# 1972 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1972. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office. These were the final elections held in Altrincham before it became part of Trafford. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Labour Party | 5,749 (33.8%) | 2.8 | 5 (55.6%) | 5 / 9 | 4 | 12 (37.5%) | 12 / 32 |
| Conservative Party | 5,557 (32.6%) | 3.7 | 1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9 | 6 | 11 (34.4%) | 11 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 5,521 (32.4%) | 1.2 | 3 (33.3%) | 3 / 9 | 2 | 8 (25.0%) | 8 / 32 |
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | | 1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 203 (1.2%) | 0.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 12 | 8 | 1 | 11 |

### Aldermen

| 2 | 1 | 5 |

### Councillors

| 10 | 8 | 6 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

Dunham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Hutchinson | 872 | 64.2 | −30.7 |
| | Conservative | I. N. Dixon | 424 | 31.2 | N/A |
| | Communist | A. Cooper | 63 | 4.6 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 448 | 33.0 | −56.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,359 | 40.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | P. McGarry | 571 | 60.6 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | F. D. Whiteley | 372 | 39.4 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 199 | 21.2 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 943 | 35.5 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### North

North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | W. Oliver* | 693 | 83.2 |
| | Communist | E. Sheldon | 140 | 16.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 553 | 66.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 833 | 25.2 |
| | 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 | B. C. Lynch | 871 | 51.7 |
| | Conservative | F. R. Metcalf* | 815 | 48.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,686 | 50.0 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. R. Richardson | 1,066 | 60.4 | +7.5 |
| | Conservative | J. Somerset* | 700 | 39.6 | −7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 366 | 20.8 | +15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,766 | 52.8 | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | S. Williamson* | 1,379 | 70.7 | 0 |
| | Conservative | H. D. Burton | 571 | 29.3 | 0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 808 | 41.4 | 0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,950 | 53.3 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Wharton | 1,937 | 46.4 | +11.0 |
| | Labour | V. Collett | 1,676 | 40.2 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | R. Holden | 1,366 | 32.7 | −3.9 |
| | Liberal | R. Bowker | 1,325 | 31.7 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative | D. Bowyer | 1,309 | 31.4 | −4.0 |
| | Liberal | T. D. Ballard | 880 | 21.1 | −6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 310 | 7.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,174 | 55.8 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |