Mersey St. Marys

Mersey St. Mary's was an electoral ward of Trafford covering the eastern half of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale, Greater Manchester.

The ward was abolished in 2004 to be replaced largely by the new Ashton upon Mersey and St. Mary's wards.

Its electoral history since 1973 is as follows:^[1]

2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb	2,877	54.4	-1.4
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	1,548	29.3	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	779	14.7	+1.5
	Socialist Labour	James Flannery	81	1.5	+1.5
Majority			1,329	25.1	+0.3
Turnout			5,285	55.8	+1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	2,914	55.8	-9.0
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	1,621	31.0	+8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	687	13.2	+0.7
Majority			1,293	24.8	-17.2
Turnout			5,222	54.6	+22.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Tolhurst*	2,048	64.8	+6.1
	Labour	Tamira Rasul	720	22.8	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	395	12.5	+3.3
Majority			1,328	42.0	+15.5
Turnout			3,163	32.5	-1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sharp*	1,935	58.7	-4.6
	Labour	Conquest	1,056	32.1	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Legge	304	9.2	+0.5
Majority			879	26.5	-8.8
Turnout			3,295	33.7	-1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. D. Rigby*	2,155	63.3	+13.2
	Labour	J. Bennett	952	28.0	-7.1
	Liberal Democrat	G. P. Rogers	297	8.7	-6.1
Majority			1,203	35.3	+20.9
Turnout			3,404	34.7	-3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2004 (after boundary changes)
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 Democrat	Terence Corbett	798	8.7
	Labour	Tahira Rasul	798	8.7
	Green	Michael Addelman	585	6.4
Turnout			9,149	49.9

References

1. ^ "Trafford local elections". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafford_Council_elections. 

External links

• Trafford Council