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Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1950. 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. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 3,189 (61.0%) |  3.8 | 7 (87.5%) | 7 / 8 | 1 | 22 (68.8%) | 22 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) |  9.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | 1 | 8 (25.0%) | 8 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 2,037 (39.0%) | 7.6 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 |  | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 | |||
| 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | 19 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | A. Vesey* | uncontested | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | E. H. Chorlton* | 1,045 | 65.6 | +1.0 | |
| Labour | J. G. Williams | 549 | 34.4 | -1.0 | |
| Majority | 496 | 31.2 | +1.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,594 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | H. Cowsill* | 906 | 52.4 | -0.6 | |
| Labour | E. Hoyle | 822 | 47.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 84 | 4.8 | -1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,728 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | E. J. Horley* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | J. L. Warren* | 1,238 | 65.0 | +0.6 | |
| Labour | J. Chapman | 666 | 35.0 | -0.6 | |
| Majority | 572 | 30.0 | +1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,904 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | M. Heath* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | I. M. MacLennan | uncontested | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | E. M. Fitton* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Altrincham is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Manchester, 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Sale and 10 miles (16 km) east of Warrington. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 52,419.
Sir Graham Stuart Brady is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West from 1997 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Chairman of the 1922 Committee since 2010, except for a brief period during the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.
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Sir William Fergus Montgomery was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for three separate periods totalling 34 years, each time representing a different constituency.
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Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1951. 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.
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Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1955. 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.
