1963 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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9 May 1963 (1963-05-09)

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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	Liberal	Conservative	Labour
Last election	7 seats, 47.9%	1 seats, 33.9%	1 seats, 18.2%
Seats before	12	14	6
Seats won	5	2	1
Seats after	15	12	5
Seat change	3	2	1
Popular vote	8,908	5,968	3,547
Percentage	48.4%	32.4%	19.3%
Swing	0.5%	1.5%	1.1%

Map of results of 1963 election

Leader of the Council before election

No overall control

Leader of the Council after election

No overall control

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1963. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Liberal Party	8,908 (48.4%)	0.5	5 (62.5%)	5 / 8	3	15 (46.9%)	15 / 32
Conservative Party	5,968 (32.4%)	1.5	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	2	12 (37.5%)	12 / 32
Labour Party	3,547 (19.3%)	1.1	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8	1	5 (15.6%)	5 / 32

Full council

↓
5	15	12

Aldermen

↓
1	7

Councillors

↓
4	15	5

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. W. Croft	1,087	52.7	−3.1
	Conservative	L. M. Angus-Butterworth	974	47.3	+3.1
Majority			113	5.4	−6.2
Turnout			2,061
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. S. Fink*	986	57.9	+13.2
	Conservative	R. Procter	716	42.1	+3.6
Majority			270	16.8	+9.6
Turnout			1,702
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	J. B. Sullivan*	1,289	58.1
	Conservative	F. S. Laughton	929	41.9
Majority			360	16.2
Turnout			2,218
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. K. Smith	1,212	56.6	N/A
	Conservative	R. G. Houlgate	821	38.4	N/A
	Labour	A. L. Merrick	107	5.0	N/A
Majority			391	18.3
Turnout			2,140
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. S. Heath*	1,489	38.9	+2.0
	Labour	R. Mee	1,168	30.6	+1.3
	Liberal	R. Stockton	1,166	30.5	−6.4
Majority			321	8.3
Turnout			3,823
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Russell*	1,039	49.2	+6.2
	Liberal	E. Hodkinson	836	39.6	−17.4
	Labour	A. Mackie	238	11.2	N/A
Majority			203	9.6
Turnout			2,113
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. P. Mellor*	850	55.4	+18.0
	Liberal	J. Cooper	685	44.6	+12.7
Majority			165	10.8	+5.3
Turnout			1,535
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	V. A. M. Flynn	1,647	58.2	+14.5
	Labour	K. Walton	1,184	41.8	+0.5
Majority			463	16.4	+14.0
Turnout			2,831
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

By-elections between 1963 and 1964

St. John's By-election 8 August 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Cooper	773	50.3	−6.3
	Conservative	P. A. A. Pepper	582	37.9	−0.5
	Labour	A. L. Merrick	182	11.8	+6.8
Majority			191	12.4	−5.9
Turnout			1,537
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

References

Triumphant Labour tightens grip, Manchester Evening News, May 10, 1963, p.17
CONSERVATIVES LOSE MAJORITY ON SALE COUNCIL, Sale & Stretford Guardian, May 17, 1963, p.11
Liberals gain seat at by-election, Manchester Evening News, August 9, 1963, p.5

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