1962 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1962 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
← 1961 10 May 1962 (1962-05-10) 1963 →
9 of 32 seats
to Sale Municipal Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Labour
Last election 2 seats,
40.0% 		4 seats,
35.7% 		3 seats,
24.3%
Seats before 19 6 7
Seats won 1 7 1
Seats after 14 12 6
Seat change Decrease5 Increase6 Decrease1
Popular vote 6,520 9,280 3,510
Percentage 33.9% 47.9% 18.2%
Swing Decrease6.1% Increase12.2% Decrease6.1%
Map of results of 1962 election
Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


No overall control

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1962. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.[1][2]

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 6,520 (33.9%)
Decrease 6.1 1 (11.1%)
1 / 9
 Decrease 5 14 (43.8%)
14 / 32
Liberal Party 9,208 (47.9%)
Increase 12.2 7 (77.8%)
7 / 9
 Increase 6 12 (37.5%)
12 / 32
Labour Party 3,510 (18.2%)
Decrease 6.1 1 (11.1%)
1 / 9
 Decrease 1 6 (18.8%)
6 / 32

Full council

↓
6 12 14

Aldermen

↓
1 7

Councillors

↓
5 12 7

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal E. E. Bradley 1,176 55.8 +9.6
Conservative P. A. A. Pepper* 931 44.2 −9.6
Majority 245 11.6
Turnout 2,107
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. Howarth* 880 44.7 −6.6
Conservative F. Leigh 758 38.5 −10.2
Labour D. Russell 331 16.8 −0.1
Majority 122 6.2 +3.6
Turnout 1,969
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal E. M. Parker 1,456 32.2
Liberal J. B. Sullivan 1,208 26.7
Conservative F. S. Laughton* 877 19.4
Conservative M. Schofield 798 17.6
Labour K. B. McCaul 188 4.1
Majority 331 7.3
Turnout 4,527
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. P. Harris* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal R. Lee 1,374 36.9 N/A
Conservative H. Jackson 1,260 33.8 −15.6
Labour R. Mee 1,094 29.3 −21.3
Majority 114 3.1
Turnout 3,728
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal G. A. Mitchell 1,233 57.0 +18.7
Conservative M. Dickinson* 930 43.0 −18.7
Majority 303 14.0
Turnout 2,163
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. A. Winnington* 614 37.4
Liberal J. Cooper 524 31.9
Conservative D. Carrington-Brown 504 30.7
Majority 90 5.5
Turnout 1,642
Labour hold Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal R. Newton 1,357 43.7 −7.4
Labour W. L. Baddeley 1,283 41.3 −7.6
Conservative C. Edwards 463 15.0 N/A
Majority 74 2.4 +0.2
Turnout 3,103
Liberal gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. ^ Here is how your town voted, Manchester Evening News, May 11, 1962, p.30
  2. ^ A LANDSLIDE! LIBERALS WIN 7 SALE COUNCIL SEATS, Sale & Stretford Guardian, May 11, 1962, p.12