Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Saturday, 1 November 1947. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. Due to boundary changes, two wards elected all three of their councillors. It was the first time that the Conservative Party stood candidates for election to Altrincham Council.[1] Independents retained overall control of the council.[2][3]
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12 of 32 seats to Altrincham Municipal Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election result
editParty | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Independent | 6,850 (28.4%) | 24.8 | 4 (33.3%) | 4 / 12
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3 | 20 (62.5%) | 20 / 32
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Conservative Party | 11,151 (46.2%) | N/A | 8 (66.7%) | 8 / 12
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8 | 8 (25.0%) | 8 / 32
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Labour Party | 4,873 (20.2%) | 15.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 12
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1 | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32
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Liberal Party | 1,270 (5.3%) | 0.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 12
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32
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Full council
edit4 | 20 | 8 |
Aldermen
edit2 | 6 |
Councillors
edit2 | 14 | 8 |
Ward results
editDunham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. J. L. Bryden | 1,153 | 53.4 | N/A | |
Labour | D. Norton | 1,008 | 46.6 | −18.2 | |
Majority | 145 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,161 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
East Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. S. Pearson* | 1,533 | 74.0 | −1.0 | |
Labour | J. Cogan | 540 | 26.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 993 | 48.0 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,073 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Odlin* | 1,393 | 62.0 | +12.1 | |
Labour | H. Keay | 853 | 38.0 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 540 | 24.0 | +12.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,246 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
South West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. M. Worthington | uncontested | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Timperley (1)
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. S. Watson* | 1,319 | 57.7 | N/A | |
Labour | C. Holt | 711 | 31.1 | −14.0 | |
Liberal | R. T. A. Prickett | 254 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 608 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,284 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Timperley (2)
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. M. Kelsall | 1,529 | 67.3 | ||
Conservative | M. Heath | 1,450 | 63.8 | ||
Conservative | E. Cashmore | 1,320 | 58.1 | ||
Independent | W. E. Bendell* | 868 | 38.2 | ||
Labour | A. M. Atherton | 650 | 28.6 | ||
Labour | A. Peacock | 614 | 27.0 | ||
Liberal | A. B. Hamer | 387 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | 452 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,273 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Timperley (3)
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. Marsland | 1,250 | 46.9 | N/A | |
Independent | A. S. Jarratt* | 765 | 28.7 | −31.4 | |
Labour | F. Hamer | 497 | 18.6 | −21.3 | |
Liberal | A. Hamer | 153 | 5.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 485 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,665 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Timperley (4)
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | F. Gibson* | 1,178 | 50.7 | ||
Conservative | E. M. Fitton | 1,146 | 49.3 | ||
Independent | E. Studley* | 1,113 | 47.9 | ||
Conservative | R. H. Lancaster | 1,045 | 45.0 | ||
Conservative | G. B. Jones | 937 | 40.3 | ||
Liberal | P. Fishpool | 476 | 20.5 | ||
Majority | 68 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,323 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |