1957 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1957 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

9 May 1957 (1957-05-09)
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, 47.4% 2 seats, 35.1% 1 seats, 14.4% Seats before 25 5 2 Seats won 4 2 2 Seats after 24 5 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 5,688 3,599 2,613 Percentage 47.8% 30.2% 22.0% Swing 0.4% 4.9% 7.6%
Map of results of 1957 election
Leader of the Council before election Conservative Leader of the Council after election Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1957. 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		5,688 (47.8%)		0.4	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8	1	24 (75.0%)	24 / 32
Labour Party		3,599 (30.2%)		4.9	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8		5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Liberal Party		2,613 (22.0%)		7.6	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	1	3 (9.4%)	3 / 32

Full council

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5

3

24

Aldermen

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8

Councillors

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5

3

16

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. P. R. Ainsworth	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	L. Stockdale*	908	64.3	N/A
	Conservative	A. Wilkinson	505	35.7	−24.0
Majority			403	29.5
Turnout			1,413
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. A. Tovey	1,072	50.7	−7.8
	Conservative	F. S. Laughton*	1,044	49.3	+7.8
Majority			28	1.3	−15.7
Turnout			2,116
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. J. Hobson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. S. Heath	1,563	58.3	+2.1
	Labour	W. Munro	1,120	41.7	−2.1
Majority			443	16.5	+4.1
Turnout			2,683
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Lee*	782	55.3	−6.9
	Liberal	L. Jones	633	44.7	+6.9
Majority			149	10.5	−13.9
Turnout			1,415
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. G. Woodward*	961	61.9	+6.5
	Conservative	E. Cowgill	592	38.1	+5.0
Majority			429	27.6	+5.3
Turnout			1,553
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. A. O'Brien*	1,518	55.8	−5.3
	Conservative	A. Gresty	1,202	44.2	+5.7
Majority			316	11.6	−11.4
Turnout			2,720
	Labour hold		Swing