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Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1959. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party reatined overall control of the council. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 8,078 (49.5%) |  1.0 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 | 1 | 16 (50.0%) | 16 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 4,868 (29.8%) | 7.5 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 |  | 8 (25.0%) | 8 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 3,387 (20.7%) |  8.4 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | E. M. Hoyle* | 1,318 | 70.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | K. C. Jagger | 559 | 29.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 759 | 40.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,877 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. J. Webb* | 860 | 50.1 | +1.3 | |
| Conservative | T. Barry | 858 | 49.9 | -1.3 | |
| Majority | 2 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,718 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | L. M. Smith* | 1,021 | 56.9 | -0.2 | |
| Conservative | P. Oliver | 773 | 43.1 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 248 | 13.8 | -0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,794 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Willeringhouse* | 864 | 63.5 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal | A. Gibbon | 497 | 36.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 248 | 27.0 | +2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,361 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | M. Prickett | 1,055 | 56.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | R. F. Legat* | 804 | 43.2 | -18.8 | |
| Majority | 274 | 13.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,859 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. C. Partridge* | 919 | 44.7 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal | P. Franklin | 856 | 41.7 | +0.4 | |
| Labour | J. B. Cullingworth | 279 | 13.6 | -4.6 | |
| Majority | 63 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,054 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | I. M. MacLennan* | 1,027 | 51.2 | +6.4 | |
| Liberal | D. Dickson | 979 | 48.8 | +7.7 | |
| Majority | 48 | 2.4 | -1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,006 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. M. Fitton* | 2,023 | 59.3 | +6.1 | |
| Labour | R. Knowles | 1,390 | 40.7 | -6.1 | |
| Majority | 633 | 18.6 | +12.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,413 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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