1965 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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13 May 1965 (1965-05-13)

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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	3 seats, 36.1%	4 seats, 29.0%	1 seats, 34.9%
Seats before	12	11	6
Seats won	6	2	1
Seats after	15	10	4
Seat change	3	1	2
Popular vote	7,162	3,633	3,950
Percentage	48.6%	24.6%	26.8%
Swing	12.5%	4.4%	8.1%

	Fourth party

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

Map of results of 1965 election

Leader of the Council before election

No overall control

Leader of the Council after election

No overall control

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1965. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	7,162 (48.6%)	12.5	6 (66.7%)	6 / 9	3	15 (46.9%)	15 / 32
Labour Party	3,633 (24.6%)	4.4	2 (22.2%)	2 / 9	1	10 (31.6%)	10 / 32
Liberal Party	3,950 (26.8%)	8.1	1 (11.1%)	1 / 9	2	4 (12.5%)	4 / 32
Independent	0 (0.0%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 9		3 (9.4%)	3 / 32

Full council

↓
10	4	3	15

Aldermen

↓
1	3	4

Councillors

↓
9	4	11

Ward results

Dunham

Dunham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. M. Hoyle*	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

East Central

East Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. T. Jenkinson	864	61.9	+20.8
	Labour	W. J. Webb*	531	38.1	−3.2
Majority			333	23.8
Turnout			1,395
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

North

North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. M. Smith*	718	45.1	−11.2
	Conservative	R. H. Alcock	481	30.2	N/A
	Liberal	R. J. Waddington	394	24.7	−19.0
Majority			237	14.9	+2.3
Turnout			1,593
	Labour hold		Swing

South West

South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. A. Harrison	834	64.6	+12.2
	Liberal	J. D. Carter	458	35.4	−12.2
Majority			376	29.2	+24.4
Turnout			1,292
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (1)

Timperley (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. R. Metcalf*	829	47.5	+9.4
	Liberal	H. C. Kennedy	499	28.6	−1.2
	Labour	D. Gill	416	23.9	−8.3
Majority			330	18.9	+13.0
Turnout			1,744
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. E. Jackson	926	24.7
	Conservative	J. Somerset	830	22.1
	Liberal	P. Franklin*	646	17.2
	Liberal	R. G. Sharp	561	15.0
	Labour	C. R. Tyrie	396	10.6
	Labour	R. Wilman	389	10.4
Majority			184	4.9
Turnout			3,748
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Timperley (3)

Timperley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. W. F. Hiett*	1,029	53.9	−7.7
	Conservative	F. J. Tansey	880	46.1	+7.7
Majority			149	7.8	−15.4
Turnout			1,909
	Liberal hold		Swing

Timperley (4)

Timperley (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Hall*	1,518	49.5	+14.3
	Labour	R. E. Singer	1,183	38.6	−10.0
	Liberal	G. D. Whitworth	363	11.9	−4.3
Majority			335	10.9
Turnout			2,856
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

How the towns voted, Manchester Evening News, May 14, 1965, p.17
TORIES ONLY TWO SEATS SHORT OF COUNCIL CONTROL, Altrincham, Hale, & Bowdon Guardian, May 21, 1965, p.11

v t e (1964 ←) 1965 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1966)
County councils (England)	Essex Kent Surrey
County boroughs (England)	Leeds Liverpool Sheffield
Urban districts (England)	Hale
Municipal boroughs (England)	Altrincham Sale
City corporations (Scotland)	Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow

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