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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]
| 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 | ||||
| 9 | 23 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 19 |
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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