1951 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

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10 May 1951 (1951-05-10)

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

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	7 seats, 65.4%	1 seats, 30.6%
Seats before	31	1
Seats won	9	0
Seats after	31	1
Seat change
Popular vote	7,879	3,131
Percentage	68.5%	27.2%
Swing	3.1%	3.4%

Map of results of 1951 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1951. 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	7,879 (68.5%)	3.1	9 (100.0%)	9 / 9	31 (96.9%)	31 / 32
Labour Party	3,131 (27.2%)	3.4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 9	1 (3.1%)	1 / 32
Liberal Party	490 (4.3%)	0.8	0 (0.0%)	0 / 9	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
1	31

Aldermen

↓
8

Councillors

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1	23

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*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. J. Hobson	1,580	73.8	−0.2
	Labour	L. G. Ditcham	562	26.2	+0.2
Majority			1,018	47.6	−0.4
Turnout			2,142
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. K. Kerr	1,285	40.9
	Conservative	R. M. Willan*	1,245	39.6
	Labour	E. W. Brownjohn	615	19.6
Majority			630	20.0
Turnout			3,145
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Lee	1,208	71.1	−2.9
	Liberal	B. T. Ames	490	28.9	+2.9
Majority			718	42.2	−5.8
Turnout			1,698
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. S. Webb*	1,083	58.7	+1.0
	Labour	A. Howarth	761	41.3	+1.6
Majority			322	17.6	−0.4
Turnout			1,844
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Bethell*	1,478	55.3	+9.2
	Labour	C. B. Bloor	1,193	44.7	−9.2
Majority			285	10.7
Turnout			2,671
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Conservatives triumph in Council elections, Sale & Stretford Guardian, May 18, 1951, p.8
LITTLE CHANGE IN CHESHIRE, The Manchester Guardian, May 11, 1951, p.3

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