1969 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

1969 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
← 1968 8 May 1969 1970 →
8 of 32 seats ; to Stretford Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 19689 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	8,529 (60.0%)	3.6	8 (100.0%)	8 / 8	5	25 (78.9%)	25 / 32
Labour Party	4,692 (33.0%)	1.7	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	5	7 (21.9%)	7 / 32
Independent	541 (3.8%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Liberal Party	381 (2.7%)	2.0	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Communist Party	81 (0.6%)	0.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Gow	649	56.2	+11.9
	Labour	E. Bott*	506	43.8	−11.9
Majority			143	12.4	+1.0
Turnout			1,155
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. W. Corke	589	59.3	−1.3
	Labour	H. Davies	404	40.7	+1.3
Majority			185	18.6	−2.6
Turnout			993
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Matthews*	1,274	68.2	−5.2
	Labour	A. Bates	595	31.8	+5.2
Majority			679	36.4	−10.4
Turnout			1,869
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Watkinson	1,118	54.7	−3.6
	Labour	A. Kirkbright*	846	41.4	+11.0
	Communist	A. Jarratt	81	3.9	+0.9
Majority			272	13.3	−14.6
Turnout			2,045
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1969 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	M. Hindley*	1,580	61.5	−14.8
	Independent	H. Walker	541	21.1	N/A
	Labour	K. Silcock	303	11.8	−2.6
	Liberal	R. J. Allan	144	5.6	−3.7
Majority			1,039	40.4	−21.5
Turnout			2,568
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Quinn	1,076	50.6	−7.5
	Labour	G. Marland*	1,055	49.5	+7.5
Majority			21	1.0	−15.0
Turnout			2,131
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. J. Kelson	1,189	62.4	+4.0
	Labour	D. F. Sullivan*	716	37.6	+1.0
Majority			473	24.8	+3.0
Turnout			1,905
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Warbrick*	1,054	67.7	−2.6
	Labour	A. S. Clough	267	17.1	+0.1
	Liberal	C. Christian	237	15.2	+2.5
Majority			787	50.6	−2.7
Turnout			1,558
	Conservative hold		Swing

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