1937 Altrincham Municipal Borough Council election
Appearance
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21 of 28 seats to Altrincham Municipal Borough Council 14 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The first elections to Altrincham Council were held on Monday, 1 November 1937. This was a new council to replace Altrincham Urban District Council. This election would create the entire 28-member council (three councillors to each ward and seven aldermen) to administer the municipal borough. Independents won overall control of the council.[1][2]
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||
Independent | 15,336 (89.3%) | 17 (81.0%) | 17 / 21
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23 (82.1%) | 23 / 28
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Labour Party | 1,736 (10.6%) | 4 (19.0%) | 4 / 21
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5 (17.9%) | 5 / 28
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Full council
[edit]5 | 23 |
Aldermen
[edit]1 | 6 |
Councillors
[edit]4 | 17 |
Ward results
[edit]Dunham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. C. Handford* | uncontested | |||
Labour | A. Vesey* | uncontested | |||
Independent | W. Waterhouse* | uncontested | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
East Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. Whitley* | 1,210 | 27.8 | ||
Independent | A. E. Weston* | 1,077 | 24.7 | ||
Independent | J. S. Pearson* | 1,035 | 23.8 | ||
Independent | T. Clayton* | 1,031 | 23.7 | ||
Majority | 4 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,353 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. G. H. Biddle* | uncontested | |||
Labour | T. Farrar* | uncontested | |||
Labour | R. H. Lee* | uncontested | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
South West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. N. Garner* | 1,086 | 20.1 | ||
Independent | P. Hewitt* | 1,036 | 19.1 | ||
Independent | T. P. Bell Houlden* | 953 | 17.6 | ||
Independent | H. Bailey* | 815 | 15.1 | ||
Independent | W. Bradley Jones* | 782 | 14.4 | ||
Independent | W. W. Stanier | 741 | 13.7 | ||
Majority | 138 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 5,414 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Timperley (1)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. L. Warren* | 904 | 25.5 | ||
Independent | W. H. Walker* | 859 | 24.2 | ||
Independent | A. Edge* | 822 | 23.2 | ||
Labour | F. B. Meadowcroft | 501 | 15.1 | ||
Labour | H. Keay | 458 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | 321 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,544 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Timperley (2)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. H. Cosgrove* | 1,059 | 27.4 | ||
Independent | C. Applewhite* | 986 | 25.5 | ||
Independent | G. C. Aldhouse | 940 | 24.3 | ||
Labour | J. J. Cummings | 440 | 11.4 | ||
Labour | A. Peacock | 437 | 11.3 | ||
Majority | 500 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,862 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Timperley (3)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Dawson* | uncontested | |||
Independent | G. M. Rourke* | uncontested | |||
Independent | E. Webb* | uncontested | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Aldermanic election
[edit]Aldermanic elections took place at the council's inaugural meeting on 9 November 1937, all seven of the borough's aldermen were up for election by the council.[3][4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Applewhite* | uncontested | |||
Independent | A. Edge* | uncontested | |||
Independent | S. N. Garner* | uncontested | |||
Labour | R. H. Lee* | uncontested | |||
Independent | W. Waterhouse* | uncontested | |||
Independent | E. Webb* | uncontested | |||
Independent | A. E. Weston* | uncontested | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
By-elections between 1937 and 1938
[edit]By-elections were held in every ward on 4 December 1937 to fill the vacancies created by the Aldermanic election.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. H. E. Anderson | 423 | 52.7 | N/A | |
Independent | E. T. Lockett | 379 | 47.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 44 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 802 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Clayton | uncontested | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Keay | 472 | 55.7 | N/A | |
Independent | W. H. Lill | 222 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Independent | G. H. Wood | 152 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 250 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 846 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | H. Bailey | 868 | 84.2 | ||
Labour | G. Cook | 163 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 705 | 68.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,031 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Dwyer | 504 | 54.3 | ||
Labour | F. B. Meadowcroft | 425 | 45.7 | ||
Majority | 79 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 929 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. H. Lingard | 621 | 74.1 | ||
Labour | A. Peacock | 217 | 25.9 | ||
Majority | 404 | 48.2 | |||
Turnout | 838 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. Bradley Jones | uncontested | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ ALTRINCHAM'S FIRST BOROUGH ELECTION, The Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1937, p.13
- ^ ALTRINCHAM'S FIRST COUNCILLORS, Wilmslow and Alderley and Knutsford Advertiser, November 5, 1937, p.11
- ^ a b LORD STAMFORD ELECTED FIRST MAYOR OF ALTRINCHAM, The Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1937, p.5
- ^ ALTRINCHAM MAKES MORE HISTORY, Wilmslow and Alderley and Knutsford Advertiser, November 12, 1937, p.11
- ^ ALTRINCHAM BY-ELECTIONS, Wilmslow and Alderley and Knutsford Advertiser, December 10, 1937, p.11