1970 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

1970 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

7 May 1970 (1970-05-07)
8 of 32 seats to Stretford Municipal Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Seats before 25 7 Seats won 4 4 Seats after 23 9 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 6,742 6,341 Percentage 49.5% 46.5%
Map of results of 1970 election
Leader of the Council before election Conservative Leader of the Council after election Conservative

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party		6,742 (49.5%)			4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	2	23 (71.9%)	23 / 32
Labour Party		6,341 (46.5%)			4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	2	9 (28.1%)	9 / 32
Independent		505 (3.7%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Communist Party		43 (0.3%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

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9

23

Aldermen

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4

4

Councillors

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5

19

Ward results

Clifford

Clifford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Davies	571	54.7
	Conservative	D. H. Shawcross	472	45.3
Majority			99	9.4
Turnout			1,043
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cornbrook

Cornbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. F. Sullivan	690	55.3
	Conservative	H. Sorenson	557	44.7
Majority			133	10.6
Turnout			1,247
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Longford

Longford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. W. Homer*	1,150	62.2
	Labour	J. Bailey	699	37.8
Majority			451	24.4
Turnout			1,849
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. R. Shea*	1,165	58.5
	Conservative	H. D. Pugh	783	39.3
	Communist	A. Jarratt	43	2.2
Majority			382	19.2
Turnout			1,991
	Labour hold		Swing

Stretford

Stretford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Moores*	1,138	52.0
	Labour	K. Silcock	545	24.9
	Independent	H. Walker	505	23.1
Majority			593	27.1
Turnout			2,188
	Conservative hold		Swing

Talbot North

Talbot North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. C. Cronshaw*	1,399	63.5
	Conservative	R. Harwood	805	36.5
Majority			594	27.0
Turnout			2,204
	Labour hold		Swing

Talbot South

Talbot South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. Schofield*	950	54.8
	Labour	D. Stewart	782	45.2
Majority			168	9.6
Turnout			1,732
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trafford

Trafford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. R. Hamilton*	887	64.4
	Labour	A. Clough	490	35.6
Majority			397	28.8
Turnout			1,377
	Conservative hold		Swing