1966 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1966 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
9 of 32 seats ; to Sale Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1966 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 1966. 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	9,367 (52.3%)	8.7	7 (77.8%)	7 / 9	1	18 (56.3%)	18 / 32
Labour Party	4,024 (22.5%)	4.5	2 (22.2%)	2 / 9	1	8 (25.0%)	8 / 32
Liberal Party	4,516 (25.2%)	4.2	1 (11.1%)	1 / 9	2	6 (18.8%)	6 / 32

Full council

↓
8	6	18

Aldermen

↓
1	4	3

Councillors

↓
7	2	15

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. W. Croft*	882	50.6	+18.6
	Conservative	F. Hewitt	862	49.4	-10.6
Majority			20	1.2
Turnout			1,744
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. P. Bannister*	875	47.6	-4.6
	Labour	A. Z. Keller	681	37.1	+7.1
	Liberal	J. E. Thorner	282	15.3	-2.4
Majority			194	10.5	-11.8
Turnout			1,838
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. C. Swann	1,188	28.8
	Conservative	G. Thornton	1,151	28.0
	Liberal	E. M. Parker	903	21.9
	Liberal	J. B. Sullivan*	876	21.3
Majority			248	6.1
Turnout			4,118
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. K. Tedham*	1,027	56.4
	Liberal	J. Cooper	794	43.6
Majority			233	12.8
Turnout			1,821
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. L. Heath*	1,860	61.1	+12.9
	Labour	A. Wilkinson	1,182	38.9	+8.6
Majority			678	22.3	+4.4
Turnout			3,042
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Russell*	1,288	81.1	+22.2
	Labour	A. Mackie	301	18.9	+11.2
Majority			987	62.1	+36.6
Turnout			1,589
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. P. Mellor*	674	55.4
	Conservative	B. Oldfield	542	44.6
Majority			132	10.9
Turnout			1,216
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Harris	1,186	46.7	-5.9
	Liberal	V. A. M. Flynn*	779	30.7	-16.7
	Conservative	G. Yates	574	22.6	N/A
Majority			407	16.0	+10.8
Turnout			2,539
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

References

[1]

[2]

Search