1963 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
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8 of 32 seats to Sale Municipal Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1963. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.[1][2]
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Liberal Party | 8,908 (48.4%) | ![]() |
5 (62.5%) | 5 / 8
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15 (46.9%) | 15 / 32
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Conservative Party | 5,968 (32.4%) | ![]() |
2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8
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12 (37.5%) | 12 / 32
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Labour Party | 3,547 (19.3%) | ![]() |
1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8
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5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32
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Full council
[edit]5 | 15 | 12 |
Aldermen
[edit]1 | 7 |
Councillors
[edit]4 | 15 | 5 |
Ward results
[edit]Brooklands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | P. W. Croft | 1,087 | 52.7 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | L. M. Angus-Butterworth | 974 | 47.3 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 113 | 5.4 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,061 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Mersey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | C. S. Fink* | 986 | 57.9 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | R. Procter | 716 | 42.1 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 270 | 16.8 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,702 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | J. B. Sullivan* | 1,289 | 58.1 | ||
Conservative | F. S. Laughton | 929 | 41.9 | ||
Majority | 360 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,218 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. John's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | H. K. Smith | 1,212 | 56.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. G. Houlgate | 821 | 38.4 | N/A | |
Labour | A. L. Merrick | 107 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 391 | 18.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,140 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Martin's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. S. Heath* | 1,489 | 38.9 | +2.0 | |
Labour | R. Mee | 1,168 | 30.6 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | R. Stockton | 1,166 | 30.5 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 321 | 8.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,823 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Russell* | 1,039 | 49.2 | +6.2 | |
Liberal | E. Hodkinson | 836 | 39.6 | −17.4 | |
Labour | A. Mackie | 238 | 11.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 203 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,113 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Paul's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. P. Mellor* | 850 | 55.4 | +18.0 | |
Liberal | J. Cooper | 685 | 44.6 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 165 | 10.8 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,535 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sale Moor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | V. A. M. Flynn | 1,647 | 58.2 | +14.5 | |
Labour | K. Walton | 1,184 | 41.8 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 463 | 16.4 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,831 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
By-elections between 1963 and 1964
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | J. Cooper | 773 | 50.3 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | P. A. A. Pepper | 582 | 37.9 | −0.5 | |
Labour | A. L. Merrick | 182 | 11.8 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 191 | 12.4 | −5.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,537 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |