1964 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

1964 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
← 1963 7 May 1964 1965 →
8 of 32 seats ; to Stretford Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1964 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; No overall control	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Labour

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1964. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]^[2]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	7,385 (47.2%)	2.5	5 (62.5%)	5 / 8	1	17 (53.1%)	17 / 32
Conservative Party	5,772 (36.9%)	2.2	3 (37.5%)	3 / 8	1	13 (40.6%)	13 / 32
Liberal Party	2,430 (15.5%)	4.8	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		2 (6.3%)	2 / 32
Communist Party	67 (0.4%)	0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Fawcett*	792	70.0	−1.2
	Conservative	G. Swetman	340	30.0	+1.2
Majority			452	40.0	−2.4
Turnout			1,132
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Cavanagh*	685	54.4	0
	Conservative	A. MacGregor	347	27.5	+7.1
	Liberal	W. Hamer	228	18.1	−7.1
Majority			338	26.9	−2.3
Turnout			1,260
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Homer*	1,280	59.9	+18.7
	Labour	V. Cooling	857	40.1	+3.7
Majority			423	19.8	+15.0
Turnout			2,137
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Davies*	1,347	64.1	+0.5
	Conservative	H. Jones	686	32.7	−1.1
	Communist	V. Eddisford	67	3.2	+0.6
Majority			661	31.4	+1.6
Turnout			2,100
	Labour hold		Swing

1964 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Davies*	1,277	48.1	+6.5
	Labour	M. Davies	834	31.4	+5.4
	Liberal	S. Roberts	543	20.5	−11.9
Majority			443	16.7	+7.5
Turnout			2,654
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Cronshaw*	1,422	68.1	+8.5
	Liberal	W. Ellis	667	31.9	+13.0
Majority			755	36.2	−1.9
Turnout			2,089
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Stewart	980	46.1	+6.8
	Conservative	B. Davison*	919	43.2	+2.0
	Liberal	N. Norris	226	10.7	−8.8
Majority			61	2.9
Turnout			2,125
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Eckersall*	923	42.8	+0.5
	Liberal	J. Bainbridge	766	35.5	+1.2
	Labour	I. Clough	468	21.7	−1.7
Majority			157	7.3	−0.7
Turnout			2,157
	Conservative hold		Swing

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