Trafford

On 30 November 2021, we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Trafford Council. 

From 30 November 2021 to 7 February 2022, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on these recommendations for Trafford Council.  

• Draft recommendations report for Trafford Council
• Draft recommendations map for Trafford Council - please note: this map is very large and may take some time to download. 
• Summary of the Trafford report  
• Fact Sheet 
• News release
• Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Trafford Council
• Promotional poster [2]
• Electoral figures

To view an interactive map of the draft recommendations, visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the proposed ward boundaries is also available.  

You can make a submission to the Trafford electoral review:  

1. through our consultation area,  

2. by e-mailing [email protected], or 

3. writing to the following address: 

   The Review Officer (Trafford) 

   Local Government Boundary Commission for England 

   1st Floor, Windsor House 

   50 Victoria Street 

   London 

   SW1H 0TL 

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.  

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under. 

If you have any feedback regarding our review process then click here. 

The consultation on the warding arrangements for Trafford Council closed on 23 August 2021. 

Listed below are the submissions we received: 

Local Authority: 

MPs: 

Political Groups: 

Local Organisations: 

Local Residents: 

If you have any feedback regarding our review process then click here. 

The consultation on warding arrangements for Trafford Council closed on 23 August 2021 

From 15 June to 23 August 2021, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward boundaries should be in Trafford Borough Council. 

The Commission is minded to recommend that Trafford Borough Council should have 63 councillors in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

The Commission has not yet proposed any new wards. We want to hear what you think of the existing wards and where new boundaries should go. The existing boundaries can be viewed from the links below.  

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Trafford to help it to produce new ward boundaries to accommodate 63 councillors. 

For more information, see our: 

• News release
• Letter to the Chief Executive of Trafford Borough Council
• Electoral figures
• Promotional posters (1) (2)
• Trafford polling district map (Please note, polling district mapping data has been supplied by Trafford Borough Council and may contain boundary errors.) 
• Map without labels

To view an interactive map of the existing warding boundaries, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available.  

You can make a submission to the Trafford electoral review: 

1. through our consultation area,  
2. by e-mailing [email protected], or  
3. writing to the following address: 

   The Review Officer (Trafford) 

   Local Government Boundary Commission for England 

   1st Floor, Windsor House 

   50 Victoria Street 

   London 

   SW1H 0TL 

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.  

For a quick guide on how to propose a pattern of wards click here. 

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under. 

If you have any feedback regarding our review process then click here. 

As part of the initial stages of the review, we consulted with Trafford Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.  

We received two submissions on council size: 

• Trafford Council 
• Trafford Conservative Group

The Commission is minded to recommend that 63 councillors should serve Trafford Council in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

The Boundary Committee for England (BCFE) began reviewing the electoral arrangements on 14 May 2002.

The Order implementing The Electoral Commission's decision on the final recommendations of this review can be viewed on Her Majesty's Stationery Office's website. The current boundaries of the electoral wards and divisions can be viewed on Ordnance Survey's election maps website. Parish warding is not shown on the election maps website. It can be seen on the mapping from the Committee's final recommendations below; any modifications are listed in the Explanatory Note at the back of the Order.

Final recommendations, published on 14 October 2003.

Map 1 Existing wards in Trafford;

Map 2 The Committee's proposed final recommendations for Trafford;

Map A1 Illustrates, in outline form, the proposed ward boundaries and indicates the areas which are shown in more detail in the large maps;

Large map 1, large map 2, large map 3, illustrate the existing and proposed warding arrangements for Trafford.

Draft recommendations, published on 25 February 2003.

Map 1 Existing wards in Trafford;

Map 2 Our draft recommendations for Trafford;

Map A1 illustrates, in outline form, the proposed ward boundaries and indicates the areas which are shown in more detail in the large maps;

Large map 1, large map 2 and large map 3 illustrate the existing and proposed warding arrangements for Trafford.