# 1959 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1959. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party reatined overall control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 8,078 (49.5%) | 1.0 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 | 1 | 16 (50.0%) | 16 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 4,868 (29.8%) | 7.5 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 | | 8 (25.0%) | 8 / 32 |
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 3,387 (20.7%) | 8.4 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 |

### Full council

| 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 |

### Aldermen

| 5 | 3 |

### Councillors

| 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

Dunham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. M. Hoyle* | 1,318 | 70.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | K. C. Jagger | 559 | 29.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 759 | 40.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,877 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. J. Webb* | 860 | 50.1 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | T. Barry | 858 | 49.9 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,718 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### North

North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | L. M. Smith* | 1,021 | 56.9 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | P. Oliver | 773 | 43.1 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 248 | 13.8 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,794 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### South West

South-West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Willeringhouse* | 864 | 63.5 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal | A. Gibbon | 497 | 36.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 248 | 27.0 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,361 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (1)

Timperley (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | M. Prickett | 1,055 | 56.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | R. F. Legat* | 804 | 43.2 | −18.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 274 | 13.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,859 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. C. Partridge* | 919 | 44.7 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal | P. Franklin | 856 | 41.7 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | J. B. Cullingworth | 279 | 13.6 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 63 | 3.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,054 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | I. M. MacLennan* | 1,027 | 51.2 | +6.4 |
| | Liberal | D. Dickson | 979 | 48.8 | +7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | 2.4 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,006 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | E. M. Fitton* | 2,023 | 59.3 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | R. Knowles | 1,390 | 40.7 | −6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 633 | 18.6 | +12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,413 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |