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Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1961. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 5,201 (39.6%) |  11.4 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 2 | 15 (46.9%) | 15 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 3,388 (25.8%) |  2.9 | 2 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 |  | 8 (25.0%) | 8 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 4,542 (34.6%) | 12.9 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 | 2 | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | 4.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 | |||
| 8 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 11 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Hoyle* | uncontested | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. R. Littler* | 730 | 52.8 | -7.7 | |
| Labour | A. Quinn | 654 | 47.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 76 | 5.5 | -15.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,384 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Harmer* | 780 | 41.5 | -12.4 | |
| Conservative | P. Oliver | 639 | 34.0 | -12.1 | |
| Liberal | F. Valentine | 461 | 24.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 141 | 7.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,880 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. J. Jones* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | F. Aldhouse | 1,022 | 51.2 | -4.6 | |
| Conservative | L. W. Adkin | 748 | 37.5 | -6.7 | |
| Labour | W. Smith | 225 | 11.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 274 | 13.7 | +2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,995 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | W. H. Cawdron* | 983 | 49.2 | +15.7 | |
| Conservative | R. P. Spragg | 739 | 37.0 | -14.7 | |
| Labour | B. Mines | 277 | 13.8 | -1.0 | |
| Majority | 244 | 12.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,999 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | D. Harper | 1,280 | 58.2 | +8.3 | |
| Conservative | H. N. Jackson | 919 | 41.8 | -8.3 | |
| Majority | 361 | 16.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,199 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H. Wharton* | 1,452 | 39.5 | ||
| Conservative | R. Hall | 1,426 | 38.8 | ||
| Liberal | A. Wright | 796 | 21.7 | ||
| Majority | 26 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 3,674 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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