1971 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1971. 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.

1971 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

13 May 1971 (1971-05-13)
8 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 5 seats, 48.9% 4 seats, 28.8% 2 seats, 21.5% Seats before 22 7 3 Seats won 3 3 2 Seats after 18 9 5 Seat change 4 2 2 Popular vote 8,095 4,923 4,412 Percentage 45.8% 27.9% 25.0% Swing 3.1% 0.9% 3.5%
Map of results of 1971 election
Leader of the Council before election Conservative Leader of the Council after election Conservative

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party		8,095 (45.8%)		3.1	3 (37.5%)	3 / 8	4	18 (56.3%)	18 / 32
Labour Party		4,923 (27.9%)		0.9	3 (37.5%)	3 / 8	2	9 (28.1%)	9 / 32
Liberal Party		4,412 (25.0%)		3.5	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	2	5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Independent		124 (0.7%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Communist Party		116 (0.7%)		0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

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18

Aldermen

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6

Councillors

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5

12

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. S. Fink	970	44.7	−6.5
	Conservative	J. G. Blakeway*	948	43.6	−5.2
	Labour	E. McPherson	253	11.7	N/A
Majority			22	1.1	−1.3
Turnout			2,171
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Mersey

Mersey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	B. Clancy	1,056	57.0
	Conservative	I. H. Hurst*	797	43.0
Majority			259	14.0
Turnout			1,853
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Harvey*	1,107	40.7	−9.0
	Liberal	H. A. Brown	977	36.0	−14.3
	Labour	M. Rose	633	23.3	N/A
Majority			130	4.7
Turnout			2,717
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Orton*	1,152	59.4	+3.9
	Liberal	G. C. Pearson	786	40.6	+11.1
Majority			366	18.8	−8.2
Turnout			1,938
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Z. Keller	1,670	52.8	+0.6
	Conservative	A. J. Skinner	1,495	47.2	−0.2
Majority			175	5.6	+1.2
Turnout			3,165
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Gallimore	1,202	65.9	N/A
	Liberal	H. German	623	34.1	N/A
Majority			579	31.8
Turnout			1,825
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Castle	823	58.0	+6.3
	Conservative	S. Ritchie*	473	33.3	−15.0
	Independent	W. J. Sheedy	124	8.7	N/A
Majority			350	24.7	+21.3
Turnout			1,420
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Brotherton*	1,544	59.8
	Conservative	J. Hammond	921	35.7
	Communist	A. Burrage	116	4.5
Majority			623	24.1
Turnout			2,581
	Labour hold		Swing