1971 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

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.Town by town election service, Manchester Evening News, May 14, 1971, p.1615 VOTES SAVE TORIES, Altrincham, Hale, & Bowdon Guardian, May 20, 1971, p.1

Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilConservative Party5,842 (36.3%) 0.53 (30.0%) 517 (53.1%)Labour Party4,999 (31.0%) 6.04 (40.0%) 3 7 (21.7%)Liberal Party5,018 (31.2%) 5.8 3 (30.0%) 2 6 (18.8%)Independent0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (6.3%)Communist Party245 (1.5%) 0.4 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)

Full council

+ ↓ 7 6 2 17

Aldermen

+ ↓ 1 2 5

Councillors

+ ↓ 6 6 12

Ward results

Dunham

East Central

North

South West

Timperley (1)

Timperley (2)

Timperley (3)

Timperley (4)

References