# 1947 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Saturday, 1 November 1947. 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 | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 15,243 (51.7%) | 16.5 | 7 (87.5%) | 7 / 8 | 4 | 20 (62.5%) | 20 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 2,750 (9.3%) | 11.0 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | | 7 (21.9%) | 7 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 11,354 (38.5%) | 4.5 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | 4 | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 135 (0.5%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 5 | 7 | 20 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 2 | 5 |

### Councillors

| 4 | 5 | 15 |

## Ward results
### Clifford

Clifford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. Butterworth | 1,942 | 58.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | G. Ney* | 1,286 | 39.0 | −13.5 |
| | Communist | R. Watts | 68 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 656 | 19.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,296 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Cornbrook

Cornbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. M. Maxted | 1,926 | 60.3 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | J. Stoddart | 1,269 | 39.7 | −3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 657 | 20.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,195 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Longford

Longford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. T. Lee* | 2,576 | 62.4 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | H. Pyper | 1,552 | 37.6 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,024 | 24.8 | +9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,128 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. P. Downes | 1,926 | 52.0 | +8.7 |
| | Labour | H. Ney* | 1,778 | 48.0 | −8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 148 | 4.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,704 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Stretford

Stretford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. Cawley* | 2,446 | 65.5 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | G. H. Evans | 1,291 | 34.5 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,155 | 31.0 | +8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,737 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Talbot North

Talbot North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. Matthews | 2,114 | 50.6 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | W. Fearnhead* | 2,000 | 47.8 | +1.8 |
| | Communist | A. Bates | 67 | 1.6 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 114 | 2.7 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,181 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Talbot South

Talbot South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. W. Davison | 2,313 | 61.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | E. Hall* | 1,481 | 39.0 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 832 | 22.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,794 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Trafford

Trafford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | W. R. Cannell* | 2,750 | 79.8 | +6.2 |
| | Labour | S. Bradshaw | 697 | 20.2 | −6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,053 | 59.6 | +12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,447 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |