1957 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1957. 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.

1957 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

9 May 1957 (1957-05-09)
8 of 32 seats to Sale Municipal Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Last election 5 seats, 47.4% 2 seats, 35.1% 1 seats, 14.4% Seats before 25 5 2 Seats won 4 2 2 Seats after 24 5 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 5,688 3,599 2,613 Percentage 47.8% 30.2% 22.0% Swing 0.4% 4.9% 7.6%
Map of results of 1957 election
Leader of the Council before election Conservative Leader of the Council after election Conservative

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party		5,688 (47.8%)		0.4	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	1	24 (75.0%)	24 / 32
Labour Party		3,599 (30.2%)		4.9	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8		5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Liberal Party		2,613 (22.0%)		7.6	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	1	3 (9.4%)	3 / 32

Full council

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5

3

24

Aldermen

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8

Councillors

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5

3

16

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. P. R. Ainsworth	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	L. Stockdale	908	64.3	N/A
	Conservative	A. Wilkinson	505	35.7	-24.0
Majority			403	29.5
Turnout			1,413
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. A. Tovey	1,072	50.7	-7.8
	Conservative	F. S. Laughton	1,044	49.3	+7.8
Majority			28	1.3	-15.7
Turnout			2,116
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. J. Hobson	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. S. Heath	1,563	58.3	+2.1
	Labour	W. Munro	1,120	41.7	-2.1
Majority			443	16.5	+4.1
Turnout			2,683
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Lee	782	55.3	-6.9
	Liberal	L. Jones	633	44.7	+6.9
Majority			149	10.5	-13.9
Turnout			1,415
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. G. Woodward	961	61.9	+6.5
	Conservative	E. Cowgill	592	38.1	+5.0
Majority			429	27.6	+5.3
Turnout			1,553
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. A. O'Brien	1,518	55.8	-5.3
	Conservative	A. Gresty	1,202	44.2	+5.7
Majority			316	11.6	-11.4
Turnout			2,720
	Labour hold		Swing