1936 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1936 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
8 of 32 seats ; to Sale Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1936 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Independent	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Independent

Elections to Sale Council were held on Monday, 2 November 1936. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. Independents retained overall control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Independent	3,699 (56.8%)	1.0	15 (75.0%)	6 / 8	1	25 (78.1%)	25 / 32
Labour Party	1,980 (30.4%)	9.1	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8	1	4 (12.5%)	4 / 32
Chamber of Trade	0 (0.0%)	2.5	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		2 (6.2%)	2 / 32
Residents	830 (12.8%)	N/A	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8	1	1 (3.1%)	1 / 32

Full council

↓
4	1	25	2

Aldermen

↓
1	7

Councillors

↓
3	1	18	2

Ward results

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	F. B. Taylor	541	62.3
	Independent	C. A. Ryder*	328	37.7
Majority			213	24.5
Turnout			869
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

East

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B. Flinter*	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. W. Turner*	480	50.8
	Labour	C. Mapp*	464	49.2
Majority			16	1.6
Turnout			944
	Independent hold		Swing

North

North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. H. Wilson*	651	58.6
	Labour	H. C. Wade	459	41.4
Majority			192	17.3
Turnout			1,110
	Independent hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W. A. Costello	829	65.2
	Labour	E. H. Thomas	442	34.8
Majority			387	30.4
Turnout			1,271
	Independent hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. B. Provis*	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

South

South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	L. W. Coxon	830	64.5
	Independent	E. N. Bowden*	457	35.5
Majority			373	29.0
Turnout			1,287
	Residents gain from Independent		Swing

West

West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Townend*	615	59.8
	Independent	W. Birch	413	40.2
Majority			202	19.6
Turnout			1,028
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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