In the Priory ward of the 2008 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election (where one-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2012), Labour Party's James Eisen won the election with 1,225 votes (40.9% of total turnout), beating Consertive Rob Chilton's 1,013 votes (33.9% of the total
In the Priory ward of the 2008 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election (where one-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2012), Labour Party's James Eisen won the election with 1,225 votes (40.9% of total turnout), beating Consertive Rob Chilton's 1,013 votes (33.9% of the total