1960 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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12 May 1960 (1960-05-12)

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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	6 seats, 56.7%	2 seats, 23.1%	0 seats, 20.0%
Seats before	21	7	4
Seats won	5	2	1
Seats after	22	7	3
Seat change	1		1
Popular vote	5,908	3,104	4,309
Percentage	44.4%	23.3%	32.3%
Swing	12.5%	0.2%	12.3%

Map of results of 1960 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1960. 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	5,908 (44.4%)	12.5	5 (62.5%)	5 / 8	1	22 (68.8%)	22 / 32
Labour Party	3,104 (23.3%)	0.2	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8		7 (21.9%)	7 / 32
Liberal Party	4,309 (32.3%)	12.3	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8	1	3 (9.4%)	3 / 32

Full council

↓
7	3	22

Aldermen

↓
8

Councillors

↓
7	3	14

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. P. R. Ainsworth*	1,082	62.7	+4.6
	Liberal	A. Howarth	643	37.3	−4.6
Majority			439	25.4	+9.1
Turnout			1,725
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. S. Fink	796	51.2	N/A
	Conservative	P. W. H. Revington	759	48.8	−20.4
Majority			37	2.4
Turnout			1,555
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. J. Thorogood	1,028	47.0	+2.8
	Liberal	E. M. Parker	863	39.5	−1.1
	Labour	K. Walton	287	13.1	−2.1
Majority			165	7.5	+3.9
Turnout			2,178
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. J. Hobson*	972	50.1	−2.1
	Liberal	R. E. Puddephatt	968	49.9	+2.1
Majority			4	0.2	−4.2
Turnout			1,940
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. S. Heath*	1,736	64.1	+5.7
	Labour	E. P. Mellor	971	35.9	−5.7
Majority			765	28.2	+11.4
Turnout			2,707
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Russell	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. G. Woodward*	757	69.6	+9.5
	Conservative	L. Besford	331	30.4	−9.5
Majority			426	39.2	+19.0
Turnout			1,088
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. A. O'Brien*	1,089	51.2	N/A
	Liberal	N. H. Thompson	1,039	48.8	N/A
Majority			50	2.4
Turnout			2,128
	Labour hold		Swing

References

All the results from your town, Manchester Evening News, May 13, 1960, p.29
Lancashire and Cheshire boroughs, The Guardian, May 13, 1960, p.12

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