1957 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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9 May 1957 (1957-05-09)

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal
Last election	5 seats, 47.4%	2 seats, 35.1%	1 seats, 14.4%
Seats before	25	5	2
Seats won	4	2	2
Seats after	24	5	3
Seat change	1		1
Popular vote	5,688	3,599	2,613
Percentage	47.8%	30.2%	22.0%
Swing	0.4%	4.9%	7.6%

Map of results of 1957 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1957. 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.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	5,688 (47.8%)	0.4	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	1	24 (75.0%)	24 / 32
Labour Party	3,599 (30.2%)	4.9	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8		5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Liberal Party	2,613 (22.0%)	7.6	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	1	3 (9.4%)	3 / 32

Full council

↓
5	3	24

Aldermen

↓
8

Councillors

↓
5	3	16

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. P. R. Ainsworth	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	L. Stockdale*	908	64.3	N/A
	Conservative	A. Wilkinson	505	35.7	−24.0
Majority			403	29.5
Turnout			1,413
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. A. Tovey	1,072	50.7	−7.8
	Conservative	F. S. Laughton*	1,044	49.3	+7.8
Majority			28	1.3	−15.7
Turnout			2,116
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. J. Hobson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. S. Heath	1,563	58.3	+2.1
	Labour	W. Munro	1,120	41.7	−2.1
Majority			443	16.5	+4.1
Turnout			2,683
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Lee*	782	55.3	−6.9
	Liberal	L. Jones	633	44.7	+6.9
Majority			149	10.5	−13.9
Turnout			1,415
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. G. Woodward*	961	61.9	+6.5
	Conservative	E. Cowgill	592	38.1	+5.0
Majority			429	27.6	+5.3
Turnout			1,553
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. A. O'Brien*	1,518	55.8	−5.3
	Conservative	A. Gresty	1,202	44.2	+5.7
Majority			316	11.6	−11.4
Turnout			2,720
	Labour hold		Swing

References

Tory gloom as North-West swings to left, Manchester Evening News, May 10, 1957, p.15
"OTHER RESULTS FROM THE NORTH-WEST". Manchester Guardian. 10 May 1957. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

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