| Election Name: | 1971 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1970 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1970 |
| Next Election: | 1972 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
| 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: | 23 |
| Seats1: | 2 |
| Seats After1: | 18 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,788 |
| Percentage1: | 39.1% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 9 |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seats After2: | 14 |
| Popular Vote2: | 10,548 |
| Percentage2: | 60.7% |
Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1971. 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 | 6,788 (39.1%) | 10.4 | 2 (25.0%) | 5 | 18 (56.3%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 10,548 (60.7%) | 14.2 | 6 (75.0%) | 5 | 14 (43.7%) | |||||
| Communist Party | 40 (0.2%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 14 | 18 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 10 | 14 |