1972 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
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9 of 32 seats to Altrincham Municipal Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1][2]
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Labour Party | 5,749 (33.8%) | ![]() |
5 (55.6%) | 5 / 9
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12 (37.5%) | 12 / 32
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Conservative Party | 5,557 (32.6%) | ![]() |
1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9
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11 (34.4%) | 11 / 32
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Liberal Party | 5,521 (32.4%) | ![]() |
3 (33.3%) | 3 / 9
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8 (25.0%) | 8 / 32
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Independent | 0 (0.0%) | ![]() |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9
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1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32
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Communist Party | 203 (1.2%) | ![]() |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32
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Full council
[edit]12 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
Aldermen
[edit]2 | 1 | 5 |
Councillors
[edit]10 | 8 | 6 |
Ward results
[edit]Dunham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. B. Dunn* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Timperley (1)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |