# 1965 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1965. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 7,162 (48.6%) | 12.5 | 6 (66.7%) | 6 / 9 | 3 | 15 (46.9%) | 15 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 3,633 (24.6%) | 4.4 | 2 (22.2%) | 2 / 9 | 1 | 10 (31.6%) | 10 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 3,950 (26.8%) | 8.1 | 1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9 | 2 | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 |
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 |

### Full council

| 10 | 4 | 3 | 15 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 3 | 4 |

### Councillors

| 9 | 4 | 11 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

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

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. T. Jenkinson | 864 | 61.9 | +20.8 |
| | Labour | W. J. Webb* | 531 | 38.1 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 | 23.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,395 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### North

North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | L. M. Smith* | 718 | 45.1 | −11.2 |
| | Conservative | R. H. Alcock | 481 | 30.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal | R. J. Waddington | 394 | 24.7 | −19.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 237 | 14.9 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,593 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### South West

South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. A. Harrison | 834 | 64.6 | +12.2 |
| | Liberal | J. D. Carter | 458 | 35.4 | −12.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | 29.2 | +24.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,292 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (1)

Timperley (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. R. Metcalf* | 829 | 47.5 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal | H. C. Kennedy | 499 | 28.6 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | D. Gill | 416 | 23.9 | −8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 330 | 18.9 | +13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,744 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | A. E. Jackson | 926 | 24.7 |
| | Conservative | J. Somerset | 830 | 22.1 |
| | Liberal | P. Franklin* | 646 | 17.2 |
| | Liberal | R. G. Sharp | 561 | 15.0 |
| | Labour | C. R. Tyrie | 396 | 10.6 |
| | Labour | R. Wilman | 389 | 10.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 184 | 4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,748 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | M. W. F. Hiett* | 1,029 | 53.9 | −7.7 |
| | Conservative | F. J. Tansey | 880 | 46.1 | +7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 149 | 7.8 | −15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,909 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. Hall* | 1,518 | 49.5 | +14.3 |
| | Labour | R. E. Singer | 1,183 | 38.6 | −10.0 |
| | Liberal | G. D. Whitworth | 363 | 11.9 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 335 | 10.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,856 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |