1968 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

1968 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
← 1967 9 May 1968 1969 →
8 of 32 seats ; to Stretford Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1968 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1968. 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	9,093 (63.6%)	9.7	7 (87.5%)	7 / 8	3	20 (62.5%)	20 / 32
Labour Party	4,469 (31.3%)	5.9	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8	3	12 (37.5%)	12 / 32
Liberal Party	679 (4.7%)	3.4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Communist Party	58 (0.4%)	0.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Shaw*	712	55.7	+7.3
	Conservative	N. Quinn	566	44.3	−7.3
Majority			146	11.4
Turnout			1,278
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. J. Ward*	785	60.6	+11.8
	Labour	D. L. Stewart	511	39.4	+0.3
Majority			274	21.2	+11.5
Turnout			1,296
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Forbes	1,390	73.4	+12.3
	Labour	A. Bates	504	26.6	−4.6
Majority			886	46.8	+16.9
Turnout			1,894
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. A. M. Evans	1,122	58.3	+13.4
	Labour	A. S. Clough*	584	30.4	−20.1
	Liberal	C. R. Hedley	159	8.3	N/A
	Communist	A. Jarratt	58	3.0	−1.6
Majority			538	27.9
Turnout			1,923
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1968 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

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Stretford

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. H. Jones*	1,814	76.3	+10.6
	Labour	K. Silcock	343	14.4	−7.5
	Liberal	R. J. Allan	221	9.3	−3.1
Majority			1,471	61.9	+18.1
Turnout			2,378
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Gregory	1,205	58.0	+10.6
	Labour	W. Fearnhead*	874	42.0	−10.6
Majority			331	16.0
Turnout			2,079
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Kelly	1,055	58.4	+4.8
	Labour	H. Davies*	661	36.6	+1.7
	Liberal	R. B. Burke	91	5.0	−4.7
Majority			394	21.8	+3.1
Turnout			1,807
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. E. Schofield*	1,156	70.3	+18.3
	Labour	N. Wrigley	280	17.0	−9.0
	Liberal	C. Christian	208	12.7	−9.3
Majority			876	53.3	+27.3
Turnout			1,644
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Elections in the London boroughs were due in May 1967, but were postponed one year by the London Government Act 1967.