# 1970 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. 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 | 3,355 (36.8%) | 21.9 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 | 2 | 22 (68.8%) | 22 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 2,280 (25.0%) | 4.3 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 1 | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 2,318 (25.4%) | 7.5 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 1 | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 |
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 175 (1.9%) | 0.7 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 |

### Aldermen

| 2 | 1 | 5 |

### Councillors

| 3 | 4 | 17 |

## Ward results
### Dunham

Dunham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Hoyle* | 1,099 | 65.9 | +35.2 |
| | Conservative | A. Whitehurst | 522 | 31.3 | −26.0 |
| | Communist | B. Rothman | 46 | 2.8 | −9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 577 | 28.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,667 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Central

East Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. R. Tyrie | 589 | 54.6 | +12.2 |
| | Conservative | H. Scholar | 489 | 45.4 | −12.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 100 | 9.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,078 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### North

North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | D. W. Stroud | 795 | 52.4 |
| | Labour | W. J. Webb | 592 | 39.1 |
| | Communist | E. Sheldon | 129 | 8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 203 | 13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,516 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### South West

South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. A. Ryder | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (1)

Timperley (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. A. Cragg* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (2)

Timperley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. W. Davenport | 945 | 52.9 | +13.5 |
| | Conservative | H. E. Ablard | 843 | 47.1 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | 5.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,788 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Timperley (3)

Timperley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | D. Harper* | 1,373 | 66.0 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | V. T. J. Symond | 706 | 34.0 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 667 | 32.0 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,079 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley (4)

Timperley (4) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Sheldon | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |