1947 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1947 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
8 of 32 seats ; to Sale Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1947 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Saturday, 1 November 1947. 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.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	10,607 (66.6%)	7.0	8 (100.0%)	8 / 8	3	24 (75.0%)	24 / 32
Labour Party	3,725 (23.4%)	1.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	1	5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Residents	1,315 (8.3%)	4.8	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	2	2 (6.3%)	2 / 32
Independent	0 (0.0%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		1 (3.1%)	1 / 32
Liberal Party	275 (1.7%)	1.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
5	2	1	24

Aldermen

↓
2	6

Councillors

↓
3	2	1	18

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. G. Steel*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. A. Jones*	2,062	72.6	+7.8
	Labour	A. Howarth	777	27.4	-7.8
Majority			1,285	45.2	+15.6
Turnout			2,839
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. H. Highley*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. G. McBeath*	1,926	73.8	-14.5
	Labour	M. Ogden	685	26.2	N/A
Majority			1,241	47.6	-29.1
Turnout			2,611
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. M. Willan	1,487	70.7	+21.1
	Residents	T. Marriott-Moore	614	29.2	+0.3
Majority			873	41.5	+20.8
Turnout			2,101
	Conservative gain from Residents		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Elliott	1,838	72.4	+15.3
	Residents	R. C. Lynden	701	27.6	-15.3
Majority			1,137	44.8	+30.7
Turnout			2,539
	Conservative gain from Residents		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. S. Webb	1,676	55.8	+1.9
	Labour	F. Dickens*	1,326	44.2	+5.2
Majority			350	11.7	-3.1
Turnout			3,002
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Bethell*	1,618	57.2	+22.5
	Labour	H. Dean	937	33.1	-5.6
	Liberal	S. G. Ford	275	9.7	-16.9
Majority			681	24.1
Turnout			2,830
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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