# 1968 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1968. 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 | 6,897 (57.7%) | 9.4 | 6 (75.0%) | 6 / 8 | 1 | 20 (62.5%) | 20 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 2,324 (19.5%) | 14.6 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 2,231 (18.7%) | 1.8 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 |
| Independent | 189 (1.6%) | 1.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 303 (2.5%) | 1.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 3 | 4 |

### Councillors

| 5 | 3 | 16 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

Dunham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. M. Hoyle* | 845 | 85.5 | −5.6 |
| | Communist | B. Rothman | 143 | 14.5 | +5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 702 | 71.0 | −11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 988 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. T. Jenkinson | 613 | 63.7 | +10.1 |
| | Labour | R. E. Singer | 350 | 36.3 | −10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 263 | 27.4 | +20.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 963 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### North

North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. G. Warburton | 852 | 57.2 | +12.3 |
| | Labour | L. M. Smith* | 478 | 32.1 | −7.9 |
| | Communist | E. Sheldon | 160 | 10.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 374 | 25.1 | +20.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,490 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### South West

South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. A. Harrison* | 830 | 81.5 | +21.3 |
| | Independent | K. Jagger | 189 | 18.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 641 | 63.0 | +42.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,019 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (1)

Timperley (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. R. Metcalf* | 967 | 63.7 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal | R. Sands | 552 | 36.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 415 | 27.4 | −14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,519 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. E. Jackson | 989 | 67.9 | +22.4 |
| | Liberal | K. D. Burton | 468 | 32.1 | +11.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 521 | 35.8 | +24.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,457 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | M. W. F. Hiett* | 1,211 | 57.9 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | E. Richardson | 879 | 42.1 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 332 | 15.8 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,090 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. Hall* | 1,767 | 73.1 | +18.5 |
| | Labour | J. Siddall | 651 | 26.9 | −18.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,116 | 46.2 | +37.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,418 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |