Voters across Trafford go to the polls on Thursday 7th May, with 21 of the 63 seats on the council chamber up for grabs - and seven of those contests taking place across the Altrincham area.
A total of 114 candidates are standing across the borough, with Labour, the Conservatives, Reform UK, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats all fielding candidates in each of the 21 wards.
Labour currently control Trafford Council, holding 41 of the 63 seats. The Conservatives have ten, the Liberal Democrats seven and the Greens five.
Polls will be open from 7am until 10pm. Voters must bring photo ID to cast their ballot. You can find your nearest polling station by searching here.
Here is a full list of candidates standing in the seven wards that cover the Altrincham area:
Altrincham
- Nick Dean (Conservative)
- Dan Jerrome (Green)
- Donald McIntosh (Liberal Democrat)
- Mark Nesbitt (Labour)
- Stuart Craig Niven (Reform UK)
Bowdon
- Bridget Mary Green (Green)
- Ron Hutton (Advance UK)
- Kate Lamerton (Labour)
- Michelle Lesley McCusker (Reform UK)
- Ludo Tolhurst-Cleaver (Liberal Democrat)
- Shengke Zhi (Conservative)
Broadheath
- Terence Charnock (Reform UK)
- Stephen John Farndon (Independent)
- Barbara Gerard (Liberal Democrat)
- Javed Bakht Khwaja (Labour)
- Prakash Nathani (Conservative)
- Alexander Young (Green)
Hale Barns and Timperley South
- Leslie Cupitt (Reform UK)
- Nathan Evans (Conservative)
- Isaac Jones (Labour)
- Centaine Wendy Parker (Green)
- Matt Sellars (Liberal Democrat)
Hale
- Seth Edward Champion (Labour)
- Rupert Owen Kelly (Conservative)
- Richard Anthony Shean (Reform UK)
- Jason Stack (Liberal Democrat)
- Orla Weir (Green)
Timperley Central
- James William Brooke-Taylor (Green)
- Vineeta Singh Chouhan (Conservative)
- Philip Alexander Holt (Reform UK)
- Julian David Newgrosh (Liberal Democrat)
- Barbara Ruth Twiney (Labour)
Timperley North
- Angela Bruer-Morris (Conservative)
- Will Frass (Liberal Democrat)
- Angela O'Neill (Advance UK)
- Jo Sharpe (Labour)
- Anthony Shaw (Reform UK)
- Aagash Vadera (Green)
