| Election Name: | 1947 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1946 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1946 |
| Next Election: | 1949 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1949 |
| Seats For Election: | 8 of 32 seats to Stretford Municipal Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 16 |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,243 |
| Percentage1: | 51.7% |
| Party2: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 7 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,750 |
| Percentage2: | 9.3% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 9 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seats After3: | 5 |
| Popular Vote3: | 11,354 |
| Percentage3: | 38.5% |
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.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 15,243 (51.7%) | 16.5 | 7 (87.5%) | 4 | 20 (62.5%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 2,750 (9.3%) | 11.0 | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (21.9%) | ||||||
| Labour Party | 11,354 (38.5%) | 4.5 | 0 (0.0%) | 4 | 5 (15.6%) | |||||
| Communist Party | 135 (0.5%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 | 15 |