Hale was an electoral ward of Trafford covering the villages of Hale and Hale Barns.

The ward was abolished in 2004, and its area split between the new Hale Central and Hale Barns wards.

Councillors

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Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
1973 Marjorie Hinchcliffe (Con) Brian Adams (Con) Roy Godwin (Con)
1975 Marjorie Hinchcliffe (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con)
1976 Marjorie Hinchcliffe (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con)
1978 Marjorie Hinchcliffe (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con)
1979 Marjorie Hinchcliffe (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con
1980 Marjorie Hinchcliffe (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con)
1982 Marjorie Hinchcliffe (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con)
1983 Marjorie Hinchcliffe (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con
1984 Marjorie Hinchcliffe (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con)
1986 Alan Roberts (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con)
1987 Alan Roberts (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con
1988 Alan Roberts (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con)
1990 Alan Roberts (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Norman Barrett (Con)
1991 Alan Roberts (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Patrick Myers (Con
1992 Alan Roberts (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Patrick Myers (Con)
1994 Marilyn Lucas (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Patrick Myers (Con)
1995 Marilyn Lucas (Con) Roy Godwin (Con) Patrick Myers (Con
1996 Marilyn Lucas (Con) Barry Hepburn (Con) Patrick Myers (Con)
1998 Ian Mullins (Con) Barry Hepburn (Con) Patrick Myers (Con)
1999 Ian Mullins (Con) Barry Hepburn (Con) Ralph Strafford (Con
2000 Ian Mullins (Con) Barry Hepburn (Con) Ralph Strafford (Con)
2002 Ian Mullins (Con) Barry Hepburn (Con) Ralph Strafford (Con)
2003 Ian Mullins (Con) Barry Hepburn (Con) Patricia Morris (Con
May 2004 Ian Mullins (Con) Barry Hepburn (Lib Dem)[1] Patricia Morris (Con

Elections in the 2000s

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2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Morris 3,078 64.5 −4.6
Labour Beverly Harrison 794 16.7 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Jane Weightman 676 14.2 +0.4
Green Samuel Little 222 4.7 +4.7
Majority 2,288 47.8 −4.1
Turnout 4,770 57.1 −0.9
Conservative hold Swing
2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Mullins 3,333 69.1 −6.0
Labour Beverly Harrison 828 17.2 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Elliott 664 13.8 +1.3
Majority 2,505 51.9 −10.7
Turnout 4,825 58.0 +24.2
Conservative hold Swing
2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Hepburn* 2,148 75.1 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Gaskell 358 12.5 −7.5
Labour Beverly Harrison 355 12.4 −0.8
Majority 1,790 62.6 +15.8
Turnout 2,861 33.8 −1.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

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1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Strafford 1,998 66.8 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Horstead 597 20.0 +5.0
Labour McNee 395 13.2 −1.2
Majority 1,401 46.8 −8.9
Turnout 2,990 35.3 +1.3
Conservative hold Swing
1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Lucas* 2,069 70.7 +11.0
Liberal Democrats R. M. Elliott 438 15.0 −12.0
Labour A. D . McNee 420 14.4 +1.1
Majority 1,631 55.7 +23.1
Turnout 2,927 34.0 −8.1
Conservative hold Swing
1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative B. L. Hepburn 2,119 59.7 +1.9
Liberal Democrats C. S. Fink 960 27.0 −8.9
Labour R. E. Lucas 473 13.3 −1.3
Majority 1,159 32.6 −0.7
Turnout 3,552 42.1 −2.2
Conservative hold Swing
1995
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. J. Myers* 2,012 57.8 +6.8
Liberal Democrats C. S. Fink 1,251 35.9 −2.8
Labour R. E. Lucas 509 14.6 +4.3
Majority 1,159 33.3 +21.0
Turnout 3,481 44.3 −1.9
Conservative hold Swing
1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Lucas 2,015 51.0 −18.9
Liberal Democrats C. S. Fink 1,528 38.7 +15.6
Labour R. E. Lucas 409 10.3 +3.3
Majority 487 12.3 −34.5
Turnout 3,952 46.2 +3.5
Conservative hold Swing
1992
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Godwin* 2,541 69.9 +2.1
Liberal Democrats D. C. R. Horstead 840 23.1 +0.8
Labour H. Baker 256 7.0 −2.9
Majority 1,701 46.8 +1.3
Turnout 3,637 42.7 −3.9
Conservative hold Swing
1991
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. J. Myers 2,714 67.8 −3.9
Liberal Democrats D. C. R. Horstead 893 22.3 +13.3
Labour R. E. Lucas 396 9.9 −4.8
Majority 1,821 45.5 −11.5
Turnout 4,003 46.6 −1.4
Conservative hold Swing
1990
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. A. Roberts* 3,002 71.7 −4.7
Labour R. E. Lucas 616 14.7 +6.5
Liberal Democrats F. A. Cameron 376 9.0 −3.5
Green H. A. Eadie 190 4.5 +1.6
Majority 2,386 57.0 −6.8
Turnout 4,184 48.0 +4.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

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1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Godwin* 2,930 76.4 +5.8
Liberal Democrats G. P. Pawson 481 12.5 −9.3
Labour R. E. Adams 314 8.2 +2.4
Green J. J. Wharton 112 2.9 +1.0
Majority 2,449 63.8 +14.9
Turnout 3,837 43.5 −9.7
Conservative hold Swing
1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. W. Barrett* 3,359 70.6 +13.4
Liberal G. P. Pawson 1,035 21.8 −12.3
Labour G. P. F. Williams 274 5.8 −0.7
Green J. J. Wharton 88 1.9 −0.3
Majority 2,324 48.9 +25.8
Turnout 4,756 53.2 +7.5
Conservative hold Swing
1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. A. Roberts 2,317 57.2 −5.7
Liberal J. H. Mulholland 1,383 34.1 +5.6
Labour C. E. Donegan 263 6.5 +0.4
Green J. S. Menzies 88 2.2 −0.4
Majority 934 23.1 −11.3
Turnout 4,051 45.7 +1.5
Conservative hold Swing
1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Godwin* 2,444 62.9 −6.3
Liberal J. H. Mulholland 1,108 28.5 +5.5
Labour M. A. Busteed 236 6.1 −1.7
Ecology J. J. Wharton 100 2.6 +2.6
Majority 1,336 34.4 −11.8
Turnout 3,888 44.2 −4.2
Conservative hold Swing
1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. W. Barrett* 2,444 69.2 +3.1
Alliance H. E. Bayliss 991 23.0 −4.7
Labour K. O'Hagan 337 7.8 +1.6
Majority 1,994 46.2 +7.7
Turnout 4,313 48.4 +1.8
Conservative hold Swing
1982
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Hinchcliffe* 2,709 66.1 −3.1
Liberal J. Wilson 1,134 27.7 +5.0
Labour E. A. Starkey 253 6.2 −1.9
Majority 1,575 38.5 −8.0
Turnout 4,096 46.6 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing
1980
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Godwin* 2,596 69.2 −0.1
Liberal C. G. Ball 852 22.7 +4.2
Labour R. A. Tully 305 8.1 −4.1
Majority 1,744 46.5 −4.3
Turnout 3,753 43.4 −35.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

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1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. W. Barrett* 5,098 69.3 −6.4
Liberal J. S. Whittingham 1,361 18.5 +5.0
Labour O. J. Spencer 897 12.2 +1.4
Majority 3,737 50.8 −11.4
Turnout 7,356 78.8 +38.9
Conservative hold Swing
1978
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Hinchcliffe* 2,812 75.7 −11.5
Liberal J. S. Whittingham 501 13.5 +13.5
Labour A. D. Johnson 400 10.8 −2.0
Majority 2,311 62.2 −12.2
Turnout 3,713 39.9 −7.5
Conservative hold Swing
1976
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Godwin* 3,807 87.2 +1.5
Labour P. Scott 560 12.8 +12.8
Majority 3,247 74.4 +46.9
Turnout 4,367 47.4 +3.8
Conservative hold Swing
1975 (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. W. Barrett 3,208 43.9
Conservative R. Godwin* 3,058 41.8
Liberal R. Allen 1,047 14.3
Majority 2,011 27.5
Turnout 7,313 43.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Hinchcliffe 2,814 64.9
Conservative B. H. Adams 2,734
Conservative R. Godwin 2,726
Liberal C. Ball 1,016 23.4
Liberal B. Judson 941
Liberal R. Rivera 897
Labour J. Cope 508 11.7
Labour E. Donnelly 407
Labour M. Green 379
Majority 1,710
Turnout 4,338 44.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Defector attacks former Tory colleagues". 4 May 2004.
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