# 1958 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1958. 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 control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 6,923 (50.5%) | 8.5 | 5 (62.5%) | 5 / 8 | 1 | 19 (59.4%) | 19 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 5,111 (37.3%) | 1.4 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 |
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | 8.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 1,682 (12.3%) | 1.6 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32 |

### Full council

| 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 |

### Aldermen

| 5 | 3 |

### Councillors

| 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

Dunham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Hoyle* | uncontested | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. R. Littler* | 803 | 51.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | W. J. Webb | 766 | 48.8 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | 2.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,569 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### North

North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Harmer* | 1,039 | 57.1 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | P. Oliver | 780 | 42.9 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 259 | 14.2 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,819 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### South West

South-West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. J. Jones* | 1,049 | 62.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | F. C. Hankes | 630 | 37.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 419 | 25.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,679 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (1)

Timperley (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. L. Baxendale* | 1,013 | 62.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | H. Ainscow | 622 | 38.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 391 | 24.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,635 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | W. H. Cawdron | 830 | 41.3 | +8.5 |
| | Conservative | J. K. Jagger | 815 | 40.5 | −5.3 |
| | Labour | J. B. Cullingworth | 366 | 18.2 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,011 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. Kirkland | 852 | 44.8 | −9.5 |
| | Liberal | D. Dickson | 782 | 41.1 | −4.6 |
| | Labour | H. Atkinson | 268 | 14.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 | 3.7 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,902 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Melvin Turner* | 1,611 | 53.2 | −0.6 |
| | Labour | R. Tomlinson | 1,420 | 46.8 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 191 | 6.4 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,031 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 1958 and 1959

Timperley (4) By-election 27 November 1958 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Wharton | 1,363 | 52.2 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | E. M. Hodgson | 1,250 | 47.8 | −5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 | 4.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,613 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |