# 1971 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1971. 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 | 5,842 (36.3%) | 0.5 | 3 (30.0%) | 3 / 10 | 5 | 17 (53.1%) | 17 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 4,999 (31.0%) | 6.0 | 4 (40.0%) | 4 / 10 | 3 | 7 (21.7%) | 7 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 5,018 (31.2%) | 5.8 | 3 (30.0%) | 3 / 10 | 2 | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 |
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 10 | | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 245 (1.5%) | 0.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 10 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 2 | 5 |

### Councillors

| 6 | 6 | 12 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

Dunham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. M. Hoyle* | 1,184 | 94.9 | +29.0 |
| | Communist | A. Cooper | 63 | 5.1 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,121 | 89.8 | +61.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,247 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Crossman | 746 | 64.3 | +9.7 |
| | Conservative | H. Scholar | 415 | 35.7 | −9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 28.6 | +19.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,161 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### North

North (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | J. Webb | 893 | 28.9 |
| | Labour | W. Oliver | 876 | 28.4 |
| | Conservative | W. Simm | 571 | 18.5 |
| | Conservative | V. T. J. Symond | 565 | 18.3 |
| | Communist | E. Sheldon | 182 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 305 | 9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,087 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### South West

South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. Harrison* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (1)

Timperley (1) (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | E. Faulkner | 795 | 26.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | F. R. Metcalf* | 753 | 25.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal | B. C. Lynch | 738 | 24.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | H. E. Ablard | 702 | 28.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,988 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | M. R. Farnsworth | 993 | 52.9 | 0 |
| | Conservative | A. E. Jackson* | 885 | 47.1 | 0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 108 | 5.8 | 0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,878 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | M. W. F. Hiett* | 1,465 | 70.7 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | E. Nisbet | 607 | 29.3 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 858 | 41.4 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,072 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. R. Weedall* | 1,344 | 36.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | J. Hutchinson | 1,300 | 35.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal | R. Bowker | 1,027 | 28.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,671 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |