Bucklow-St. Martins

Bucklow-St. Martins is an electoral ward of Trafford covering the town of Partington, the village of Carrington and a small part of Sale. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 10,358.

The ward was created in 2004 from parts of the former Bucklow and St. Martin's wards.

Its electoral history since 2004 is as follows:

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Wright	835	38.4	-24.5
	Independent	Anthony Rudden	517	23.8	+23.8
	Conservative	Geoffrey Turner	371	17.1	-10.8
	UKIP	Steven Jones	290	13.3	+13.3
	Green	Thea Johnson	98	4.5	-4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	64	2.9	+2.9
Majority			318	14.6	-20.4
Turnout			2,175	32.7	-24.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith*	2,441	62.9	+9.9
	Conservative	Neil Ferguson	1,082	27.9	-3.4
	Green	Daniel Wadsworth	357	9.2	-3.7
Majority			1,359	35.0	+5.1
Turnout			3,880	57.2	+25.6
	Labour hold		Swing

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karina Carter	1,054	53	-14.1
	Conservative	Stephen Anstee	623	31.3	+10
	Green	Daniel Wadsworth	253	12.7	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Legge	58	2.9	-2.8
Majority			431	21.6	-24.2
Turnout			1,988	29.9	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Platt*	1,238	67.1	+3.8
	Conservative	Lee Peck	393	21.3	-3.2
	Green	Daniel Wadsworth	110	6.0	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	105	5.7	+0.3
Majority			845	45.8	+6.9
Turnout			1,846	27.8	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith*	1,432	63.3	+12.1
	Conservative	Lee Peck	553	24.5	-2.1
	Green	Daniel Wadsworth	153	6.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	123	5.4	-13.9
Majority			879	38.9	+14.3
Turnout			2,261	31.6	-21.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Quayle*	1,972	51.2	+1.1
	Conservative	Lisa Cooke	1,025	26.6	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	743	19.3	+9.8
	Green	Daniel Wadsworth	115	3.0	-6.5
Majority			947	24.6	+5.4
Turnout			3,855	53.5	+26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Platt*	961	50.1	-2.5
	Conservative	Anne Hooley	592	30.9	+6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Hogg	183	9.5	+9.5
	Green	Melanie Bell	182	9.5	+0.9
Majority			369	19.2	-8.8
Turnout			1,918	26.7	-4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith	1,106	52.6	-0.9
	Conservative	Anne Cavanagh	517	24.6	-6.4
	BNP	Andrew Harris	297	14.1	+14.1
	Green	William Gradwell	181	8.6	-6.9
Majority			589	28.0	+5.5
Turnout			2,101	31.4	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Quayle*	967	53.5	-13.1
	Conservative	Anne Cavanagh	560	31.0	-2.4
	Green	William Gradwell	280	15.5	+15.5
Majority			407	22.5	-7.4
Turnout			1,807	28.0	-6.7
	Labour hold		Swing

2004 (after boundary changes)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Platt*	1,406	23.3
	Labour	Graham Kanes*	1,326	22.0
	Labour	David Quayle*	1,287	21.3
	Conservative	Anne Cavanagh	686	11.4
	Conservative	James Davies	685	11.3
	Conservative	Richard Kellett	647	10.7
Turnout			6,037	34.7

External links

• Trafford Council