1972 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election explained
Election Name: | 1972 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1971 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1971 |
Next Election: | 1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1973 Trafford |
Seats For Election: | 9 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: | No overall control |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 8 |
Seats1: | 5 |
Seats After1: | 12 |
Popular Vote1: | 5,749 |
Percentage1: | 33.8% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 17 |
Seats2: | 2 |
Seats After2: | 11 |
Popular Vote2: | 5,557 |
Percentage2: | 32.6% |
Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 6 |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seats After3: | 8 |
Popular Vote3: | 5,018 |
Percentage3: | 32.4% |
Party4: | Independent (politician) |
Seats Before4: | 1 |
Seats4: | 0 |
Seats After4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 0 |
Percentage4: | 0.0% |
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
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council |
Labour Party | | 5,749 (33.8%) | | 2.8 | 5 (55.6%) | | 4 | 12 (37.5%) | |
Conservative Party | | 5,557 (32.6%) | | 3.7 | 1 (11.1%) | | 6 | 11 (34.4%) | |
Liberal Party | | 5,521 (32.4%) | | 1.2 | 3 (33.3%) | | 2 | 8 (25.0%) | |
Independent | | 0 (0.0%) | | | 0 (0.0%) | | | 1 (3.1%) | |
Communist Party | | 203 (1.2%) | | 0.3 | 0 (0.0%) | | | 0 (0.0%) | | |
Full council
Aldermen
Councillors
Ward results
Timperley (4)
Notes and 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