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Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1963. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 5,330 (42.9%) |  1.9 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 |  2 | 10 (31.3%) | 10 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 2,625 (21.2%) | 2.5 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 | 1 | 10 (31.3%) | 10 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 4,455 (35.9%) | 4.3 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 | 1 | 9 (28.1%) | 9 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) |  | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 | |||
| 10 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 9 | 5 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. Yates* | uncontested | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. Livingstone | 728 | 41.4 | −15.7 | |
| Conservative | T. Barry* | 648 | 36.8 | −10.6 | |
| Liberal | G. Leak | 383 | 21.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 80 | 4.6 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,759 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. Street* | uncontested | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. B. Dunn* | 778 | 69.3 | +15.9 | |
| Liberal | B. L. Preston | 345 | 30.7 | −15.9 | |
| Majority | 433 | 38.6 | +31.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,123 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | N. Schofield* | 790 | 39.5 | −25.0 | |
| Conservative | F. R. Metcalf | 671 | 33.5 | −2.0 | |
| Labour | K. G. Dunning | 540 | 27.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 119 | 6.0 | −23.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,001 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | K. Gardner* | 811 | 43.7 | −8.7 | |
| Conservative | J. C. Partridge | 771 | 41.5 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | P. Hawkshead | 275 | 14.8 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 40 | 2.2 | −6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,857 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | S. Williamson | 1,287 | 56.9 | −0.2 | |
| Conservative | D. Hall | 973 | 43.1 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 314 | 13.8 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,260 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | K. Jagger* | 1,489 | 43.7 | +6.5 | |
| Labour | A. Peacock | 1,082 | 31.7 | 0 | |
| Liberal | M. Walker | 839 | 24.6 | −10.2 | |
| Majority | 407 | 12.0 | +9.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,410 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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