# 1945 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 1 November 1945. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. Independents retained overall control of the council. These were the first local elections held in Altrincham since the outbreak of the Second World War.

## Election result

| Party | Party | Votes | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council | Full Council |
| Independent | | 11,259 (57.1%) | | 1.6 | 7 (77.8%) | 7 / 9 | 1 | 22 (78.6%) | 22 / 28 |
| Labour Party | | 8,465 (42.9%) | | 1.6 | 2 (22.2%) | 2 / 9 | 1 | 6 (21.4%) | 6 / 28 |

### Full council

| 6 | 22 |

### Aldermen

| 2 | 5 |

### Councillors

| 4 | 17 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

Dunham (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | J. Baxter | 1,181 | 30.6 |
| | Labour | J. J. Cummins* | 1,066 | 27.6 |
| | Independent | H. Cowsill | 879 | 22.8 |
| | Independent | B. Freeman | 731 | 19.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 187 | 4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,857 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | T. Clayton* | 1,049 | 57.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | J. Cogan | 775 | 42.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 274 | 15.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,824 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### North

North (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | W. G. H. Biddle* | 1,391 | 31.4 | N/A |
| | Independent | E. Odlin | 1,267 | 28.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | G. Cook* | 888 | 20.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | S. C. Whitehead | 886 | 20.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 379 | 8.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,432 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### South West

South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | W. W. Stanier | 1,125 | 63.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | M. Twigg | 635 | 36.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 490 | 27.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,760 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (1)

Timperley (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | W. H. Walker* | 1,226 | 59.3 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | C. Holt | 841 | 40.7 | −7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 385 | 18.6 | +14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,067 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | F. Gibson | 1,733 | 59.2 | −8.1 |
| | Labour | A. M. Atherton | 1,195 | 40.8 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 538 | 18.4 | −16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,928 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | A. S. Jarratt | 1,780 | 64.1 | −2.2 |
| | Labour | W. Fretwell | 998 | 35.9 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 782 | 28.1 | −4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,778 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |