1966 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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12 May 1966 (1966-05-12)

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8 of 32 seats
to Altrincham Municipal Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal
Last election	6 seats, 48.6%	2 seats, 24.6%	1 seats, 26.8%
Seats before	16	10	4
Seats won	4	3	1
Seats after	17	10	3
Seat change	1		1
Popular vote	4,323	4,318	2,391
Percentage	37.7%	37.6%	20.8%
Swing	10.9%	13.0%	6.0%

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Last election	0 seats, 0.0%
Seats before	3
Seats won	0
Seats after	2
Seat change
Popular vote	351
Percentage	3.1%
Swing	3.1%

Map of results of 1966 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1966. 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.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	4,323 (37.7%)	10.9	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	2	17 (53.1%)	17 / 32
Labour Party	4,318 (37.6%)	13.0	3 (37.5%)	3 / 8		10 (31.6%)	10 / 32
Liberal Party	2,391 (20.8%)	6.0	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8	1	3 (9.4%)	3 / 32
Independent	351 (3.1%)	3.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		2 (6.3%)	2 / 32
Communist Party	98 (0.9%)	0.9	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
10	3	2	17

Aldermen

↓
1	2	5

Councillors

↓
9	3	12

Ward results

Dunham

Dunham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Yates*	728	88.1	N/A
	Communist	B. Rothman	98	11.9	N/A
Majority			630	76.2
Turnout			826
	Labour hold		Swing

East Central

East Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Livingstone*	491	58.3	+20.2
	Independent	K. Jagger	351	41.7	N/A
Majority			140	16.6
Turnout			842
	Labour hold		Swing

North

North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Street*	679	59.2	+14.1
	Liberal	S. Hughes	468	40.8	+16.1
Majority			211	18.5	+3.5
Turnout			1,147
	Labour hold		Swing

South West

South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. B. Dunn*	743	88.6	+24.0
	Labour	R. Wilman	96	11.4	N/A
Majority			647	77.2	+24.4
Turnout			839
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (1)

Timperley (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Gordon	774	48.0	+0.5
	Liberal	N. Schofield*	458	28.4	−0.2
	Labour	D. Gill	381	23.6	−0.3
Majority			316	19.6	+0.7
Turnout			1,613
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Timperley (2)

Timperley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Somerset*	700	38.5
	Labour	C. R. Tyrie	575	31.6
	Liberal	P. Franklin	544	29.9
Majority			125	6.9
Turnout			1,819
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (3)

Timperley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Williamson*	921	47.9	−6.0
	Conservative	M. Duffield	742	38.6	−7.5
	Labour	G. Potts	259	13.5	N/A
Majority			179	9.3	+1.5
Turnout			1,922
	Liberal hold		Swing

Timperley (4)

Timperley (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Lydiatt	1,364	55.2	+5.7
	Labour	R. E. Singer	1,109	44.8	+6.2
Majority			255	10.4	−0.5
Turnout			2,437
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

How the towns voted, Manchester Evening News, May 13, 1966, p.16
Lancashire and Cheshire boroughs, The Guardian, May 13, 1966, p.6

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