1963 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

1963 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
← 1962 9 May 1963 1964 →
8 of 32 seats ; to Stretford Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1963 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; No overall control	Leader of the Council after election ; ; No overall control

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1963. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.^[1]^[2]

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Party	Votes		Seats		Full Council
Labour Party	8,628 (44.7%)	0.7	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	15 (46.9%)	15 / 32
Conservative Party	6,687 (34.7%)	4.3	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	15 (46.9%)	15 / 32
Liberal Party	3,916 (20.3%)	5.0	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	2 (6.3%)	2 / 32
Communist Party	65 (0.3%)	0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Bott*	948	71.2	+4.6
	Conservative	E. Earle	383	28.8	−4.6
Majority			565	42.4	+9.2
Turnout			1,331
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Bancroft*	1,052	54.4	−7.1
	Liberal	J. Brown	487	25.2	N/A
	Conservative	A. MacGregor	394	20.4	−18.1
Majority			565	29.2	+6.2
Turnout			1,933
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Matthews*	1,100	41.2	−0.3
	Labour	J. Somerville	972	36.4	+5.4
	Liberal	W. Baker	599	22.4	−5.0
Majority			128	4.8	−5.8
Turnout			2,671
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Kirkbright*	1,636	63.6	−3.7
	Conservative	S. Till	867	33.8	+3.5
	Communist	V. Eddisford	65	2.6	+0.2
Majority			769	29.8	−7.2
Turnout			2,568
	Labour hold		Swing

1963 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Hindley	1,235	41.6	+7.0
	Liberal	G. Slinger	962	32.4	−9.0
	Labour	V. Cooling	773	26.0	+2.0
Majority			273	9.2
Turnout			2,970
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Marland*	1,638	59.6	+2.0
	Conservative	A. Price	590	21.5	−20.9
	Liberal	R. Revell	521	18.9	N/A
Majority			1,048	38.1	+22.9
Turnout			2,749
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Davis	1,092	41.2	−12.2
	Labour	A. S. Clough	1,042	39.3	−7.3
	Liberal	C. Conlin	516	19.5	N/A
Majority			50	1.9	−4.9
Turnout			2,650
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Chandler*	1,026	42.3	+2.7
	Liberal	J. Bainbridge	831	34.3	−8.9
	Labour	A. Drabble	567	23.4	+6.2
Majority			195	8.0
Turnout			2,424
	Conservative hold		Swing

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