1967 Hale Urban District Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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6 May 1967 (1967-05-06)

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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	Residents	Liberal
Last election	2 seats, 46.3%	1 seats, 29.3%	1 seats, 17.6%
Seats before	7	3	2
Seats won	3	1	0
Seats after	7	3	2
Seat change
Popular vote	835	0	777
Percentage	46.0%	0.0%	42.8%
Swing	0.3%	29.3%	25.2%

Map of results of 1967 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Hale Council were held on Saturday, 6 May 1967. 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	835 (46.0%)	0.3	3 (75.0%)	3 / 4	7 (58.3%)	7 / 12
Residents	0 (0.0%)	29.3	1 (25.0%)	1 / 4	3 (25.0%)	3 / 12
Liberal Party	777 (42.8%)	25.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 4	2 (16.7%)	2 / 12
Labour Party	202 (11.3%)	4.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 12

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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*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

North

North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Godwin*	835	46.0	+8.3
	Liberal	A. D. Young	777	42.8	−3.5
	Labour	D. R. Merriman	202	11.1	−6.9
Majority			58	3.2
Turnout			1,814	63.2	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wellgreen

Wellgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	S. A. Hatton*	uncontested
	Residents hold		Swing

References

Hale, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1967, p.4
Tories hold Hale North Ward, Altrincham, Hale, & Bowdon Guardian, May 11, 1967, p.11

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