| Election Name: | 1972 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1971 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1971 |
| Next Election: | 1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1973 Trafford |
| 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: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 14 |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Seats After1: | 19 |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,908 |
| Percentage1: | 55.3% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 18 |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 7,119 |
| Percentage2: | 44.2% |
Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1972. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office. These were the final elections held in Stretford before it became part of Trafford. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Labour Party | 8,908 (55.3%) | 5.4 | 5 (62.5%) | 5 | 19 (59.4%) | |||||
| Conservative Party | 7,119 (44.2%) | 5.1 | 3 (37.5%) | 5 | 13 (40.6%) | |||||
| Communist Party | 91 (0.6%) | 0.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 19 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 |