1970 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

1970 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

← 1969 7 May 1970 (1970-05-07) 1971  →
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

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. ^{[1] [2]}

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

References

1. Your town-by-town election service, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1970, p.16
2. Lancashire and Cheshire, The Guardian, May 8, 1970, p.7