1971 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Local Election in Cheshire, England

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13 May 1971 (1971-05-13)

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10 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	4 seats, 36.8%	2 seats, 25.0%	2 seats, 25.4%
Seats before	22	4	4
Seats won	3	4	3
Seats after	17	7	6
Seat change	5	3	2
Popular vote	5,842	4,999	5,018
Percentage	36.3%	31.0%	31.2%
Swing	0.5%	4.2%	5.8%

	Fourth party

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

Map of results of 1971 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Altrincham 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.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	5,842 (36.3%)	0.5	3 (30.0%)	3 / 10	5	17 (53.1%)	17 / 32
Labour Party	4,999 (31.0%)	6.0	4 (40.0%)	4 / 10	3	7 (21.7%)	7 / 32
Liberal Party	5,018 (31.2%)	5.8	3 (30.0%)	3 / 10	2	6 (18.8%)	6 / 32
Independent	0 (0.0%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 10		2 (6.3%)	2 / 32
Communist Party	245 (1.5%)	0.4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 10		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
7	6	2	17

Aldermen

↓
1	2	5

Councillors

↓
6	6	12

Ward results

Dunham

Dunham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. M. Hoyle*	1,184	94.9	+29.0
	Communist	A. Cooper	63	5.1	+2.3
Majority			1,121	89.8	+61.2
Turnout			1,247
	Labour hold		Swing

East Central

East Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Crossman	746	64.3	+9.7
	Conservative	H. Scholar	415	35.7	−9.7
Majority			331	28.6	+19.4
Turnout			1,161
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

North

North (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Webb	893	28.9
	Labour	W. Oliver	876	28.4
	Conservative	W. Simm	571	18.5
	Conservative	V. T. J. Symond	565	18.3
	Communist	E. Sheldon	182	5.9
Majority			305	9.9
Turnout			3,087
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

South West

South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Harrison*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (1)

Timperley (1) (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. Faulkner	795	26.6	N/A
	Conservative	F. R. Metcalf*	753	25.2	N/A
	Liberal	B. C. Lynch	738	24.7	N/A
	Conservative	H. E. Ablard	702	28.4	N/A
Majority			15	0.5
Turnout			2,988
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (2)

Timperley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. R. Farnsworth	993	52.9	0
	Conservative	A. E. Jackson*	885	47.1	0
Majority			108	5.8	0
Turnout			1,878
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Timperley (3)

Timperley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. W. F. Hiett*	1,465	70.7	+4.7
	Conservative	E. Nisbet	607	29.3	−4.7
Majority			858	41.4	+9.4
Turnout			2,072
	Liberal hold		Swing

Timperley (4)

Timperley (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. R. Weedall*	1,344	36.6	N/A
	Labour	J. Hutchinson	1,300	35.4	N/A
	Liberal	R. Bowker	1,027	28.0	N/A
Majority			44	1.2
Turnout			3,671
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Town by town election service, Manchester Evening News, May 14, 1971, p.16
15 VOTES SAVE TORIES, Altrincham, Hale, & Bowdon Guardian, May 20, 1971, p.1

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