# 1956 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

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.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 4,717 (46.0%) | 16.3 | 6 (75.0%) | 6 / 8 | 1 | 19 (59.4%) | 19 / 32 |
| Independent | 434 (4.2%) | 4.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | 1 | 7 (21.9%) | 7 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 4,351 (42.4%) | 14.4 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 762 (7.4%) | 2.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 6 | 7 | 19 |

### Aldermen

| 5 | 3 |

### Councillors

| 6 | 2 | 16 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

Dunham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. M. Hoyle | 1,095 | 71.6 | N/A |
| | Independent | H. M. Hodgson | 434 | 28.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 661 | 43.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,529 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | E. H. Chorlton* | 770 | 55.9 | −10.6 |
| | Labour | W. J. Webb | 608 | 44.1 | +10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | 11.8 | −21.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,378 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### North

North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | L. M. Smith* | 1,082 | 60.2 | +9.7 |
| | Conservative | E. Odlin | 716 | 39.8 | −9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 366 | 20.4 | +19.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,798 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### South West

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

### Timperley (1)

Timperley (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. F. Legat | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. C. Partridge* | 830 | 52.1 | 0 |
| | Liberal | G. C. Dickson | 762 | 47.9 | 0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68 | 4.2 | 0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,592 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | I. M. MacLennan* | 925 | 68.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | N. S. Smith | 431 | 31.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 494 | 36.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,356 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | E. M. Fitton* | 1,476 | 56.5 | −6.6 |
| | Labour | R. Tomlinson | 1,135 | 43.5 | +6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 | 13.0 | −13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,611 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |