1964 Hale Urban District Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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9 May 1964 (1964-05-09)

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4 of 12 seats
to Hale Urban District Council
6 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal	Residents
Seats before	8	3	1
Seats won	3	0	1
Seats after	8	2	2
Seat change		1	1
Popular vote	2,394	1,139	960
Percentage	47.3%	22.5%	19.0%

Map of results of 1964 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Hale Council were held on Saturday, 9 May 1964. 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	2,394 (47.3%)	3 (75.0%)	3 / 4		8 (66.7%)	8 / 12
Liberal Party	1,139 (22.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 / 4	1	2 (16.7%)	2 / 12
Residents	960 (19.0%)	1 (25.0%)	1 / 4	1	2 (16.7%)	2 / 12
Labour Party	563 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 / 4		0 (0.0%)	0 / 12

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2	2	8

Ward results

Bollin

Bollin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. S. Pickles*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. A. L. Sawyer*	1,098	66.5
	Liberal	J. H. Darling	552	33.5
Majority			546	33.0
Turnout			1,650	49.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

North

North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Godwin	705	38.0
	Liberal	E. P. Atkin*	587	31.6
	Labour	J. Cope	563	30.4
Majority			118	6.4
Turnout			1,855	63.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Wellgreen

Wellgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	S. A. Hatton	960	61.9
	Conservative	W. J. Geddes	591	38.1
Majority			369	23.8
Turnout			1,551	63.1
	Residents gain from Conservative		Swing

References

More Labour successess: Liberals slump, Manchester Evening News, May 11, 1964, p.7
Hale shock was defeat of Clr Atkin, Altrincham, Hale, & Bowdon Guardian, May 15, 1964, p.12

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