1956 Stretford Municipal Borough Council Election
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Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1956. 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]
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Party | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px | " | | Conservative | 21 | -1 |
style="background-color:#DC241f;" width=10px | " | | Labour | 11 | +1 |
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px | " | | Conservative hold |
Ward Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Maynard* | 1,001 | 52.1 | ||
Conservative | F. G. Lawson | 920 | 47.9 | ||
Majority | 81 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,921 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Pyper | 921 | 54.4 | ||
Conservative | H. McNeil | 771 | 45.6 | ||
Majority | 150 | 8.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,692 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | E. M. MacPherson* | 1,425 | 56.8 | ||
Labour | F. Barton | 1,085 | 43.2 | ||
Majority | 340 | 13.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,510 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. S. Armitage* | 1,537 | 69.2 | ||
Conservative | V. Healey | 684 | 30.8 | ||
Majority | 853 | 38.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,221 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | F. Matthews | 1,444 | 63.9 | ||
Labour | E. Bott | 817 | 36.1 | ||
Majority | 627 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,261 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Fearnhead* | 1,583 | 60.7 | ||
Conservative | G. F. Evans | 1,026 | 39.3 | ||
Majority | 557 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,609 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | F. W. Heap* | 1,104 | 58.1 | ||
Labour | B. Cavanagh | 795 | 41.9 | ||
Majority | 309 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,899 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Berry* | 1,287 | 74.0 | ||
Labour | H. Hall | 452 | 26.0 | ||
Majority | 835 | 48.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,739 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References[edit]
- ↑ See how they polled - at a glance, Manchester Evening News, May 11, 1956, p.4
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