# 1970 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. 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.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 6,742 (49.5%) | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 | 2 | 23 (71.9%) | 23 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 6,341 (46.5%) | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 | 2 | 9 (28.1%) | 9 / 32 |
| Independent | 505 (3.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 43 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 9 | 23 |

### Aldermen

| 4 | 4 |

### Councillors

| 5 | 19 |

## Ward results
### Clifford

Clifford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | H. Davies | 571 | 54.7 |
| | Conservative | D. H. Shawcross | 472 | 45.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 99 | 9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,043 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Cornbrook

Cornbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | D. F. Sullivan | 690 | 55.3 |
| | Conservative | H. Sorenson | 557 | 44.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | 10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,247 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Longford

Longford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | D. W. Homer* | 1,150 | 62.2 |
| | Labour | J. Bailey | 699 | 37.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 451 | 24.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,849 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | C. R. Shea* | 1,165 | 58.5 |
| | Conservative | H. D. Pugh | 783 | 39.3 |
| | Communist | A. Jarratt | 43 | 2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 382 | 19.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,991 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Stretford

Stretford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | R. Moores* | 1,138 | 52.0 |
| | Labour | K. Silcock | 545 | 24.9 |
| | Independent | H. Walker | 505 | 23.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 593 | 27.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,188 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Talbot North

Talbot North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | H. C. Cronshaw* | 1,399 | 63.5 |
| | Conservative | R. Harwood | 805 | 36.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 594 | 27.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,204 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Talbot South

Talbot South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | J. A. Schofield* | 950 | 54.8 |
| | Labour | D. Stewart | 782 | 45.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 168 | 9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,732 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Trafford

Trafford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | C. R. Hamilton* | 887 | 64.4 |
| | Labour | A. Clough | 490 | 35.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 397 | 28.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,377 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |