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Councillor Candidate
Chris Boyes

Chris Boyes

Conservative candidate for Longford

Conservative

Chris has been a Party member for more than 20 years and served as a Trafford Councillor in Brooklands for more than 10 years, and was in 2022–23 Mayor of the Borough. Service to the Community has for almost all his life been a passion, dating back to his university days when he started a Saturday morning Youth Club for local children at his Hall of Residence. Joining a Rotary Club in 1983, motto “Service above Self”, Chris has been continuously active since at Club, District and National level. He has been a Governor at Sale High School and at Brooklands Primary School for over 10 years and was for many years Trafford’s ‘Appointed’ Governor at the Manchester NHS Foundation Trust Hospital Group He is a founder member of The Friends of Moor Nook Park and sits on the Sale Moor Community Centre Committee and has also been involved in the Sale West Community Hub In his spare time Chris has been active in local sport particularly Squash at Sale Rugby Club where he is a Vice President and also at Sale Golf Club serving for 14 years as Hon Secretary and then Chairman, and as President in 2020 – 2022. He is also currently President of Sale Photographic Society.

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Previous elections

Stretford & Humphrey Park (2024)

Conservative and Unionist Party¡ Not elected

Brooklands (2023)

Conservative and Unionist Party¡ Not elected

Brooklands (2021)

Conservative and Unionist Party¡ Elected

Brooklands (2016)

Conservative and Unionist Party¡ Elected

Longford Ward

Where Chris fits into things

Stretford and Urmston

Constituency

Longford

Ward

Chris Boyes

Chris Boyes

Candidate

Longford

About the role

The responsibility of a councillor is to represent the people within a ward by making decisions on local services and other local issues.

What councillors do

  • Make decisions on local services like housing, roads, and parks
  • Represent residents' concerns at council meetings
  • Help resolve local issues raised by constituents
  • Set council budgets and local tax levels

How to influence

  • Attend local council surgeries
  • Write or email about local issues
  • Attend public council meetings
  • Join local community groups

Council

Trafford