.3	-2.4
Majority			132	8.3
Turnout			2,604	39.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

No.8 (St. Anne’s)[edit]

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. R. Newton	1,642	47.3	+9.1
	Liberal	Alan Thorpe*	1,195	34.5	-8.2
	Labour	David Teasdale	631	18.2	-4.6
Majority			447	12.9
Turnout			3,468	41.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

No.9 (Brooklands)[edit]

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Taylor	2,362	58.0	+9.1
	Liberal	Sydney Evans*	1,375	33.7	-20.3
	Labour	E. P. M. Wollaston	338	8.3	N/A
Majority			987	24.3
Turnout			4,075	45.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

No.10 (Talbot North)[edit]

Talbot North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Cronshaw*	1,406	45.6	-19.7
	Conservative	Edward Kelson	950	30.8	-4.8
	Liberal	T. A. Dixon	729	23.6	N/A
Majority			456	14.8	-10.7
Turnout			3,085	34.9
	Labour hold		Swing

No.11 (Clifford)[edit]

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Corke	1,309	57.2	+10.3
	Labour	John Maher	981	42.8	-15.2
Majority			328	14.4
Turnout			2,290	34.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

No.12 (Longford)[edit]

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Kelly*	1,844	53.2	-0.8
	Labour	K. Silcock	1,064	30.7	-18.2
	Liberal	J. Stockley	557	16.1	N/A
Majority			780	22.5	+21.7
Turnout			3,465	35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.13 (Stretford)[edit]

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Walker*	1,468	63.2	-5.5
	Labour	G. R. Scott	588	25.3	-9.0
	Liberal	R. K. Sangster	268	11.5	N/A
Majority			880	37.9	+7.4
Turnout			2,324	39.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.14 (Park)[edit]

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Schofield	1,061	42.8	+4.8
	Labour	James Haydock*	1,032	41.6	-20.6
	Liberal	W. A. Munden	324	13.1	N/A
	Communist	A. Jarratt	61	2.5	-4.9
Majority			29	1.2
Turnout			2,478	40.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

No.15 (Bowdon)[edit]

Bowdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Humphreys*	2,520	71.9	-1.5
	Liberal	G. M. R. Willmott	545	15.5	-21.0
	Labour	A. D. Johnson	440	12.6	-8.5
Majority			1,975	56.4	+24.9
Turnout			3,505	49.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.16 (Hale)[edit]

Hale (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Barrett	3,208	81.3	+13.3
	Conservative	Roy Godwin*	3,058	77.5	+9.5
	Liberal	Roy Allen	1,047	26.5	+2.0
Majority			2,011	51.0	+9.7
Turnout			3,944	43.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.17 (Partington)[edit]

Partington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Barltrop	996	46.8	N/A
	Labour	C. Younghusband	991	46.6	-27.6
	Communist	E. J. Wilkinson	140	6.6	-5.0
Majority			5	0.2
Turnout			2,127	27.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

No.18 (Urmston West East)[edit]

Urmston West East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Platt	1,968	54.5	+14.3
	Labour	D. T. Taylor	854	23.6	-2.2
	Liberal	Gwen Davies*	790	21.9	-16.4
Majority			1,114	30.8
Turnout			3,612	43.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

No.19 (Flixton East Central)[edit]

Flixton East Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Lumby*	2,363	54.5	+7.1
	Liberal	D. J. Gilbert	1,123	25.9	-13.0
	Labour	C. Nightingale	851	19.6	+1.0
Majority			1,240	28.6	+23.6
Turnout			4,337	47.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.20 (Flixton West)[edit]

Flixton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Harding	2,414	58.9	+2.4
	Labour	Laura Seex	1,088	26.5	-20.6
	Liberal	E. F. Teal	598	14.6	N/A
Majority			1,326	32.4	+24.9
Turnout			4,100	43.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.21 (Davyhulme East)[edit]

Davyhulme East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Crosbie*	1,125	50.1	-14.3
	Labour	W. J. Williams	566	25.2	-12.5
	Liberal	T. M. Owen	554	24.7	N/A
Majority			559	24.9	+0.2
Turnout			2,245	41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 2 May 1975", Trafford M.B.C.(1975).

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