Governance
The civil parish parish of Partington was created in 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894 and has its own town council. Partington became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in 1974 upon the borough's creation, but was previously in Bucklow Rural District. The town is part of the Bucklow St Martin electoral ward; the councillors for the Bucklow St Martin are Ian Platt, Dave Quayle, and John Smith, all members of the Labour Party.
Partington also belongs to the Stretford and Urmston constituency and is part of the North West England constituency of the European Parliament. Since its creation in 1997 the constituency's Member of Parliament has been a member of the Labour Party, and Kate Green is the incumbent.
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