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Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 1 November 1945. 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] [3] These were the first local elections held in Altrincham since the outbreak of the Second World War.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Independent | 11,259 (57.1%) |  1.6 | 7 (77.8%) | 7 / 9 | 1 | 22 (78.6%) | 22 / 28 | |||
| Labour Party | 8,465 (42.9%) |  1.6 | 2 (22.2%) | 2 / 9 | 1 | 6 (21.4%) | 6 / 28 | |||
| 6 | 22 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 17 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Baxter | 1,181 | 30.6 | ||
| Labour | J. J. Cummins* | 1,066 | 27.6 | ||
| Independent | H. Cowsill | 879 | 22.8 | ||
| Independent | B. Freeman | 731 | 19.0 | ||
| Majority | 187 | 4.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,857 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | T. Clayton* | 1,049 | 57.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | J. Cogan | 775 | 42.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 274 | 15.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,824 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | W. G. H. Biddle* | 1,391 | 31.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | E. Odlin | 1,267 | 28.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | G. Cook* | 888 | 20.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | S. C. Whitehead | 886 | 20.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 379 | 8.6 | |||
| Turnout | 4,432 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | W. W. Stanier | 1,125 | 63.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | M. Twigg | 635 | 36.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 490 | 27.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,760 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | W. H. Walker* | 1,226 | 59.3 | +7.4 | |
| Labour | C. Holt | 841 | 40.7 | −7.4 | |
| Majority | 385 | 18.6 | +14.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,067 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | F. Gibson | 1,733 | 59.2 | −8.1 | |
| Labour | A. M. Atherton | 1,195 | 40.8 | +8.1 | |
| Majority | 538 | 18.4 | −16.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,928 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | A. S. Jarratt | 1,780 | 64.1 | −2.2 | |
| Labour | W. Fretwell | 998 | 35.9 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 782 | 28.1 | −4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,778 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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