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Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1972. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office. These were the final elections held in Stretford before it became part of Trafford. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Labour Party | 8,908 (55.3%) |  5.4 | 5 (62.5%) | 5 / 8 |  5 | 19 (59.4%) | 19 / 32 | |||
| Conservative Party | 7,119 (44.2%) | 5.1 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 | 5 | 13 (40.6%) | 13 / 32 | |||
| Communist Party | 91 (0.6%) | 0.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 |  | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| 19 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. S. Maher | 826 | 75.6 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | A. Kelly | 267 | 24.4 | -2.3 | |
| Majority | 559 | 51.2 | +4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,093 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D. L. Stewart | 826 | 64.1 | -5.0 | |
| Conservative | R. W. Corke* | 463 | 35.9 | +5.0 | |
| Majority | 363 | 28.2 | -10.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,289 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. Lever* | 1,090 | 51.3 | +0.5 | |
| Labour | J. R. Haydock | 1,033 | 48.7 | -0.5 | |
| Majority | 57 | 2.6 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,123 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. N. Barraclough | 1,429 | 62.5 | -5.7 | |
| Conservative | M. A. M. Evans | 767 | 33.5 | +3.2 | |
| Communist | A. Jarratt | 91 | 4.0 | +2.5 | |
| Majority | 662 | 29.0 | -8.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,287 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Hindley* | 1,623 | 62.1 | +8.6 | |
| Labour | J. H. Somerville | 989 | 37.9 | -8.6 | |
| Majority | 634 | 24.2 | +17.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,612 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Bailey | 1,607 | 69.9 | -2.6 | |
| Conservative | I. M. Farrer | 691 | 30.1 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 916 | 39.8 | -5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,298 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. A. Tully | 1,122 | 54.4 | -4.6 | |
| Conservative | E. J. Kelson* | 939 | 45.6 | +4.6 | |
| Majority | 183 | 8.8 | -9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,061 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. Warbrick* | 1,279 | 54.3 | +4.5 | |
| Labour | V. J. Wynne | 1,076 | 45.7 | -4.5 | |
| Majority | 203 | 8.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2,355 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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