1970 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. 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.

1970 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

7 May 1970 (1970-05-07)
11 of 32 seats to Sale Municipal Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Last election 7 seats, 57.3% 1 seats, 11.6% 1 seats, 30.5% Seats before 27 3 2 Seats won 5 4 2 Seats after 22 6 4 Seat change 5 3 2 Popular vote 9,972 5,875 4,392 Percentage 48.9% 28.8% 21.5% Swing 8.4% 17.2% 9.0%
Map of results of 1970 election
Leader of the Council before election Conservative Leader of the Council after election Conservative

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party		9,972 (48.9%)		8.4	5 (45.5%)	5 / 11	5	22 (68.8%)	22 / 32
Labour Party		5,875 (28.8%)		17.2	4 (36.4%)	4 / 11	3	6 (18.8%)	6 / 32
Liberal Party		4,392 (21.5%)		9.0	2 (18.2%)	2 / 11	2	4 (12.5%)	4 / 32
Communist Party		161 (0.8%)		0.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 11		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

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6

4

22

Aldermen

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1

1

6

Councillors

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5

3

16

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. Horlock	998	51.2	−3.7
	Conservative	R. J. Shepherd	951	48.8	+3.7
Majority			47	2.4	−7.4
Turnout			1,949
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Mersey

Mersey (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. L. Ferguson*	948	52.4	−7.8
	Conservative	J. M. Parkins	895	49.5	−10.7
	Conservative	I. H. Hurst	877	48.5	−11.7
	Liberal	C. S. Fink	680	37.6	−2.2
	Liberal	R. L. Dallow	565	31.2	−8.6
	Liberal	A. Howarth	530	29.3	−10.5
	Labour	A. Z. Keller	328	18.1	N/A
	Labour	E. McPherson	302	16.7	N/A
	Labour	T. Palmer	290	16.0	N/A
Majority			197	10.9	−9.5
Turnout			1,809	48.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. J. Golding	990	50.3
	Conservative	L. C. Finch*	980	49.7
Majority			10	0.6
Turnout			1,970
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. S. Long	1,183	55.5	−7.9
	Liberal	J. D. Moss	629	29.5	−7.1
	Labour	R. Lee	320	15.0	N/A
Majority			554	26.0	−0.7
Turnout			2,132
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Munro	1,611	52.2	+19.1
	Conservative	J. Lewis*	1,478	47.8	−19.1
Majority			133	4.4
Turnout			3,089
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Jackson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Aston	760	51.7	N/A
	Conservative	G. A. Banner*	710	48.3	N/A
Majority			50	3.4
Turnout			1,470
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Mee*	1,211	27.7
	Labour	B. Brotherton	1,053	24.1
	Conservative	M. Sanders	977	22.3
	Conservative	J. Woodward	973	22.2
	Communist	A. Burrage	161	3.7
Majority			76	1.7
Turnout			4,375
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections between 1970 and 1971

St. Paul's By-election 17 September 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Walton	516	43.5	−8.2
	Conservative	J. Plumbley	462	39.0	−9.3
	Liberal	C. S. Fink	280	23.6	N/A
Majority			54	4.6	+1.2
Turnout			1,186
	Labour hold		Swing