Trafford Council

Trafford Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Jane Brophy,
Lib Dems
since 21 May 2025
Tom Ross,
Labour
since 17 December 2022
Sara Todd
since 1 February 2019
Structure
Seats63 councillors
Political groups
Administration (43)
  Labour (43)
Other parties (20)
  Conservative (8)
  Green (6)
  Liberal Democrats (6)
Joint committees
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0TH
Website
trafford.gov.uk

Trafford Council, or Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2011.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2019. It is based at Trafford Town Hall in Stretford.