1966 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

1966 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

12 May 1966 (1966-05-12)
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

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10

3

2

17

Aldermen

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1

2

5

Councillors

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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