| Election Name: | 1956 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1955 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1955 |
| Next Election: | 1957 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1957 |
| Seats For Election: | 8 of 32 seats to Altrincham Municipal Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 18 |
| Seats1: | 6 |
| Seats After1: | 19 |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,717 |
| Percentage1: | 46.0% |
| Party2: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before2: | 8 |
| Seats2: | 0 |
| Seats After2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 434 |
| Percentage2: | 4.2% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 6 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 6 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,351 |
| Percentage3: | 42.4% |
Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1956. 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.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 4,717 (46.0%) | 16.3 | 6 (75.0%) | 1 | 19 (59.4%) | |||||
| Independent | 434 (4.2%) | 4.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 | 7 (21.9%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 4,351 (42.4%) | 14.4 | 2 (25.0%) | 6 (18.8%) | ||||||
| Liberal Party | 762 (7.4%) | 2.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 16 |