1956 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1956. 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]
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8 of 32 seats to Sale Municipal Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of results of 1956 election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election result
editParty | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 5,267 (47.4%) | 5.6 | 5 (62.5%) | 5 / 8
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1 | 25 (78.1%) | 25 / 32
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Labour Party | 3,899 (35.1%) | 11.9 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8
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5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32
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Liberal Party | 1,599 (14.4%) | 14.4 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8
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1 | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32
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Independent | 345 (3.1%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32
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Full council
edit5 | 2 | 25 |
Aldermen
edit8 |
Councillors
edit5 | 2 | 17 |
Ward results
editBrooklands
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. A. A. Pepper | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Mersey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. G. Graham* | 993 | 59.7 | ||
Labour | A. Wilkinson | 502 | 30.2 | ||
Independent | C. A. Ralph | 168 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 491 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,663 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | J. S. Rowlinson | 1,183 | 58.5 | ||
Conservative | E. W. Wilkins* | 841 | 41.5 | ||
Majority | 342 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,024 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. John's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. P. Harris | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Martin's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. C. Peploe | 1,263 | 56.2 | −1.8 | |
Labour | W. Munro | 984 | 43.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 279 | 12.4 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,247 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Mary's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Dickinson* | 684 | 62.2 | ||
Liberal | J. A. Tovey | 416 | 37.8 | ||
Majority | 268 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,100 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Paul's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. A. Winnington | 851 | 55.4 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | R. W. Paskin | 509 | 33.1 | −20.3 | |
Independent | A. E. Johnson | 177 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 342 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,537 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sale Moor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. M. Phillips* | 1,562 | 61.1 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | A. P. Jamieson | 977 | 38.9 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 585 | 22.2 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,539 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ See how they polled - at a glance, Manchester Evening News, May 11, 1956, p.4
- ^ "LITTLE CHANGE IN CHESHIRE". Manchester Guardian. 11 May 1956. Retrieved 3 March 2024.