# 1969 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1969. 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 | 7,689 (58.7%) | 1.0 | 8 (88.9%) | 8 / 9 | 3 | 23 (71.9%) | 23 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 2,723 (20.8%) | 1.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | 3 | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 2,351 (17.9%) | 0.8 | 1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9 | | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 |
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | 1.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 342 (2.6%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 |

### Aldermen

| 2 | 2 | 4 |

### Councillors

| 2 | 3 | 19 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

Dunham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | N. Spratt | 714 | 57.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | W. Yates* | 383 | 30.7 | −54.8 |
| | Communist | B. Rothman | 149 | 12.0 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 26.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,246 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. J. Cable | 610 | 57.6 | −6.1 |
| | Labour | C. Livingstone* | 449 | 42.4 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 161 | 15.2 | −12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,059 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### North

North (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | O. Wilson | 939 | 31.3 |
| | Conservative | F. Dodson | 816 | 27.2 |
| | Labour | W. J. Webb | 560 | 18.7 |
| | Labour | C. R. Tyrie | 491 | 16.4 |
| | Communist | E. Sheldon | 193 | 6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 256 | 8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,999 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative 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 | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. Gordon* | 1,142 | 75.8 | +12.1 |
| | Liberal | S. Hughes | 364 | 24.2 | −12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 778 | 51.6 | +24.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,506 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Somerset* | 893 | 50.6 | −17.3 |
| | Liberal | J. W. Davenport | 695 | 39.4 | +7.3 |
| | Labour | R. E. Slager | 177 | 10.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | 11.2 | −24.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,765 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | S. Williamson* | 1,292 | 63.3 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | H. Scholar | 750 | 36.7 | −5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 542 | 26.6 | +10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,042 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. Lydiatt* | 1,824 | 73.3 | +0.2 |
| | Labour | V. Collett | 663 | 26.7 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,161 | 46.6 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,487 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 1969 and 1970

Timperley (4) By-election 5 June 1969 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Weedall | 1,019 | 68.5 | −4.8 |
| | Labour | V. Collett | 468 | 31.5 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 551 | 37.0 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,487 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |