1971 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1971 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
8 of 32 seats ; to Sale Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1971 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1971. 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	8,095 (45.8%)	3.1	3 (37.5%)	3 / 8	4	18 (56.3%)	18 / 32
Labour Party	4,923 (27.9%)	0.9	3 (37.5%)	3 / 8	2	9 (28.1%)	9 / 32
Liberal Party	4,412 (25.0%)	3.5	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	2	5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Independent	124 (0.7%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Communist Party	116 (0.7%)	0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

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9	5	18

Aldermen

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2	6

Councillors

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7	5	12

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. S. Fink	970	44.7	-6.5
	Conservative	J. G. Blakeway*	948	43.6	-5.2
	Labour	E. McPherson	253	11.7	N/A
Majority			22	1.1	-1.3
Turnout			2,171
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	B. Clancy	1,056	57.0
	Conservative	I. H. Hurst*	797	43.0
Majority			259	14.0
Turnout			1,853
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Harvey*	1,107	40.7	-9.0
	Liberal	H. A. Brown	977	36.0	-14.3
	Labour	M. Rose	633	23.3	N/A
Majority			130	4.7
Turnout			2,717
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Orton*	1,152	59.4	+3.9
	Liberal	G. C. Pearson	786	40.6	+11.1
Majority			366	18.8	-8.2
Turnout			1,938
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Z. Keller	1,670	52.8	+0.6
	Conservative	A. J. Skinner	1,495	47.2	-0.2
Majority			175	5.6	+1.2
Turnout			3,165
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Gallimore	1,202	65.9	N/A
	Liberal	H. German	623	34.1	N/A
Majority			579	31.8
Turnout			1,825
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Castle	823	58.0	+6.3
	Conservative	S. Ritchie*	473	33.3	-15.0
	Independent	W. J. Sheedy	124	8.7	N/A
Majority			350	24.7	+21.3
Turnout			1,420
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Brotherton*	1,544	59.8
	Conservative	J. Hammond	921	35.7
	Communist	A. Burrage	116	4.5
Majority			623	24.1
Turnout			2,581
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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