# 1966 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1966. 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 | 4,323 (37.7%) | 10.9 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 | 2 | 17 (53.1%) | 17 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 4,318 (37.6%) | 13.0 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 | | 10 (31.6%) | 10 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 2,391 (20.8%) | 6.0 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 |
| Independent | 351 (3.1%) | 3.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 98 (0.9%) | 0.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 10 | 3 | 2 | 17 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 2 | 5 |

### Councillors

| 9 | 3 | 12 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

Dunham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Yates* | 728 | 88.1 | N/A |
| | Communist | B. Rothman | 98 | 11.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 630 | 76.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 826 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Livingstone* | 491 | 58.3 | +20.2 |
| | Independent | K. Jagger | 351 | 41.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 140 | 16.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 842 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### North

North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Street* | 679 | 59.2 | +14.1 |
| | Liberal | S. Hughes | 468 | 40.8 | +16.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 211 | 18.5 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,147 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### South West

South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. B. Dunn* | 743 | 88.6 | +24.0 |
| | Labour | R. Wilman | 96 | 11.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 647 | 77.2 | +24.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 839 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (1)

Timperley (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. Gordon | 774 | 48.0 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal | N. Schofield* | 458 | 28.4 | −0.2 |
| | Labour | D. Gill | 381 | 23.6 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 316 | 19.6 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,613 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | J. Somerset* | 700 | 38.5 |
| | Labour | C. R. Tyrie | 575 | 31.6 |
| | Liberal | P. Franklin | 544 | 29.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 125 | 6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,819 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | S. Williamson* | 921 | 47.9 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | M. Duffield | 742 | 38.6 | −7.5 |
| | Labour | G. Potts | 259 | 13.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 | 9.3 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,922 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. Lydiatt | 1,364 | 55.2 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | R. E. Singer | 1,109 | 44.8 | +6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 10.4 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,437 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |