1964 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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7 May 1964 (1964-05-07)

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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	5 seats, 48.4%	2 seats, 32.4%	1 seats, 19.3%
Seats before	16	11	5
Seats won	1	4	3
Seats after	13	13	6
Seat change	3	2	1
Popular vote	5,789	4,659	2,888
Percentage	42.4%	34.1%	21.2%
Swing	6.0%	1.7%	1.9%

Map of results of 1964 election

Leader of the Council before election

Liberal

Leader of the Council after election

No overall control

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1964. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Liberal Party lost overall control of the council.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Liberal Party	5,789 (42.4%)	6.0	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8	3	13 (40.6%)	13 / 32
Conservative Party	4,659 (34.1%)	1.7	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	2	13 (40.6%)	13 / 32
Labour Party	2,888 (21.2%)	1.9	3 (37.5%)	3 / 8	1	6 (18.8%)	6 / 32
Independent	313 (2.3%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
6	13	13

Aldermen

↓
1	7

Councillors

↓
5	13	6

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Daniel	997	53.3	+6.0
	Liberal	W. D. Penfold	875	46.7	−6.0
Majority			122	6.6
Turnout			1,872
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. J. Hamilton	782	41.5	−0.6
	Labour	A. Whipp	563	29.9	N/A
	Liberal	I. A. Nicholls	538	28.6	−29.3
Majority			219	11.6
Turnout			1,883
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. S. Laughton	976	44.4	+2.5
	Liberal	E. Hodkinson	910	41.4	−14.7
	Independent	H. L. Wilson	313	14.2	N/A
Majority			66	3.0
Turnout			2,199
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. D. Salem*	1,039	58.5	+1.9
	Conservative	K. Orton	736	41.5	+3.1
Majority			303	17.0	−1.3
Turnout			1,775
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Munro*	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Jackson	1,168	54.1	+4.9
	Liberal	R. Prenton	791	36.7	−2.9
	Labour	G. Ewing	198	11.2	−2.0
Majority			377	17.4	+7.8
Turnout			2,157
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Orme*	841	63.2	+7.8
	Liberal	J. Cooper	490	36.8	−7.8
Majority			351	26.4	+15.6
Turnout			1,331
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Mee	1,286	52.9	+11.1
	Liberal	R. C. Ankers	1,146	47.1	−11.1
Majority			140	5.8
Turnout			2,432
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Aldermanic election

Aldermanic elections took place at the first council meeting on 19 May 1964, four of the borough's aldermen were up for election by the council.

Sale Municipal Borough Aldermanic election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	R. Newton	13	54.2
	Liberal	C. S. Fink	12	50.0
	Liberal	A. Howarth	12	50.0
	Liberal	E. D. Salem	12	50.0
	Conservative	S. P. Harris*	10	41.7
	Conservative	R. P. Bannister*	8	33.3
	Conservative	J. G. Steel*	8	33.3
	Conservative	F. D. Gee*	7	29.2
Majority			2	8.3
Turnout			24
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections between 1964 and 1965

Mersey By-election 18 June 1964 (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. P. Bannister	846	24.7
	Conservative	V. S. Webb	796	23.2
	Labour	A. Whipp	544	15.9
	Labour	A. Wilkinson	500	14.6
	Liberal	I. A. Nicholls	394	11.5
	Liberal	N. Grant	348	10.2
Majority			252	7.4
Turnout			3,428
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. John's By-election 18 June 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. D. Penfold	690	44.7	−13.8
	Conservative	K. Orton	674	43.7	+2.2
	Labour	G. Merrick	178	11.5	N/A
Majority			16	1.0	−16.0
Turnout			1,542
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sale Moor By-election 18 June 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Ewing	1,163	52.2	−0.7
	Liberal	R. C. Ankers	553	24.8	−22.3
	Conservative	J. Pollard	512	23.0	N/A
Majority			610	27.4	+21.6
Turnout			2,228
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

References

How the towns voted, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1964, p.13
ALDERMANIC ELECTIONS WILL DECIDE CONTROL, Sale & Stretford Guardian, May 15, 1964, p.13
89 YEARS COUNCIL SERVICE IS ENDED IN 10 MINUTES, Sale & Stretford Guardian, May 22, 1964, p.11
LIBERALS LOSE 3 SEATS, JUST HOLD A FOURTH, Sale & Stretford Guardian, June 26, 1964, p.11

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