Ashton upon Mersey (ward)

Ashton upon Mersey
Ashton upon Mersey within Trafford
Population	9,726 ^[1]
Metropolitan borough	Trafford
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	North West
UK Parliament	Altrincham and Sale West
Councillors	John Lamb (Conservative)
	Mike Whetton (Conservative)
	Brian Rigby (Conservative)
List of places UK England

Ashton upon Mersey is an electoral ward of Trafford covering the northern part of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale, Greater Manchester, including Ashton Village.

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

Councillors

John Lamb (Conservative)
Mike Whetton (Conservative)
Brian Rigby (Conservative)

Election
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)

indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in 2010s

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	1,642	52.9	+1.5
	Labour	Benjamin Hartley	1,079	34.8	+1.0
	Green	Caroline Robertson-Brown	231	7.4	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Marritt	151	4.9	1.1
Majority			563	18.1	+0.7
Turnout			3,103	42.9	-30.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
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 Democrat	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

2014
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 Democrat	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

2012
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 Democrat	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

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mike Whetton*	1,715	50.5	+6.0
	Labour	Michael Wilton	1,162	34.2	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	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

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Lamb*	2,325	44.5	-15.6
	Labour	Michael Wilton	1,568	30.0	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	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 2000s

May 2008

2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	1,762	60.1	+4.8
	Labour	Michael Wilton	535	18.3	-2.9
	Liberal Democrat	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

2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mike Whetton*	1,646	55.3	-3.1
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	631	21.2	-4.7
	Liberal Democrat	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

2006
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

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

↑ "Area profiles: demographics". infotrafford.org.uk. Trafford Innovation and Intelligence Lab. 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

External links

Trafford Council

Electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford

	Altrincham Ashton upon Mersey Bowdon Broadheath Brooklands Bucklow-St. Martins Clifford Davyhulme East Davyhulme West Flixton Gorse Hill Hale Barns Hale Central Longford Priory Sale Moor St. Marys Stretford Timperley Urmston Village

	Former electoral wards (1973-2004) Bucklow Hale Mersey St Mary's Park St. Martin's Talbot

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Metropolitan districts	City of Manchester City of Salford Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Metropolitan Borough of Bury Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Metropolitan Borough of Tameside Metropolitan Borough of Trafford Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

Major settlements	Altrincham Ashton-in-Makerfield (part) Ashton-under-Lyne Atherton Audenshaw Bolton Bredbury Bury Chadderton Clifton Denton Droylsden Dukinfield Eccles Failsworth Farnworth Golborne Heywood Hindley Horwich Hyde Kearsley Leigh Littleborough Manchester Marple Middleton Milnrow Mossley Oldham Partington Pendlebury Prestwich Radcliffe Ramsbottom Rochdale Royton Sale Salford Stalybridge Standish Stockport Stretford Swinton Tottington Tyldesley Urmston Walkden Westhoughton Whitefield Wigan Worsley See also: List of civil parishes in Greater Manchester

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