1969 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, 8 May 1969. 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 | 8,551 (57.3%) | ![]() |
7 (77.8%) | 7 / 9
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25 (78.1%) | 25 / 32
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Liberal Party | 4,547 (30.5%) | ![]() |
1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9
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4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32
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Labour Party | 1,725 (11.6%) | ![]() |
1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9
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3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32
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Communist Party | 88 (0.6%) | ![]() |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32
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Full council
[edit]3 | 4 | 25 |
Aldermen
[edit]1 | 3 | 4 |
Councillors
[edit]2 | 1 | 21 |
Ward results
[edit]Brooklands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | P. W. Croft* | 1,034 | 54.9 | +19.6 | |
Conservative | P. J. A. Parnacott | 850 | 45.1 | −19.6 | |
Majority | 184 | 9.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,884 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Mersey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. P. Bannister* | 956 | 60.2 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | R. L. Dallow | 631 | 39.8 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 325 | 20.4 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,587 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. E. Peet | 1,234 | 29.4 | ||
Conservative | L. C. Finch | 1,210 | 28.9 | ||
Liberal | A. M. Marshall | 900 | 21.5 | ||
Liberal | W. J. Golding | 850 | 20.3 | ||
Majority | 310 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,194 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. John's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. K. Tedham* | 1,292 | 63.4 | −4.8 | |
Liberal | J. D. Moss | 747 | 36.6 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 545 | 26.7 | −9.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,039 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Martin's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. G. Brownhill | 1,987 | 66.9 | +12.2 | |
Labour | A. P. Williams | 982 | 33.1 | −12.2 | |
Majority | 1,005 | 33.8 | +24.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,969 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Russell* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Paul's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. P. Mellor* | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sale Moor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. A. Hood* | 1,022 | 45.7 | ||
Labour | A. Z. Keller | 743 | 33.2 | ||
Liberal | H. F. Jarvis | 385 | 17.2 | ||
Communist | A. Burrage | 88 | 3.9 | ||
Majority | 279 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,238 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-elections between 1969 and 1970
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Vickers | 972 | 56.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | P. Stock | 745 | 43.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 227 | 13.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,717 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |