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Trafford: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, North West; part of the GMCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000009.

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Trafford for 2026–27: £1,850.54 of a £2,291.70 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

Well Green Primary School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 31 December 2026
Well Green Primary School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 January 2027

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (2 academy converter), 2 closed (2 academy converter)

Sale High School (secondary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 September 2025
St Monica's RC Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 January 2026
Sale High School (secondary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 October 2025
St Monica's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 February 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Trafford reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Trafford: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£262.6 million
Highways and transport services	£5.4 million
Children's social care	£58.0 million
Adult social care	£109.0 million
Public health	£15.3 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£6.6 million
Cultural and related services	£9.5 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£11.6 million
Planning and development services	−£2.2 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£23.3 million
Other services	£3.8 million
Total service expenditure	£503.0 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Trafford in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 241,025 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 40 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £29,384 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £700 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 15.8% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 3.0% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £400,688 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 8.7 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 65.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 63.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.9 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 94.0% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 188.8 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 12,580 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

63 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 35, Conservative and Unionist 12, Green Party (E&W) 7, Liberal Democrats 7, Reform UK 2.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 63 councillors, by ward

Daniel Jerrome (Green Party (E&W)) — Altrincham
Geraldine Coggins (Green Party (E&W)) — Altrincham
Michael Welton (Green Party (E&W)) — Altrincham
Ben Hartley (Labour Party) — Ashton upon Mersey
Shona Gilbert (Labour Party) — Ashton upon Mersey
Tony O'Brien (Labour Party) — Ashton upon Mersey
Lisa Hancock (Conservative and Unionist) — Bowdon
Phil Eckersley (Conservative and Unionist) — Bowdon
Shengke Zhi (Conservative and Unionist) — Bowdon
Kaushik Chakraborty (Conservative and Unionist) — Broadheath
Prakash Nathani (Conservative and Unionist) — Broadheath
Ulrich Savary (Liberal Democrats) — Broadheath
Bilal Babar (Labour Party) — Brooklands
Rose Thompson (Labour Party) — Brooklands
Will Jones (Labour Party) — Brooklands
Charlotte Waterworth (Reform UK) — Bucklow-St Martins
Frances Cosby (Labour Party) — Bucklow-St Martins
James Wright (Labour Party) — Bucklow-St Martins
Barry Winstanley (Labour Party) — Davyhulme
Billy Burke (Reform UK) — Davyhulme
Sue Maitland (Labour Party) — Davyhulme
Dolores O'Sullivan (Labour Party) — Flixton
Ged Carter (Labour Party) — Flixton
Simon Thomas (Labour Party) — Flixton
Aaron Fradley (Green Party (E&W)) — Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
David Acton (Labour Party) — Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
George Devlin (Labour Party) — Gorse Hill & Cornbrook
Jane Leicester (Green Party (E&W)) — Hale
Natalie Shalom (Conservative and Unionist) — Hale
Rupert Kelly (Conservative and Unionist) — Hale
Dylan Butt (Conservative and Unionist) — Hale Barns & Timperley South
Michael Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Hale Barns & Timperley South
Nathan Evans (Conservative and Unionist) — Hale Barns & Timperley South
David Jarman (Labour Party) — Longford
Gareth Twose (Green Party (E&W)) — Longford
Sarah Haughey (Labour Party) — Longford
Jill Axford (Labour Party) — Lostock & Barton
Mark Tobin (Labour Party) — Lostock & Barton
Shirley Procter (Labour Party) — Lostock & Barton
Keleigh Glenton (Labour Party) — Manor
Rob Duncan (Conservative and Unionist) — Manor
Rupali Paul (Conservative and Unionist) — Manor
Jennie Wadsworth (Green Party (E&W)) — Old Trafford
Sophie Taylor (Labour Party) — Old Trafford
Waseem Hassan (Labour Party) — Old Trafford
Barry Brotherton (Labour Party) — Sale Central
Eve Parker (Labour Party) — Sale Central
Zak Deakin (Labour Party) — Sale Central
Joanne Bennett (Labour Party) — Sale Moor
Liz Patel (Labour Party) — Sale Moor
Olly Baskerville (Labour Party) — Sale Moor
Jane Slater (Labour Party) — Stretford & Humphrey Park
Stephen Adshead (Labour Party) — Stretford & Humphrey Park
Tom Ross (Labour Party) — Stretford & Humphrey Park
Julian Newgrosh (Liberal Democrats) — Timperley Central
Shaun Ennis (Liberal Democrats) — Timperley Central
Simon Lepori (Liberal Democrats) — Timperley Central
Jane Brophy (Liberal Democrats) — Timperley North
Meena Minnis (Liberal Democrats) — Timperley North
Will Frass (Liberal Democrats) — Timperley North
Clare Sheridan (Labour Party) — Urmston
Joanne Harding (Labour Party) — Urmston
Kevin Procter (Labour Party) — Urmston

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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