1968 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
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9 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 1968. 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.[1][2]
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 10,132 (55.1%) | ![]() |
9 (100.0%) | 9 / 9
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24 (75.0%) | 24 / 32
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Liberal Party | 3,983 (21.7%) | ![]() |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9
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5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32
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Labour Party | 3,529 (19.2%) | ![]() |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9
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3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32
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Independent | 530 (2.9%) | ![]() |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32
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Communist Party | 212 (1.2%) | ![]() |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32
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Full council
[edit]3 | 5 | 24 |
Aldermen
[edit]1 | 4 | 3 |
Councillors
[edit]2 | 1 | 21 |
Ward results
[edit]Brooklands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. G. Blakeway | 1,158 | 64.7 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | W. J. Golding | 633 | 35.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 525 | 29.4 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,791 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Mersey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | V. S. Webb* | 877 | 60.4 | +6.0 | |
Liberal | J. B. Sullivan | 575 | 39.6 | +23.9 | |
Majority | 302 | 20.8 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,452 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. S. Laughton* | 1,248 | 58.6 | −10.3 | |
Liberal | A. Ashcroft | 880 | 41.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 368 | 17.2 | −20.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,128 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. John's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | K. Orton* | 1,325 | 68.2 | +9.4 | |
Liberal | E. H. Faulkner | 619 | 31.8 | −9.4 | |
Majority | 706 | 36.4 | +18.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,944 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Martin's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. A. G. Morgan Evans | 1,730 | 54.7 | −3.8 | |
Labour | W. Munro | 1,432 | 45.3 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 298 | 9.4 | −7.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,162 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Pollard* | 1,160 | 68.6 | −9.3 | |
Independent | M. Brown | 530 | 31.4 | +20.2 | |
Majority | 630 | 37.2 | −29.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,690 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Paul's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Rigby | 707 | 56.3 | +1.6 | |
Labour | T. A. Winnington* | 549 | 43.7 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 158 | 12.6 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,256 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Sale Moor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. E. Thompson | 981 | 19.8 | ||
Conservative | M. A. Hood | 946 | 19.1 | ||
Labour | G. Ewing* | 795 | 16.0 | ||
Labour | A. Z. Keller | 753 | 15.2 | ||
Liberal | V. A. M. Flynn | 638 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal | A. Roberts | 638 | 12.9 | ||
Communist | A. Burrage | 118 | 2.4 | ||
Communist | B. Panter | 94 | 1.9 | ||
Majority | 151 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,963 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |