1966 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

1966 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
← 1965 12 May 1966 1967 →
8 of 32 seats ; to Stretford Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1966 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Labour	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Labour

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1966. 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	6,883 (43.7%)	1.9	5 (62.5%)	5 / 8	1	18 (56.3%)	18 / 32
Conservative Party	7,042 (44.7%)	0.1	3 (37.5%)	3 / 8	1	14 (43.7%)	14 / 32
Liberal Party	1,758 (11.2%)	0.6	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Communist Party	60 (0.4%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Bott*	694	57.6	−1.0
	Conservative	J. Schofield	435	36.1	−5.3
	Liberal	H. Brunton	75	6.3	N/A
Majority			259	21.5	+4.3
Turnout			1,204
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Somerville*	794	53.5	+12.3
	Conservative	J. Healy	511	34.4	−8.8
	Liberal	C. Christian	179	12.1	−3.5
Majority			283	19.1
Turnout			1,484
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Matthews*	1,154	52.3	−11.6
	Labour	N. Wrigley	831	37.7	+1.6
	Liberal	B. Cohen	222	10.0	N/A
Majority			323	14.6	−13.2
Turnout			2,207
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Kirkbright*	1,197	62.9	+6.8
	Conservative	B. Boulton	647	34.0	−7.0
	Communist	A. Jarratt	60	3.1	+0.2
Majority			550	28.9	+13.8
Turnout			1,904
	Labour hold		Swing

1966 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

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Cornbrook

Longford

Park

Stretford

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Talbot South

Trafford

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Hindley*	1,531	62.4	−5.8
	Labour	V. Cooling	714	29.1	−2.7
	Liberal	N. Roberts	208	8.5	N/A
Majority			817	33.3	−3.1
Turnout			2,453
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Marland*	1,252	60.7	−1.8
	Conservative	R. Gregory	812	39.3	N/A
Majority			440	21.4	−3.6
Turnout			2,064
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. F. Sullivan	966	45.2	+3.0
	Conservative	C. Warbrick*	934	43.7	+4.3
	Liberal	J. M. Bainbridge	237	11.1	N/A
Majority			32	1.5	−1.3
Turnout			2,137
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Chandler*	1,018	44.5	−4.7
	Liberal	R. W. Corke	837	36.6	+5.1
	Labour	I. Clough	435	18.9	−0.4
Majority			181	7.9	−9.8
Turnout			2,290
	Conservative hold		Swing