1938 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election

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1938 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
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  1937 1 November 1938 (1938-11-01) 1945  

7 of 28 seats
to Altrincham Municipal Borough Council
14 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Independent Labour
Last election17 seats,
89.3%
4 seats,
10.6%
Seats before226
Seats won52
Seats after226
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote2,8822,310
Percentage55.5%44.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg33.8%Increase2.svg33.8%

Altrincham 1938.png
Map of results of 1938 election

Leader of the Council before election


Independent

Leader of the Council after election


Independent

Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1938. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. Independents retained overall control of the council. [1] [2] These were the last local elections held in Altrincham until after the end of the Second World War.

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Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Independent 2,882 (55.5%)
Decrease2.svg 33.85 (71.4%)
5 / 7
Steady2.svg22 (78.6%)
22 / 28
Labour Party 2,310 (44.5%)
Increase2.svg 33.82 (28.6%)
2 / 7
Steady2.svg6 (21.4%)
6 / 28

Full council

622

Aldermen

16

Councillors

516

Ward results

Dunham

Dunham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. C. Handford*88964.1N/A
Independent B. Freeman49735.9N/A
Majority39228.3
Turnout 1,386
Labour hold Swing

East Central

East Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent J. S. Pearson*uncontested
Independent hold Swing

North

North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Farrar*uncontested
Labour hold Swing

South West

South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent T. P. Bell Houlden*uncontested
Independent hold Swing

Timperley (1)

Timperley (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent R. S. Watson54151.9
Labour F. B. Meadowcroft50148.1
Majority403.8
Turnout 1,042
Independent hold Swing

Timperley (2)

Timperley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent G. C. Aldhouse*80667.3
Labour A. Peacock39232.7
Majority41434.6
Turnout 1,198
Independent hold Swing

Timperley (3)

Timperley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent G. M. Rourke*1,03866.3
Labour J. E. Marsden52833.7
Majority51032.6
Turnout 1,566
Independent hold Swing

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References

  1. CHESHIRE, The Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1938, p.14
  2. INDEPENDENTS HOLD TIMPERLEY, Wilmslow and Alderley and Knutsford Advertiser, November 4, 1938, p.11