1953 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

1953 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
	7 May 1953
8 of 32 seats ; to Altrincham Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1953 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1953. 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]

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	4,584 (60.3%)	7.4	6 (75.0%)	6 / 8	1	19 (59.4%)	19 / 32
Independent	0 (0.0%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		7 (21.9%)	7 / 32
Labour Party	3,014 (39.7%)	0.2	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	1	6 (18.8%)	6 / 32

Full council

↓
6	7	19

Aldermen

↓
5	3

Councillors

↓
6	2	16

Ward results

Dunham

Dunham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Vesey*
	Labour hold		Swing

East Central

East Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. H. Chorlton*	1,012	62.9	+5.0
	Labour	K. S. Robinson	597	37.1	-5.0
Majority			415	25.8	+10.0
Turnout			1,609
	Conservative hold		Swing

North

North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Smith	1,112	55.0	+1.3
	Conservative	H. Cowsill*	911	45.0	-1.3
Majority			201	10.0	+2.6
Turnout			2,023
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

South West

South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. J. Horley*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (1)

Timperley (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. L. Warren*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (2)

Timperley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. C. Partridge	1,220	68.1	+0.6
	Labour	W. Yates	572	31.9	-0.6
Majority			648	36.2	+1.2
Turnout			1,792
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (3)

Timperley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. M. MacLennan*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Timperley (4)

Timperley (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. M. Fitton*	1,441	66.3	N/A
	Labour	R. Pendlebury	733	33.7	N/A
Majority			708	32.6
Turnout			2,174
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Altrincham elects two new councillors, Altrincham, Hale, & Bowdon Guardian, May 15, 1953, p.11
SWING TO LABOUR AT STOCKPORT, The Manchester Guardian, May 8, 1953, p.10

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[1] Altrincham elects two new councillors, Altrincham, Hale, & Bowdon Guardian, May 15, 1953, p.11

[2] SWING TO LABOUR AT STOCKPORT, The Manchester Guardian, May 8, 1953, p.10