1960 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

1960 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
← 1959 12 May 1960 1961 →
8 of 32 seats ; to Stretford Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1960 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1960. 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	8,845 (52.4%)	0.8	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	18 (56.3%)	18 / 32
Labour Party	6,862 (40.7%)	2.6	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	14 (43.7%)	14 / 32
Liberal Party	1,103 (6.5%)	1.7	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Communist Party	58 (0.3%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Bott*	825	55.8	−4.7
	Conservative	F. Lawson	654	44.2	+4.7
Majority			171	11.6	−9.4
Turnout			1,479
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Bancroft*	1,005	55.5	+0.7
	Conservative	J. E. Schofield	807	44.5	−0.7
Majority			198	11.0	+1.4
Turnout			1,812
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Matthews*	1,283	51.4	−12.2
	Labour	L. Johnson	728	29.1	−7.3
	Liberal	V. Dearden	487	19.5	N/A
Majority			555	22.3	−4.9
Turnout			2,498
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Kirkbright*	1,206	49.3	−7.5
	Conservative	S. Till	1,184	48.4	+7.2
	Communist	V. Eddisford	58	2.3	+0.3
Majority			22	0.9	−14.7
Turnout			2,448
	Labour hold		Swing

1960 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

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Longford

Park

Stretford

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. P. Morrison*	1,354	53.8	+6.0
	Liberal	M. Nuttall	616	24.5	−4.7
	Labour	P. Barton	547	21.7	−1.3
Majority			738	29.3	+10.7
Turnout			2,517
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Marland	1,489	56.7	−3.3
	Conservative	J. L. Rigney	1,137	43.3	+3.3
Majority			352	13.4	−6.6
Turnout			2,626
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. W. Davison*	1,196	63.2	+1.1
	Labour	H. Tong	695	36.8	−1.1
Majority			501	26.4	+2.2
Turnout			1,891
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Chandler*	1,230	77.0	−1.2
	Labour	R. W. Flatters	367	23.0	+1.2
Majority			864	54.0	−2.4
Turnout			1,597
	Conservative hold		Swing

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