1967 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
11 May 1967
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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 1967 election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1967. 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
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 8,034 (58.0%) | 5.7 | 7 (87.5%) | 7 / 8
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3 | 21 (65.6%) | 21 / 32
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| Labour Party | 3,081 (22.2%) | 0.3 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8
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2 | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32
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| Liberal Party | 2,020 (14.6%) | 10.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8
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1 | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32
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| Independent | 599 (4.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8
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N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32
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| Communist Party | 115 (0.8%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8
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N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32
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Full council
| 6 | 5 | 21 |
Aldermen
| 1 | 4 | 3 |
Councillors
| 5 | 1 | 18 |
Ward results
Brooklands
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | J. W. Rodgers* | 1,118 | 65.0 | +15.6 | |
| Liberal | E. Mitchell | 602 | 35.0 | −15.6 | |
| Majority | 516 | 30.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,720 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Mersey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | J. L. Ferguson | 842 | 54.4 | +6.8 | |
| Labour | A. Z. Keller | 463 | 29.9 | −7.2 | |
| Liberal | J. B. Sullivan | 242 | 15.7 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 379 | 24.5 | +14.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,547 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Anne's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | F. S. Laughton* | 918 | 68.9 | ||
| Independent | A. Ashcroft | 415 | 31.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 503 | 37.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,333 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. John's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | K. A. Simpson | 1,025 | 58.8 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal | W. D. Penfold* | 718 | 41.2 | −2.4 | |
| Majority | 307 | 17.6 | +4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,743 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
St. Martin's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | J. Lewis | 1,676 | 58.5 | −2.6 | |
| Labour | W. Munro* | 1,187 | 41.5 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 489 | 17.0 | −5.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,863 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
St. Mary's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | H. Jackson* | 1,281 | 77.9 | −3.2 | |
| Independent | M. Brown | 184 | 11.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | A. Mackie | 180 | 10.9 | −8.0 | |
| Majority | 1,097 | 66.7 | +4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,645 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Paul's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | G. A. Banner | 564 | 54.7 | +10.1 | |
| Labour | J. Aston* | 468 | 45.3 | −10.1 | |
| Majority | 96 | 9.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,032 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Sale Moor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | R. Mee* | 783 | 39.8 | −6.9 | |
| Conservative | G. Yates | 610 | 31.0 | +8.4 | |
| Liberal | E. J. Maxim | 458 | 23.3 | −7.4 | |
| Communist | A. Burrage | 115 | 5.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 173 | 8.8 | +7.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,966 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||