1972 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Local Election in Cheshire, England

← 1971

4 May 1972 (1972-05-04)

1973 Trafford →

9 of 32 seats
to Altrincham Municipal Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Last election	4 seats, 31.0%	3 seats, 36.8%	3 seats, 31.2%
Seats before	8	17	6
Seats won	5	2	3
Seats after	12	11	8
Seat change	4	6	2
Popular vote	5,749	5,557	5,018
Percentage	33.8%	32.6%	32.4%
Swing	2.8%	3.7%	1.2%

	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 1972 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

No overall control

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1972. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office. These were the final elections held in Altrincham before it became part of Trafford. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	5,749 (33.8%)	2.8	5 (55.6%)	5 / 9	4	12 (37.5%)	12 / 32
Conservative Party	5,557 (32.6%)	3.7	1 (11.1%)	1 / 9	6	11 (34.4%)	11 / 32
Liberal Party	5,521 (32.4%)	1.2	3 (33.3%)	3 / 9	2	8 (25.0%)	8 / 32
Independent	0 (0.0%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 9		1 (3.1%)	1 / 32
Communist Party	203 (1.2%)	0.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 9		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
12	8	1	11

Aldermen

↓
2	1	5

Councillors

↓
10	8	6

Ward results

Dunham

Dunham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hutchinson	872	64.2	−30.7
	Conservative	I. N. Dixon	424	31.2	N/A
	Communist	A. Cooper	63	4.6	−0.5
Majority			448	33.0	−56.8
Turnout			1,359	40.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

East Central

East Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. McGarry	571	60.6	−3.7
	Conservative	F. D. Whiteley	372	39.4	+3.7
Majority			199	21.2	−7.4
Turnout			943	35.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

North

North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Oliver*	693	83.2
	Communist	E. Sheldon	140	16.8
Majority			553	66.4
Turnout			833	25.2
	Labour hold		Swing

South West

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

Timperley (1)

Timperley (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	B. C. Lynch	871	51.7
	Conservative	F. R. Metcalf*	815	48.3
Majority			56	3.4
Turnout			1,686	50.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Timperley (2)

Timperley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. R. Richardson	1,066	60.4	+7.5
	Conservative	J. Somerset*	700	39.6	−7.5
Majority			366	20.8	+15.0
Turnout			1,766	52.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Timperley (3)

Timperley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Williamson*	1,379	70.7	0
	Conservative	H. D. Burton	571	29.3	0
Majority			808	41.4	0
Turnout			1,950	53.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Wharton	1,937	46.4	+11.0
	Labour	V. Collett	1,676	40.2	+4.8
	Conservative	R. Holden	1,366	32.7	−3.9
	Liberal	R. Bowker	1,325	31.7	+3.7
	Conservative	D. Bowyer	1,309	31.4	−4.0
	Liberal	T. D. Ballard	880	21.1	−6.9
Majority			310	7.4
Turnout			4,174	55.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

Town by town election service, Manchester Evening News, May 5, 1972, p.16
Labour take over Borough Council, Altrincham, Hale, & Bowdon Guardian, May 11, 1972, p.1

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