1960 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1960 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
8 of 32 seats ; to Sale Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	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.^[1]^[2]

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

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