1963 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1963 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
8 of 32 seats ; to Sale Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	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.^[1]^[2]

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

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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

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