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Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1958. 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 control of the council. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 6,923 (50.5%) |  8.5 | 5 (62.5%) | 5 / 8 |  1 | 19 (59.4%) | 19 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 5,111 (37.3%) | 1.4 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 |  | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | 8.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 1,682 (12.3%) | 1.6 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Hoyle* | uncontested | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. R. Littler* | 803 | 51.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | W. J. Webb | 766 | 48.8 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 37 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,569 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Harmer* | 1,039 | 57.1 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | P. Oliver | 780 | 42.9 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 259 | 14.2 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,819 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. J. Jones* | 1,049 | 62.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | F. C. Hankes | 630 | 37.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 419 | 25.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,679 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. L. Baxendale* | 1,013 | 62.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | H. Ainscow | 622 | 38.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 391 | 24.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,635 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | W. H. Cawdron | 830 | 41.3 | +8.5 | |
| Conservative | J. K. Jagger | 815 | 40.5 | −5.3 | |
| Labour | J. B. Cullingworth | 366 | 18.2 | −3.2 | |
| Majority | 15 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,011 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Kirkland | 852 | 44.8 | −9.5 | |
| Liberal | D. Dickson | 782 | 41.1 | −4.6 | |
| Labour | H. Atkinson | 268 | 14.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 70 | 3.7 | −4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,902 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Melvin Turner* | 1,611 | 53.2 | −0.6 | |
| Labour | R. Tomlinson | 1,420 | 46.8 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 191 | 6.4 | −1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,031 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H. Wharton | 1,363 | 52.2 | +5.4 | |
| Conservative | E. M. Hodgson | 1,250 | 47.8 | −5.4 | |
| Majority | 113 | 4.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,613 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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