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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. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 5,429 (62.3%) |  19.0 | 6 (75.0%) | 6 / 8 |  | 18 (56.3%) | 18 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) |  8.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 8 (25.0%) | 8 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 2,442 (28.0%) | 11.1 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 845 (9.7%) | 0.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 15 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Hoyle | uncontested | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. R. Littler* | 975 | 66.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | K. S. Robinson | 491 | 33.5 | -13.3 | |
| Majority | 484 | 33.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,466 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Harmer* | 964 | 50.5 | -3.5 | |
| Conservative | R. F. Legat | 945 | 49.5 | +3.5 | |
| Majority | 19 | 1.0 | -7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,909 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. J. Jones* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. L. Baxendale* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | G. J. Endacott* | 918 | 52.1 | -3.2 | |
| Liberal | P. Franklin | 845 | 47.9 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 73 | 4.2 | -6.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,763 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | G. A. Haigh* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | A. Melvin Turner* | 1,691 | 63.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | N. S. Smith | 987 | 36.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 704 | 26.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,678 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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