1957 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

←  1956 9 May 1957 (1957-05-09) 1958 →
8 of 32 seats to Altrincham Municipal Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Independent Last election 6 seats, 46.0% 2 seats, 42.4% 0 seats, 4.2% Seats before 19 6 7 Seats won 5 2 1 Seats after 20 6 6 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 4,254 3,637 843 Percentage 42.0% 35.9% 8.3% Swing 4.0% 6.5% 4.1%
Map of results of 1957 election
Leader of the Council before election Conservative Leader of the Council after election Conservative

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1957. 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		4,254 (42.0%)		4.0	5 (62.5%)	5 / 8	1	20 (62.5%)	20 / 32
Labour Party		3,637 (35.9%)		6.5	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8		6 (18.8%)	6 / 32
Independent		843 (8.3%)		4.1	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8	1	6 (18.8%)	6 / 32
Liberal Party		1,406 (13.9%)		6.5	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

Dunham

East Central

North

South West

Timperley (1)

Timperley (2)

Timperley (3)

Timperley (4)

References