1954 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

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13 May 1954 (1954-05-13)

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

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	6 seats, 55.7%	2 seats, 44.3%
Seats before	28	4
Seats won	7	1
Seats after	27	5
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	6,224	3,905
Percentage	57.0%	35.7%
Swing	1.3%	8.6%

Map of results of 1954 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 1954. 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	6,224 (57.0%)	1.3	7 (87.5%)	7 / 8	1	27 (84.4%)	27 / 32
Labour Party	3,905 (35.7%)	8.6	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8	1	5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Liberal Party	795 (7.3%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
5	27

Aldermen

↓
8

Councillors

↓
5	19

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. G. Steel*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. A. Jones*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. S. Laughton*	1,052	73.3	−16.6
	Liberal	B. T. Ames	795	42.8	N/A
Majority			257	13.8	−32.8
Turnout			1,847
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. J. Hobson*	1,353	69.5
	Labour	E. J. Macauley	595	30.5
Majority			758	39.0
Turnout			1,948
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. K. Kerr*	1,323	59.8	−8.6
	Labour	A. N. Keohane	888	40.2	+8.6
Majority			435	19.6	−17.2
Turnout			2,211
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Lee*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. G. Woodward	1,065	53.2	+0.2
	Conservative	V. S. Webb*	936	46.8	−0.2
Majority			129	6.4	+0.4
Turnout			2,001
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Bethell*	1,560	53.5	+12.8
	Labour	G. A. O'Brien	1,357	46.5	−12.8
Majority			203	7.0
Turnout			2,917
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Labour regain stronghold, checked at Sale Moor, Sale & Stretford Guardian, May 21, 1954, p.8
LABOUR CONTROLS STOCKPORT, The Manchester Guardian, May 14, 1954, p.4

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