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1959 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

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Local election in Cheshire, England
1959 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
← 1958 7 May 1959 (1959-05-07) 1960 →
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 4 seats,
50.2% 		3 seats,
33.0% 		1 seats,
16.8%
Seats before 21 5 4
Seats won 6 2 0
Seats after 22 7 3
Seat change Increase1 Steady Decrease1
Popular vote 8,560 3,469 3,013
Percentage 56.7% 23.1% 20.0%
Swing Increase6.7% Decrease9.9% Increase3.2%
Map of results of 1959 election
Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1959. 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 8,560 (56.9%) Increase 6.7 6 (75.0%) 6 / 8 Increase 1 22 (68.8%) 22 / 32
Labour Party 3,469 (23.1%) Decrease 9.9 2 (25.0%) 2 / 8 Steady 7 (21.9%) 7 / 32
Liberal Party 3,013 (20.0%) Increase 3.2 0 (0.0%) 0 / 8 Decrease 1 3 (9.4%) 3 / 32

Full council

↓
7 3 22

Aldermen

↓
8

Councillors

↓
7 3 14

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. A. A. Pepper* 1,156 58.1 −25.1
Liberal A. Howarth 832 41.9 N/A
Majority 324 16.3 −50.1
Turnout 1,988
Conservative hold Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. G. Graham* 1,241 69.2 −0.9
Labour C. Jackson 553 30.8 +0.9
Majority 688 38.4 −1.4
Turnout 1,794
Conservative hold Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. S. Laughton 1,188 44.2 +10.8
Liberal J. S. Rowlinson* 1,091 40.6 −10.8
Labour A. Quinn 407 15.2 0
Majority 97 3.6
Turnout 2,686
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. P. Harris* 1,189 52.2 +6.7
Liberal A. Chapman 1,090 47.8 +4.4
Majority 99 4.4 +2.3
Turnout 2,279
Conservative hold Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Jackson 1,812 58.4 +8.5
Labour E. P. Mellor 1,289 41.6 −8.5
Majority 523 16.8
Turnout 3,101
Conservative hold Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Dickinson* 1,303 86.2 +21.1
Labour L. I. Atkinson 208 13.8 +8.4
Majority 1,095 72.4 +36.8
Turnout 1,511
Conservative hold Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. A. Winnington* 1,012 60.1 +1.0
Conservative J. G. McBeath 671 39.9 −1.0
Majority 341 20.2 +2.0
Turnout 1,683
Labour hold Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. M. Phillips* uncontested
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. Town by town poll results, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1959, p.5
  2. Lancashire and Cheshire Boroughs, The Manchester Guardian, May 8, 1959, p.4
(1958 ←) United Kingdom 1959 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1960)
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