| Election Name: | 1970 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1969 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1969 |
| Next Election: | 1971 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
| 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: | 25 |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Seats After1: | 23 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,742 |
| Percentage1: | 49.5% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 7 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,341 |
| Percentage2: | 46.5% |
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.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 6,742 (49.5%) | 4 (50.0%) | 2 | 23 (71.9%) | ||||||
| Labour Party | 6,341 (46.5%) | 4 (50.0%) | 2 | 9 (28.1%) | ||||||
| Independent | 505 (3.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Communist Party | 43 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||||||
| 9 | 23 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 19 |