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Review Body

The Commission is carrying out an electoral review of Trafford Council. 

The aim of the electoral review is to recommend ward boundaries that mean each councillor represents approximately the same number of voters.  

We also aim to ensure that the ward boundaries reflect the interests and identities of local communities, as well as promoting effective local government.  

To achieve these aims, we need to re-draw ward boundaries across Trafford. You can find out more about the review below. 

Review Dates
  Date from: Date to:
Consultation on warding arrangements 15 June 2021 23 August 2021
Consultation on draft recommendations 30 November 2021 07 February 2022
Final recommendations published 03 May 2022  
Latest information

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: 

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. 

Previous reviews

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.