1971 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Local election in Cheshire, England

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13 May 1971 (1971-05-13)

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal
Last election	5 seats, 48.9%	4 seats, 28.8%	2 seats, 21.5%
Seats before	22	7	3
Seats won	3	3	2
Seats after	18	9	5
Seat change	4	2	2
Popular vote	8,095	4,923	4,412
Percentage	45.8%	27.9%	25.0%
Swing	3.1%	0.9%	3.5%

Map of results of 1971 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 1971. 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	8,095 (45.8%)	3.1	3 (37.5%)	3 / 8	4	18 (56.3%)	18 / 32
Labour Party	4,923 (27.9%)	0.9	3 (37.5%)	3 / 8	2	9 (28.1%)	9 / 32
Liberal Party	4,412 (25.0%)	3.5	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	2	5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Independent	124 (0.7%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Communist Party	116 (0.7%)	0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
9	5	18

Aldermen

↓
2	6

Councillors

↓
7	5	12

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. S. Fink	970	44.7	−6.5
	Conservative	J. G. Blakeway*	948	43.6	−5.2
	Labour	E. McPherson	253	11.7	N/A
Majority			22	1.1	−1.3
Turnout			2,171
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	B. Clancy	1,056	57.0
	Conservative	I. H. Hurst*	797	43.0
Majority			259	14.0
Turnout			1,853
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Harvey*	1,107	40.7	−9.0
	Liberal	H. A. Brown	977	36.0	−14.3
	Labour	M. Rose	633	23.3	N/A
Majority			130	4.7
Turnout			2,717
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Orton*	1,152	59.4	+3.9
	Liberal	G. C. Pearson	786	40.6	+11.1
Majority			366	18.8	−8.2
Turnout			1,938
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Z. Keller	1,670	52.8	+0.6
	Conservative	A. J. Skinner	1,495	47.2	−0.2
Majority			175	5.6	+1.2
Turnout			3,165
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Gallimore	1,202	65.9	N/A
	Liberal	H. German	623	34.1	N/A
Majority			579	31.8
Turnout			1,825
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Castle	823	58.0	+6.3
	Conservative	S. Ritchie*	473	33.3	−15.0
	Independent	W. J. Sheedy	124	8.7	N/A
Majority			350	24.7	+21.3
Turnout			1,420
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Brotherton*	1,544	59.8
	Conservative	J. Hammond	921	35.7
	Communist	A. Burrage	116	4.5
Majority			623	24.1
Turnout			2,581
	Labour hold		Swing

References

Town by town election service, Manchester Evening News, May 14, 1971, p.16
Beating by Labour and Liberals, Sale Guardian, May 20, 1971, p.1

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