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Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1966. 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 overall control of the council. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 4,323 (37.7%) |  10.9 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 |  2 | 17 (53.1%) | 17 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 4,318 (37.6%) | 13.0 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 |  | 10 (31.6%) | 10 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 2,391 (20.8%) | 6.0 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 351 (3.1%) | 3.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 | |||
| Communist Party | 98 (0.9%) | 0.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. Yates* | 728 | 88.1 | N/A | |
| Communist | B. Rothman | 98 | 11.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 630 | 76.2 | |||
| Turnout | 826 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. Livingstone* | 491 | 58.3 | +20.2 | |
| Independent | K. Jagger | 351 | 41.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 140 | 16.6 | |||
| Turnout | 842 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. Street* | 679 | 59.2 | +14.1 | |
| Liberal | S. Hughes | 468 | 40.8 | +16.1 | |
| Majority | 211 | 18.5 | +3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,147 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. B. Dunn* | 743 | 88.6 | +24.0 | |
| Labour | R. Wilman | 96 | 11.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 647 | 77.2 | +24.4 | ||
| Turnout | 839 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Gordon | 774 | 48.0 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal | N. Schofield* | 458 | 28.4 | -0.2 | |
| Labour | D. Gill | 381 | 23.6 | -0.3 | |
| Majority | 316 | 19.6 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,613 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Somerset* | 700 | 38.5 | ||
| Labour | C. R. Tyrie | 575 | 31.6 | ||
| Liberal | P. Franklin | 544 | 29.9 | ||
| Majority | 125 | 6.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,819 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | S. Williamson* | 921 | 47.9 | -6.0 | |
| Conservative | M. Duffield | 742 | 38.6 | -7.5 | |
| Labour | G. Potts | 259 | 13.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 179 | 9.3 | +1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,922 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Lydiatt | 1,364 | 55.2 | +5.7 | |
| Labour | R. E. Singer | 1,109 | 44.8 | +6.2 | |
| Majority | 255 | 10.4 | -0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,437 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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