1965 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1965. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council, from no overall control.[1][2]

1965 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

← 196413 May 1965 (1965-05-13)1966 →

10 of 32 seats
to Sale Municipal Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
PartyConservativeLiberalLabour
Last election4 seats,
34.1%
1 seats,
42.4%
3 seats,
21.2%
Seats before11147
Seats won703
Seats after1787
Seat changeIncrease6Decrease6Steady
Popular vote8,6985,8635,381
Percentage43.6%29.4%27.0%
SwingIncrease9.5%Decrease13.0%Increase5.8%

Map of results of 1965 election

Leader of the Council before election


No overall control

Leader of the Council after election


Conservative

Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Conservative Party8,698 (43.6%)
9.57 (70.0%)
7 / 10
617 (53.1%)
17 / 32
Liberal Party5,863 (29.4%)
13.00 (0.0%)
0 / 10
68 (25.0%)
8 / 32
Labour Party5,381 (27.0%)
5.83 (30.0%)
3 / 10
7 (21.9%)
7 / 32

Full council

7817

Aldermen

143

Councillors

6414

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeP. A. A. Pepper1,12960.0+6.7
LiberalR. L. Russell60332.0-14.7
LabourM. G. Whipp1508.0N/A
Majority52628.0+21.4
Turnout1,882
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing

Mersey

Mersey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeV. S. Webb*96152.3+10.8
LabourA. Z. Keller55230.0+0.1
LiberalI. A. Nicholls32417.7-10.9
Majority40922.3+10.7
Turnout1,837
Conservative holdSwing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeS. P. Harris1,34457.3+12.9
LiberalE. M. Parker*70229.9-11.5
LabourA. Whipp30112.8N/A
Majority64227.4+24.4
Turnout2,347
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing

St. John's

St. John's (2 vacancies)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeK. Orton1,22927.5
ConservativeW. K. Tedham1,14525.6
LiberalJ. Cooper*70215.7
LiberalD. R. James67615.1
LabourR. Harris4039.0
LabourT. F. Palmer3157.1
Majority4439.9
Turnout4,470
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeV. Hickman1,60448.2N/A
LabourA. Wilkinson1,00730.3N/A
LiberalR. Lee*71721.5N/A
Majority59717.9
Turnout3,328
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJ. Pollard1,28658.9+4.8
LiberalG. A. Mitchell*73033.4-3.3
LabourA. Mackie1697.7-3.5
Majority55625.5+8.1
Turnout2,185
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's (2 vacancies)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourT. A. Winnington*62441.0
LabourJ. Aston61340.3
LiberalW. R. Worsley28518.7
Majority32821.6
Turnout1,522
Labour holdSwing
Labour holdSwing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourG. Ewing*1,24752.6-0.3
LiberalR. J. Maxim1,12447.4+0.3
Majority1235.2-0.6
Turnout2,371
Labour holdSwing

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