1970 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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7 May 1970 (1970-05-07)

1971 →

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, 58.7%	0 seats, 20.8%	1 seats, 17.9%
Seats before	24	4	3
Seats won	4	2	2
Seats after	22	5	4
Seat change	2	1	1
Popular vote	3,355	2,280	2,318
Percentage	36.8%	25.0%	25.4%
Swing	21.9%	4.2%	7.5%

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Last election	0 seats, 0.0%
Seats before	1
Seats won	0
Seats after	1
Seat change
Popular vote	0
Percentage	0.0%
Swing

Map of results of 1970 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Altrincham 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.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	3,355 (36.8%)	21.9	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	2	22 (68.8%)	22 / 32
Labour Party	2,280 (25.0%)	4.3	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	1	5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Liberal Party	2,318 (25.4%)	7.5	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	1	4 (12.5%)	4 / 32
Independent	0 (0.0%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		1 (3.1%)	1 / 32
Communist Party	175 (1.9%)	0.7	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
5	4	1	22

Aldermen

↓
2	1	5

Councillors

↓
3	4	17

Ward results

Dunham

Dunham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Hoyle*	1,099	65.9	+35.2
	Conservative	A. Whitehurst	522	31.3	−26.0
	Communist	B. Rothman	46	2.8	−9.2
Majority			577	28.6
Turnout			1,667
	Labour hold		Swing

East Central

East Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. R. Tyrie	589	54.6	+12.2
	Conservative	H. Scholar	489	45.4	−12.2
Majority			100	9.2
Turnout			1,078
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

North

North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. W. Stroud	795	52.4
	Labour	W. J. Webb	592	39.1
	Communist	E. Sheldon	129	8.5
Majority			203	13.3
Turnout			1,516
	Conservative hold		Swing

South West

South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. A. Ryder	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (1)

Timperley (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. A. Cragg*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (2)

Timperley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. Davenport	945	52.9	+13.5
	Conservative	H. E. Ablard	843	47.1	−3.5
Majority			102	5.8
Turnout			1,788
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Timperley (3)

Timperley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Harper*	1,373	66.0	+2.7
	Conservative	V. T. J. Symond	706	34.0	−2.7
Majority			667	32.0	+4.4
Turnout			2,079
	Liberal hold		Swing

Timperley (4)

Timperley (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Sheldon	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Your town-by-town election service, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1970, p.16
Tories lose two seats on the council, Altrincham, Hale, & Bowdon Guardian, May 14, 1970, p.1

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