2024 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
One third of the 63 seats were contested, with each successful candidate elected to serve a four-year term of office expiring in 2028.The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974.[2] In June 2022, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England made The Trafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022, which officially abolished all 21 existing wards and established 21 new wards with new boundaries.All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Trafford aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election.People who live at two addresses in different local authorities, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.