1965 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

1965 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
← 1964 13 May 1965 1966 →
8 of 32 seats ; to Stretford Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1965 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Labour	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Labour

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1965. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Labour Party retained overall control.^[1]^[2]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	6,474 (41.8%)	5.4	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8		17 (53.1%)	17 / 32
Conservative Party	6,904 (44.6%)	7.7	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	2	15 (46.9%)	15 / 32
Liberal Party	1,638 (10.6%)	4.9	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Independent Conservative	402 (2.6%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Communist Party	57 (0.4%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. C. Shaw	666	58.6	−11.4
	Conservative	C. Hamilton	471	41.4	+11.4
Majority			195	17.2	−22.8
Turnout			1,137
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. J. Ward	699	43.2	+15.7
	Labour	V. Cooling*	667	41.2	−13.2
	Liberal	C. Christian	251	15.6	−2.5
Majority			32	2.0
Turnout			1,617
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Merritt	1,443	63.9	+4.0
	Labour	H. Pollard	814	36.1	−4.0
Majority			629	27.8	+8.0
Turnout			2,257
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. S. Clough*	1,106	56.1	−8.0
	Conservative	B. Boulton	808	41.0	+8.3
	Communist	V. Eddisford	57	2.9	−0.3
Majority			298	15.1	−16.3
Turnout			1,971
	Labour hold		Swing

1965 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

Clifford

Cornbrook

Longford

Park

Stretford

Talbot North

Talbot South

Trafford

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Jones	1,537	68.2	+20.1
	Labour	D. F. Sullivan	716	31.8	+0.4
Majority			821	36.4	+19.7
Turnout			2,253
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Fearnhead*	1,157	62.5	−5.6
	Liberal	W. Ellis	693	37.5	+5.6
Majority			464	25.0	−11.2
Turnout			1,850
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Davies	922	42.2	−3.9
	Conservative	F. Heap*	860	39.4	−3.8
	Ind. Conservative	J. Maxted	402	18.4	N/A
Majority			62	2.8	−0.1
Turnout			2,182
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. E. Schofield	1,086	49.2	+6.4
	Liberal	R. W. Corke*	694	31.5	−4.0
	Labour	I. Clough	426	19.3	−2.4
Majority			392	17.7	+10.4
Turnout			2,206
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

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