1954 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1954 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

13 May 1954 (1954-05-13)
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

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5

27

Aldermen

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8

Councillors

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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