Ashton upon Mersey is an electoral ward of Trafford covering the northern part of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale, Greater Manchester, including Ashton Village.
Ashton upon Mersey | |
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Ashton upon Mersey within Trafford | |
Population | 9,726 [1] |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
UK Parliament | |
Councillors | |
The ward was created in 2004Mersey St. Mary's and St. Martin's wards.
from parts of the formerCouncillors edit
As of 2022, the councillors are Tony O'Brien (Labour),[2] Ben Hartley (Labour),[3] and Shona Gilbert (Labour).[4]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2004 | John Lamb (Con) | Mike Whetton (Con) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2006 | John Lamb (Con) | Mike Whetton (Con) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2007 | John Lamb (Con) | Mike Whetton (Con) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2008 | John Lamb (Con) | Mike Whetton (Con) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2010 | John Lamb (Con) | Mike Whetton (Con) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2011 | John Lamb (Con) | Mike Whetton (Con) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2012 | John Lamb (Con) | Mike Whetton (Con) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2014 | John Lamb (Con) | Mike Whetton (Con) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2015 | John Lamb (Con) | Mike Whetton (Con) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2016 | John Lamb (Con) | Mike Whetton (Con) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2018 | John Lamb (Con) | Mike Whetton (Con) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2019 | John Lamb (Con) | Ben Hartley (Lab) | Brian Rigby (Con) | |||
2021 | John Lamb (Con) | Ben Hartley (Lab) | Shona Gilbert (Lab) | |||
2022 | Tony O'Brien (Lab) | Ben Hartley (Lab) | Shona Gilbert (Lab) | |||
2023 | Shona Gilbert (Lab) | Ben Hartley (Lab) | Tony O'Brien (Lab) | |||
2023 | Shona Gilbert (Lab) | Ben Hartley (Lab) | Tony O'Brien (Lab) |
indicates seat up for re-election.
Elections in the 2020s edit
May 2024 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony O’Brien* | 1,891 | 54.1 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Amit Narang | 927 | 26.5 | -6.3 | |
Green | Jessica Plunkett | 449 | 12.9 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barney Rule | 183 | 5.2 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 964 | 27.6 | +11.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 44 | 1.3 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,494 | 45.8 | -0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,631 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
May 2023 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shona Gilbert* | 1,901 | 54.3% | ||
Labour | Ben Hartley* | 1,865 | 53.3% | ||
Labour | Tony O'Brien* | 1,710 | 48.9% | ||
Conservative | Kay Dwyer | 1148 | 32.8% | ||
Conservative | John Lamb | 1130 | 32.3% | ||
Conservative | Amit Narang | 959 | 27.4% | ||
Green | Caroline Robertson-Brown | 412 | 11.8% | ||
Green | Nick Robertson-Brown | 248 | 7.1% | ||
Green | Richard Tyldesley | 198 | 5.7% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Clarke | 171 | 4.9% | ||
Liberal Democrats | George Devine | 171 | 4.9% | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Kierman | 119 | 3.4% | ||
Majority | |||||
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.3% | |||
Turnout | 3499 | 46.4% | |||
Registered electors | 7,536 |
May 2022 edit
Labour | Tony O’Brien | 1,848 | 49.9 | ||
Conservative | Kay Dwyer | 1,411 | 38.1 | ||
Green | Caroline Robertson-Brow | 292 | 7.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Kierman | 148 | 4.0 | ||
Majority | 437 | 11.8 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rejected ballots | 3 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Registered electors | 7,633 | ||||
Turnout | 3,702 | 48.5 |
May 2021 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shona Gilbert | 1,938 | 47.0 | 12.3 | |
Conservative | Kay Dwyer | 1,722 | 41.8 | 11.0 | |
Green | Caroline Robertson-Brown | 314 | 7.6 | 0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Lovell | 122 | 3.0 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 216 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 23 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,699 | ||||
Turnout | 4,121 | 53.5 | 10.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 11.7 |
Elections in the 2010s edit
May 2019 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Hartley | 1,535 | 42.9 | 0.9 | |
Conservative | Mike Whetton* | 1,398 | 39.1 | 7.7 | |
Green | Caroline Robertson-Brown | 273 | 7.6 | 3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Elliott | 247 | 6.9 | 3.0 | |
UKIP | Brian Johnson | 127 | 3.5 | 2.0 | |
Majority | 137 | 3.83 | 9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,500 | ||||
Turnout | 3,580 | 47.84 | 0.74 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
May 2018 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lamb* | 1,677 | 46.8 | -6.1 | |
Labour | Ben Hartley | 1,568 | 43.8 | +9.0 | |
Green | Caroline Robertson-Brown | 148 | 4.1 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Power | 138 | 3.9 | -1.0 | |
UKIP | Kevin Grime | 53 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 109 | 3.0 | -15.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,584 | 47.1 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
May 2016 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Rigby* | 1,642 | 52.8 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Benjamin Hartley | 1,079 | 34.7 | +1.0 | |
Green | Caroline Robertson-Brown | 231 | 7.4 | -1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Marritt | 151 | 4.9 | 1.1 | |
Majority | 563 | 18.1 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,110 | 42.9 | -30.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
May 2015 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Whetton* | 2,759 | 51.4 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Ben Hartley | 1,815 | 33.8 | +4.4 | |
Green | Caroline Robertson-Brown | 478 | 8.9 | -5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Marritt | 320 | 6.0 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 944 | 17.4 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,372 | 73.1 | +26.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
May 2014 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lamb* | 1,505 | 50.5 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Luckson Francis-Augustine | 877 | 29.4 | -6.2 | |
Green | Nick Robertson-Brown | 431 | 14.5 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Marritt | 167 | 5.6 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 628 | 21.1 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,980 | 41.7 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
May 2012 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Rigby* | 1,396 | 50.1 | -0.4 | |
Labour | Michael Wilton | 992 | 35.6 | +1.4 | |
Green | Joseph Westbrook | 235 | 8.4 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Marritt | 161 | 5.8 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 404 | 14.5 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,784 | 39.0 | -7.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
May 2011 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Whetton* | 1,715 | 50.5 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Michael Wilton | 1,162 | 34.2 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Marritt | 288 | 8.5 | -12.7 | |
Green | Joseph Westbrook | 229 | 6.7 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 553 | 16.3 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,394 | 46.3 | -25.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
May 2010 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lamb* | 2,325 | 44.5 | -15.6 | |
Labour | Michael Wilton | 1,568 | 30.0 | +11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry Corbett | 1,107 | 21.2 | +7.9 | |
Green | Sara Ahsan | 224 | 4.3 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 757 | 14.5 | -27.4 | ||
Turnout | 5224 | 71.5 | +31.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s edit
May 2008 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Rigby* | 1,762 | 60.1 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Michael Wilton | 535 | 18.3 | -2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry Corbett | 389 | 13.3 | +0.7 | |
Green | Marian Sudbury | 244 | 8.3 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 1,227 | 41.9 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,930 | 40.4 | -1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
May 2007 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Whetton* | 1,646 | 55.3 | -3.1 | |
Labour | Sophie Taylor | 631 | 21.2 | -4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Duncan Irving | 376 | 12.6 | +12.6 | |
Green | Marian Sudbury | 342 | 10.9 | -4.8 | |
Majority | 1,015 | 34.1 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,977 | 42.1 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
May 2006 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lamb* | 1,645 | 58.4 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Sophie Taylor | 728 | 25.9 | -4.0 | |
Green | Daniel Leach | 442 | 15.7 | +9.3 | |
Majority | 917 | 32.5 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,815 | 39.4 | -10.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
May 2004 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Rigby* | 1,817 | 19.9 | ||
Conservative | Michael Whetton | 1,680 | 18.4 | ||
Conservative | John Lamb* | 1,534 | 16.8 | ||
Labour | Simon Beaumont* | 969 | 10.6 | ||
Labour | Joyce Eaton | 968 | 10.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Terence Corbett | 798 | 8.7 | ||
Labour | Tahira Rasul | 798 | 8.7 | ||
Green | Michael Addelman | 585 | 6.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,149 | 49.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References edit
- ^ "Area profiles: demographics". infotrafford.org.uk. Trafford Innovation and Intelligence Lab. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ Prior, David (6 May 2022). "Local Election results 2022: Trafford Conservatives leader loses Timperley seat as Lib Dems and Greens make gains". Altrincham Today. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Councillor Ben Hartley". democratic.trafford.gov.uk. Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Shona Gilbert". democratic.trafford.gov.uk. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Richardson, Alice (6 April 2022). "All the candidates standing in Trafford council local elections 2022 by ward". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "2022 Local election results". www.trafford.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Change compared to 2021, when the seat was last up for election.
- ^ "2021 Local election results". www.trafford.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Change compared to 2016, when the seat was last up for election.
- ^ Staff writer (3 May 2019). "Local Election 2019 Results". trafford.gov.uk. Trafford MBC. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Staff writer (4 May 2018). "Local Election 2018 Results". trafford.gov.uk. Trafford MBC. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "Local Election 2016 Results". www.trafford.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2021.