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1968 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

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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]

1968 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
← 1967 9 May 1968 (1968-05-09) 1969 →
9 of 32 seats
to Sale Municipal Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Labour
Last election 7 seats,
58.0% 		0 seats,
14.6% 		1 seats,
22.2%
Seats before 21 5 6
Seats won 9 0 0
Seats after 24 5 3
Seat change Increase3 Steady Decrease3
Popular vote 10,132 3,983 3,529
Percentage 55.1% 21.7% 19.2%
Swing Decrease2.9% Increase7.1% Decrease3.0%
Map of results of 1968 election
Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


Conservative

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 10,132 (55.1%)
  2.9 9 (100.0%)
9 / 9
   3 24 (75.0%)
24 / 32
Liberal Party 3,983 (21.7%)
  7.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 9
   5 (15.6%)
5 / 32
Labour Party 3,529 (19.2%)
  3.0 0 (0.0%)
0 / 9
   3 3 (9.4%)
3 / 32
Independent 530 (2.9%)
  1.4 0 (0.0%)
0 / 9
   0 (0.0%)
0 / 32
Communist Party 212 (1.2%)
  0.4 0 (0.0%)
0 / 9
   0 (0.0%)
0 / 32

Full council

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3 5 24

Aldermen

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1 4 3

Councillors

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2 1 21

Ward results

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Brooklands

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Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Mersey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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St. Martin's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Sale Moor (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

References

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  1. ^ Town by town poll results, Manchester Evening News, May 10, 1968, p.18
  2. ^ 100% ELECTION SUCCESS FOR TORIES, Sale Guardian, May 16, 1968, p.12
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