# 1960 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1960. 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 | 7,074 (51.0%) | 1.5 | 6 (66.7%) | 6 / 9 | | 17 (53.1%) | 17 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 3,170 (22.9%) | 6.9 | 2 (22.2%) | 2 / 9 | | 8 (25.0%) | 8 / 32 |
| Independent | 608 (4.4%) | 4.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 3,009 (21.7%) | 1.0 | 1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9 | 1 | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 |

### Full council

| 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 |

### Aldermen

| 4 | 4 |

### Councillors

| 8 | 3 | 13 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

Dunham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Yates* | uncontested | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. Barry | 930 | 60.5 | +10.6 |
| | Independent | W. Murphy | 608 | 39.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 322 | 21.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,538 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### North

North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Street* | 843 | 53.9 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | P. Oliver | 720 | 46.1 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 123 | 7.8 | −6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,563 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### South West

South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. B. Dunn | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (1)

Timperley (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | N. Schofield | 905 | 55.8 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | L. W. Adkin | 716 | 44.2 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 189 | 11.7 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,621 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. M. Kelsall* | 985 | 51.7 | +7.0 |
| | Liberal | A. Gibbon | 638 | 33.5 | −8.2 |
| | Labour | B. Culkingworth | 282 | 14.8 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 347 | 18.2 | +15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,905 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. R. Wilson* | 922 | 50.1 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal | D. Harper | 920 | 49.9 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2 | 0.2 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,842 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | K. Jagger | 1,463 | 27.1 |
| | Conservative | W. Glenfield | 1,338 | 24.8 |
| | Labour | E. Richardson | 1,039 | 19.3 |
| | Labour | C. Mack | 1,006 | 18.7 |
| | Liberal | P. Tinker | 546 | 10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 299 | 5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,392 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |