1958 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

1958 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
← 1957 8 May 1958 1959 →
8 of 32 seats ; to Stretford Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1958 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1958. 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]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	8,726 (53.0%)	2.4	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	2	18 (56.3%)	18 / 32
Labour Party	7,671 (46.6%)	2.8	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	2	14 (43.7%)	14 / 32
Communist Party	64 (0.4%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Fawcett	1,027	60.2	+2.5
	Conservative	C. R. Hamilton	680	39.8	−2.5
Majority			347	20.4	+5.0
Turnout			1,707
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Cavanagh	965	54.1	−3.2
	Conservative	H. H. Black	820	45.9	+3.2
Majority			145	8.2	−6.4
Turnout			1,785
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. W. Hall*	1,593	62.5	+7.5
	Labour	G. Marland	956	37.5	−7.5
Majority			637	25.0	+15.0
Turnout			2,549
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. P. Fay*	1,352	57.4	−6.9
	Conservative	T. Smith	941	39.9	+4.2
	Communist	V. Eddisford	64	2.7	N/A
Majority			411	17.5	−11.1
Turnout			2,357
	Labour hold		Swing

1958 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

Clifford

Cornbrook

Longford

Park

Stretford

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Davies*	1,480	64.2	+1.8
	Labour	W. Malone	826	35.8	−1.8
Majority			654	28.4	+3.6
Turnout			2,306
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Reid*	1,475	67.6	+5.8
	Conservative	A. Holderness	706	32.4	−5.8
Majority			769	35.2	+11.6
Turnout			2,181
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Davison*	1,273	65.5	+5.7
	Labour	E. Allcock	671	34.5	−5.7
Majority			602	31.0	+11.4
Turnout			1,944
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. H. Eckersall*	1,233	75.6	+6.5
	Labour	A. Hillson	399	24.4	−6.5
Majority			834	51.2	+13.0
Turnout			1,632
	Conservative hold		Swing