1968 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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9 May 1968 (1968-05-09)

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9 of 32 seats
to Sale Municipal Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal	Labour
Last election	7 seats, 58.0%	0 seats, 14.6%	1 seats, 22.2%
Seats before	21	5	6
Seats won	9	0	0
Seats after	24	5	3
Seat change	3		3
Popular vote	10,132	3,983	3,529
Percentage	55.1%	21.7%	19.2%
Swing	2.9%	7.1%	3.0%

Map of results of 1968 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1968. 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.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	10,132 (55.1%)	2.9	9 (100.0%)	9 / 9	3	24 (75.0%)	24 / 32
Liberal Party	3,983 (21.7%)	7.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 9		5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Labour Party	3,529 (19.2%)	3.0	0 (0.0%)	0 / 9	3	3 (9.4%)	3 / 32
Independent	530 (2.9%)	1.4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 9		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Communist Party	212 (1.2%)	0.4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 9		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
3	5	24

Aldermen

↓
1	4	3

Councillors

↓
2	1	21

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. G. Blakeway	1,158	64.7	−0.3
	Liberal	W. J. Golding	633	35.3	+0.3
Majority			525	29.4	−0.6
Turnout			1,791
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. S. Webb*	877	60.4	+6.0
	Liberal	J. B. Sullivan	575	39.6	+23.9
Majority			302	20.8	−3.7
Turnout			1,452
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. S. Laughton*	1,248	58.6	−10.3
	Liberal	A. Ashcroft	880	41.4	N/A
Majority			368	17.2	−20.6
Turnout			2,128
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Orton*	1,325	68.2	+9.4
	Liberal	E. H. Faulkner	619	31.8	−9.4
Majority			706	36.4	+18.8
Turnout			1,944
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. A. G. Morgan Evans	1,730	54.7	−3.8
	Labour	W. Munro	1,432	45.3	+3.8
Majority			298	9.4	−7.6
Turnout			3,162
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Pollard*	1,160	68.6	−9.3
	Independent	M. Brown	530	31.4	+20.2
Majority			630	37.2	−29.5
Turnout			1,690
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Rigby	707	56.3	+1.6
	Labour	T. A. Winnington*	549	43.7	−1.6
Majority			158	12.6	+3.3
Turnout			1,256
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. E. Thompson	981	19.8
	Conservative	M. A. Hood	946	19.1
	Labour	G. Ewing*	795	16.0
	Labour	A. Z. Keller	753	15.2
	Liberal	V. A. M. Flynn	638	12.9
	Liberal	A. Roberts	638	12.9
	Communist	A. Burrage	118	2.4
	Communist	B. Panter	94	1.9
Majority			151	3.1
Turnout			4,963
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

Town by town poll results, Manchester Evening News, May 10, 1968, p.18
100% ELECTION SUCCESS FOR TORIES, Sale Guardian, May 16, 1968, p.12

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Elections in the London boroughs were due in May 1967, but were postponed one year by the London Government Act 1967.

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