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Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1964. 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 | 4,454 (36.1%) |  6.8 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 |  2 | 13 (40.6%) | 13 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 3,575 (29.0%) | 7.8 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 |  | 11 (34.4%) | 11 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 4,307 (34.9%) | 1.0 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 2 | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 | |||
| 11 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 8 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Hoyle* | uncontested | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A. Peacock | 545 | 41.3 | 0 | |
| Conservative | S. T. Jenkinson | 543 | 41.1 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal | G. Leak | 230 | 17.5 | -4.3 | |
| Majority | 2 | 0.2 | -4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,318 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Harmer* | 756 | 56.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal | R. J. Waddington | 587 | 43.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 169 | 12.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,343 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. J. Jones | 738 | 52.4 | -16.9 | |
| Liberal | J. D. Carter | 671 | 47.6 | +16.9 | |
| Majority | 67 | 4.8 | -33.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,409 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. A. Cragg | 749 | 38.1 | +4.6 | |
| Labour | K. G. Dunning | 633 | 32.2 | +5.2 | |
| Liberal | F. Aldhouse* | 586 | 29.8 | -9.7 | |
| Majority | 116 | 5.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,968 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. C. Partridge | 739 | 44.0 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal | R. G. Sharp | 683 | 40.8 | -2.9 | |
| Labour | D. Gill | 254 | 15.2 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 56 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,676 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | D. Harper* | 1,087 | 61.6 | +4.7 | |
| Conservative | F. J. Tansey | 679 | 38.4 | -4.7 | |
| Majority | 408 | 23.2 | +9.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,766 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H. Wharton* | 1,387 | 48.6 | +16.9 | |
| Conservative | R. H. Alcock | 1,006 | 35.2 | -8.5 | |
| Liberal | G. D. Whitworth | 463 | 16.2 | -8.4 | |
| Majority | 381 | 13.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,856 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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