| Election Name: | 1966 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1965 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1965 |
| Next Election: | 1967 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
| 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: | 16 |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Seats After1: | 17 |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,323 |
| Percentage1: | 37.7% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 10 |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seats After2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,318 |
| Percentage2: | 37.6% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,391 |
| Percentage3: | 20.8% |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before4: | 3 |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Seats After4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 351 |
| Percentage4: | 3.1% |
Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1966. 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 | 4,323 (37.7%) | 10.9 | 4 (50.0%) | 2 | 17 (53.1%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 4,318 (37.6%) | 13.0 | 3 (37.5%) | 10 (31.6%) | ||||||
| Liberal Party | 2,391 (20.8%) | 6.0 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 | 3 (9.4%) | |||||
| Independent | 351 (3.1%) | 3.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (6.3%) | ||||||
| Communist Party | 98 (0.9%) | 0.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 12 |