1969 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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8 May 1969 (1969-05-08)

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9 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, 57.8%	1 seats, 19.5%	1 seats, 18.7%
Seats before	20	7	3
Seats won	8	0	1
Seats after	23	4	3
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	7,689	2,723	2,351
Percentage	58.7%	20.8%	17.9%
Swing	1.0%	1.3%	0.8%

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Last election	0 seats, 1.6%
Seats before	2
Seats won	0
Seats after	2
Seat change
Popular vote	0
Percentage	0.0%
Swing	1.6

Map of results of 1969 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1969. 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	7,689 (58.7%)	1.0	8 (88.9%)	8 / 9	3	23 (71.9%)	23 / 32
Labour Party	2,723 (20.8%)	1.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 9	3	4 (12.5%)	4 / 32
Liberal Party	2,351 (17.9%)	0.8	1 (11.1%)	1 / 9		3 (9.4%)	3 / 32
Independent	0 (0.0%)	1.6	0 (0.0%)	0 / 9		2 (6.3%)	2 / 32
Communist Party	342 (2.6%)	0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 9		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
4	3	2	23

Aldermen

↓
2	2	4

Councillors

↓
2	3	19

Ward results

Dunham

Dunham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Spratt	714	57.3	N/A
	Labour	W. Yates*	383	30.7	−54.8
	Communist	B. Rothman	149	12.0	−2.5
Majority			331	26.6
Turnout			1,246
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

East Central

East Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. J. Cable	610	57.6	−6.1
	Labour	C. Livingstone*	449	42.4	+6.1
Majority			161	15.2	−12.2
Turnout			1,059
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

North

North (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	O. Wilson	939	31.3
	Conservative	F. Dodson	816	27.2
	Labour	W. J. Webb	560	18.7
	Labour	C. R. Tyrie	491	16.4
	Communist	E. Sheldon	193	6.4
Majority			256	8.5
Turnout			2,999
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South West

South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. B. Dunn*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (1)

Timperley (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Gordon*	1,142	75.8	+12.1
	Liberal	S. Hughes	364	24.2	−12.1
Majority			778	51.6	+24.2
Turnout			1,506
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (2)

Timperley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Somerset*	893	50.6	−17.3
	Liberal	J. W. Davenport	695	39.4	+7.3
	Labour	R. E. Slager	177	10.0	N/A
Majority			198	11.2	−24.6
Turnout			1,765
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (3)

Timperley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Williamson*	1,292	63.3	+5.4
	Conservative	H. Scholar	750	36.7	−5.4
Majority			542	26.6	+10.8
Turnout			2,042
	Liberal hold		Swing

Timperley (4)

Timperley (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Lydiatt*	1,824	73.3	+0.2
	Labour	V. Collett	663	26.7	−0.2
Majority			1,161	46.6	+0.4
Turnout			2,487
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 1969 and 1970

Timperley (4) By-election 5 June 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Weedall	1,019	68.5	−4.8
	Labour	V. Collett	468	31.5	+4.8
Majority			551	37.0	−9.6
Turnout			1,487
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Town by town poll results, Manchester Evening News, May 9, 1969, p.18
Lancashire and Cheshire boroughs, The Guardian, May 9, 1969, p.6
TORIES HOLD SEAT IN BY-ELECTION, Altrincham, Hale, & Bowdon Guardian, June 12, 1969, p.6

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