1937 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

1937 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

1 November 1937 (1937-11-01) 1938  →
21 of 28 seats to Altrincham Municipal Borough Council 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Independent Labour Seats won 17 4 Seats after 23 5 Popular vote 15,336 1,736 Percentage 89.3% 10.6%
Map of results of 1937 election
Leader of the Council after election Independent

The first elections to Altrincham Council were held on Monday, 1 November 1937. This was a new council to replace Altrincham Urban District Council. This election would create the entire 28-member council (three councillors to each ward and seven aldermen) to administer the municipal borough. Independents won overall control of the council. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Party		Votes		Seats		Full Council
Independent		15,336 (89.3%)		17 (81.0%)	17 / 21	23 (82.1%)	23 / 28
Labour Party		1,736 (10.6%)		4 (19.0%)	4 / 21	5 (17.9%)	5 / 28

Full council

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5

23

Aldermen

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1

6

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Councillors

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4

17

Ward results

Dunham

Dunham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. C. Handford*	uncontested
	Labour	A. Vesey*	uncontested
	Independent	W. Waterhouse*	uncontested
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

East Central

East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Whitley*	1,210	27.8
	Independent	A. E. Weston*	1,077	24.7
	Independent	J. S. Pearson*	1,035	23.8
	Independent	T. Clayton*	1,031	23.7
Majority			4	0.1
Turnout			4,353
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

North

North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. G. H. Biddle*	uncontested
	Labour	T. Farrar*	uncontested
	Labour	R. H. Lee*	uncontested
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

South West

South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. N. Garner*	1,086	20.1
	Independent	P. Hewitt*	1,036	19.1
	Independent	T. P. Bell Houlden*	953	17.6
	Independent	H. Bailey*	815	15.1
	Independent	W. Bradley Jones*	782	14.4
	Independent	W. W. Stanier	741	13.7
Majority			138	2.5
Turnout			5,414
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Timperley (1)

Timperley (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. L. Warren*	904	25.5
	Independent	W. H. Walker*	859	24.2
	Independent	A. Edge*	822	23.2
	Labour	F. B. Meadowcroft	501	15.1
	Labour	H. Keay	458	14.1
Majority			321	9.1
Turnout			3,544
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Timperley (2)

Timperley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. H. Cosgrove*	1,059	27.4
	Independent	C. Applewhite*	986	25.5
	Independent	G. C. Aldhouse	940	24.3
	Labour	J. J. Cummings	440	11.4
	Labour	A. Peacock	437	11.3
Majority			500	12.9
Turnout			3,862
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Timperley (3)

Timperley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Dawson*	uncontested
	Independent	G. M. Rourke*	uncontested
	Independent	E. Webb*	uncontested
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Aldermanic election

Aldermanic elections took place at the council's inaugural meeting on 9 November 1937, all seven of the borough's aldermen were up for election by the council. ^{[3] [4]}

Altrincham Municipal Borough Aldermanic election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Applewhite*	uncontested
	Independent	A. Edge*	uncontested
	Independent	S. N. Garner*	uncontested
	Labour	R. H. Lee*	uncontested
	Independent	W. Waterhouse*	uncontested
	Independent	E. Webb*	uncontested
	Independent	A. E. Weston*	uncontested
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

By-elections between 1937 and 1938

By-elections were held in every ward on 4 December 1937 to fill the vacancies created by the Aldermanic election. ^[5]

Dunham By-election 4 December 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. H. E. Anderson	423	52.7	N/A
	Independent	E. T. Lockett	379	47.3	N/A
Majority			44	5.5
Turnout			802
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

East Central By-election 4 December 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Clayton	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

North By-election 4 December 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Keay	472	55.7	N/A
	Independent	W. H. Lill	222	26.2	N/A
	Independent	G. H. Wood	152	18.0	N/A
Majority			250	29.6
Turnout			846
	Labour hold		Swing

South West By-election 4 December 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Bailey	868	84.2
	Labour	G. Cook	163	15.8
Majority			705	68.4
Turnout			1,031
	Independent hold		Swing

Timperley (1) By-election 4 December 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Dwyer	504	54.3
	Labour	F. B. Meadowcroft	425	45.7
Majority			79	8.5
Turnout			929
	Independent hold		Swing

Timperley (2) By-election 4 December 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. H. Lingard	621	74.1
	Labour	A. Peacock	217	25.9
Majority			404	48.2
Turnout			838
	Independent hold		Swing

Timperley (3) By-election 4 December 1937

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Bradley Jones	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

References

1. ALTRINCHAM'S FIRST BOROUGH ELECTION, The Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1937, p.13
2. ALTRINCHAM'S FIRST COUNCILLORS, Wilmslow and Alderley and Knutsford Advertiser, November 5, 1937, p.11
3. LORD STAMFORD ELECTED FIRST MAYOR OF ALTRINCHAM, The Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1937, p.5
4. ALTRINCHAM MAKES MORE HISTORY, Wilmslow and Alderley and Knutsford Advertiser, November 12, 1937, p.11
5. ALTRINCHAM BY-ELECTIONS, Wilmslow and Alderley and Knutsford Advertiser, December 10, 1937, p.11