1969 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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8 May 1969 (1969-05-08)

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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	9 seats, 55.1%	0 seats, 21.7%	0 seats, 29.2%
Seats before	25	4	3
Seats won	7	1	1
Seats after	25	4	3
Seat change
Popular vote	8,551	4,547	1,725
Percentage	57.3%	30.5%	11.6%
Swing	2.2%	8.8%	7.6%

Map of results of 1969 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1969. 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	8,551 (57.3%)	2.2	7 (77.8%)	7 / 9	25 (78.1%)	25 / 32
Liberal Party	4,547 (30.5%)	8.8	1 (11.1%)	1 / 9	4 (12.5%)	4 / 32
Labour Party	1,725 (11.6%)	7.6	1 (11.1%)	1 / 9	3 (9.4%)	3 / 32
Communist Party	88 (0.6%)	0.6	0 (0.0%)	0 / 9	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
3	4	25

Aldermen

↓
1	3	4

Councillors

↓
2	1	21

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. W. Croft*	1,034	54.9	+19.6
	Conservative	P. J. A. Parnacott	850	45.1	−19.6
Majority			184	9.8
Turnout			1,884
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. P. Bannister*	956	60.2	−0.2
	Liberal	R. L. Dallow	631	39.8	+0.2
Majority			325	20.4	−0.4
Turnout			1,587
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. E. Peet	1,234	29.4
	Conservative	L. C. Finch	1,210	28.9
	Liberal	A. M. Marshall	900	21.5
	Liberal	W. J. Golding	850	20.3
Majority			310	7.4
Turnout			4,194
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. K. Tedham*	1,292	63.4	−4.8
	Liberal	J. D. Moss	747	36.6	+4.8
Majority			545	26.7	−9.7
Turnout			2,039
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. G. Brownhill	1,987	66.9	+12.2
	Labour	A. P. Williams	982	33.1	−12.2
Majority			1,005	33.8	+24.4
Turnout			2,969
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Russell*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. P. Mellor*	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. A. Hood*	1,022	45.7
	Labour	A. Z. Keller	743	33.2
	Liberal	H. F. Jarvis	385	17.2
	Communist	A. Burrage	88	3.9
Majority			279	12.5
Turnout			2,238
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 1969 and 1970

St. Mary's By-election 30 October 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Vickers	972	56.6	N/A
	Liberal	P. Stock	745	43.4	N/A
Majority			227	13.2
Turnout			1,717
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Town by town poll results, Manchester Evening News, May 9, 1969, p.18
Conservatives sweep home in no change election, Sale Guardian, May 15, 1969, p.13
Tories keep seat, The Guardian, October 31, 1969, p.6

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