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Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1969. 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 | 7,689 (58.7%) |  1.0 | 8 (88.9%) | 8 / 9 | 3 | 23 (71.9%) | 23 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 2,723 (20.8%) |  1.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | 3 | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 2,351 (17.9%) | 0.8 | 1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9 |  | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | 1.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 | |||
| Communist Party | 342 (2.6%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | 19 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | N. Spratt | 714 | 57.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | W. Yates* | 383 | 30.7 | −54.8 | |
| Communist | B. Rothman | 149 | 12.0 | −2.5 | |
| Majority | 331 | 26.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,246 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. J. Cable | 610 | 57.6 | −6.1 | |
| Labour | C. Livingstone* | 449 | 42.4 | +6.1 | |
| Majority | 161 | 15.2 | −12.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,059 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | O. Wilson | 939 | 31.3 | ||
| Conservative | F. Dodson | 816 | 27.2 | ||
| Labour | W. J. Webb | 560 | 18.7 | ||
| Labour | C. R. Tyrie | 491 | 16.4 | ||
| Communist | E. Sheldon | 193 | 6.4 | ||
| Majority | 256 | 8.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,999 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. B. Dunn* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Gordon* | 1,142 | 75.8 | +12.1 | |
| Liberal | S. Hughes | 364 | 24.2 | −12.1 | |
| Majority | 778 | 51.6 | +24.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,506 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Somerset* | 893 | 50.6 | −17.3 | |
| Liberal | J. W. Davenport | 695 | 39.4 | +7.3 | |
| Labour | R. E. Slager | 177 | 10.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 198 | 11.2 | −24.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,765 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | S. Williamson* | 1,292 | 63.3 | +5.4 | |
| Conservative | H. Scholar | 750 | 36.7 | −5.4 | |
| Majority | 542 | 26.6 | +10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,042 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Lydiatt* | 1,824 | 73.3 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | V. Collett | 663 | 26.7 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 1,161 | 46.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,487 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Weedall | 1,019 | 68.5 | −4.8 | |
| Labour | V. Collett | 468 | 31.5 | +4.8 | |
| Majority | 551 | 37.0 | −9.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,487 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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