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1972 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1972. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office. These were the final elections held in Altrincham before it became part of Trafford . The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.
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Party Votes Seats Full Council Labour Party 5,749 (33.8%) .mw-parser-output .percentage-bar{position:relative;border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#fff;color:inherit;width:100px;max-width:100%;height:1.5em}.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar-fill{position:absolute;background-color:#dbdbdb;color:inherit;height:1.5em;width:50%}.mw-parser-output .percentage-bar-text{position:absolute;width:100%;height:1.5em;text-align:center;color:#000} 2.8 5 (55.6%) 5 / 9 4 12 (37.5%) 12 / 32 Conservative Party 5,557 (32.6%) 3.7 1 (11.1%) 1 / 9 6 11 (34.4%) 11 / 32 Liberal Party 5,521 (32.4%) 1.2 3 (33.3%) 3 / 9 2 8 (25.0%) 8 / 32 Independent 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 / 9 1 (3.1%) 1 / 32 Communist Party 203 (1.2%) 0.3 0 (0.0%) 0 / 9 0 (0.0%) 0 / 32
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Party Candidate Votes % .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Labour 872 64.2 −30.7 Conservative 424 31.2 N/A Communist 63 4.6 −0.5 448 33.0 −56.8 1,359 40.9 Labour gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 571 60.6 −3.7 Conservative 372 39.4 +3.7 199 21.2 −7.4 943 35.5 Labour gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 693 83.2 Communist 140 16.8 553 66.4 833 25.2 Labour hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative uncontested Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 871 51.7 Conservative 815 48.3 56 3.4 1,686 50.0 Liberal gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1,066 60.4 +7.5 Conservative 700 39.6 −7.5 366 20.8 +15.0 1,766 52.8 Liberal gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1,379 70.7 0 Conservative 571 29.3 0 808 41.4 0 1,950 53.3 Liberal hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,937 46.4 +11.0 Labour 1,676 40.2 +4.8 Conservative 1,366 32.7 −3.9 Liberal 1,325 31.7 +3.7 Conservative 1,309 31.4 −4.0 Liberal 880 21.1 −6.9 310 7.4 4,174 55.8 Labour gain from Conservative Labour gain from Conservative
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