1962 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

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10 May 1962 (1962-05-10)

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9 of 32 seats
to Sale Municipal Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal	Labour
Last election	2 seats, 40.0%	4 seats, 35.7%	3 seats, 24.3%
Seats before	19	6	7
Seats won	1	7	1
Seats after	14	12	6
Seat change	5	6	1
Popular vote	6,520	9,280	3,510
Percentage	33.9%	47.9%	18.2%
Swing	6.1%	12.2%	6.1%

Map of results of 1962 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

No overall control

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1962. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	6,520 (33.9%)	6.1	1 (11.1%)	1 / 9	5	14 (43.8%)	14 / 32
Liberal Party	9,208 (47.9%)	12.2	7 (77.8%)	7 / 9	6	12 (37.5%)	12 / 32
Labour Party	3,510 (18.2%)	6.1	1 (11.1%)	1 / 9	1	6 (18.8%)	6 / 32

Full council

↓
6	12	14

Aldermen

↓
1	7

Councillors

↓
5	12	7

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. E. Bradley	1,176	55.8	+9.6
	Conservative	P. A. A. Pepper*	931	44.2	-9.6
Majority			245	11.6
Turnout			2,107
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. Howarth*	880	44.7	-6.6
	Conservative	F. Leigh	758	38.5	-10.2
	Labour	D. Russell	331	16.8	-0.1
Majority			122	6.2	+3.6
Turnout			1,969
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	E. M. Parker	1,456	32.2
	Liberal	J. B. Sullivan	1,208	26.7
	Conservative	F. S. Laughton*	877	19.4
	Conservative	M. Schofield	798	17.6
	Labour	K. B. McCaul	188	4.1
Majority			331	7.3
Turnout			4,527
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. P. Harris*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Lee	1,374	36.9	N/A
	Conservative	H. Jackson	1,260	33.8	-15.6
	Labour	R. Mee	1,094	29.3	-21.3
Majority			114	3.1
Turnout			3,728
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. A. Mitchell	1,233	57.0	+18.7
	Conservative	M. Dickinson*	930	43.0	-18.7
Majority			303	14.0
Turnout			2,163
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. A. Winnington*	614	37.4
	Liberal	J. Cooper	524	31.9
	Conservative	D. Carrington-Brown	504	30.7
Majority			90	5.5
Turnout			1,642
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Newton	1,357	43.7	-7.4
	Labour	W. L. Baddeley	1,283	41.3	-7.6
	Conservative	C. Edwards	463	15.0	N/A
Majority			74	2.4	+0.2
Turnout			3,103
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ Here is how your town voted, Manchester Evening News, May 11, 1962, p.30
^ A LANDSLIDE! LIBERALS WIN 7 SALE COUNCIL SEATS, Sale & Stretford Guardian, May 11, 1962, p.12

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