1965 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1965. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council, from no overall control.

1965 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

13 May 1965 (1965-05-13)
10 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 4 seats, 34.1% 1 seats, 42.4% 3 seats, 21.2% Seats before 11 14 7 Seats won 7 0 3 Seats after 17 8 7 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 8,698 5,863 5,381 Percentage 43.6% 29.4% 27.0% Swing 9.5% 13.0% 5.8%
Map of results of 1965 election
Leader of the Council before election No overall control Leader of the Council after election Conservative

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party		8,698 (43.6%)		9.5	7 (70.0%)	7 / 10	6	17 (53.1%)	17 / 32
Liberal Party		5,863 (29.4%)		13.0	0 (0.0%)	0 / 10	6	8 (25.0%)	8 / 32
Labour Party		5,381 (27.0%)		5.8	3 (30.0%)	3 / 10		7 (21.9%)	7 / 32

Full council

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7

8

17

Aldermen

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1

4

3

Councillors

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6

4

14

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. A. A. Pepper	1,129	60.0	+6.7
	Liberal	R. L. Russell	603	32.0	−14.7
	Labour	M. G. Whipp	150	8.0	N/A
Majority			526	28.0	+21.4
Turnout			1,882
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Mersey

Mersey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. S. Webb*	961	52.3	+10.8
	Labour	A. Z. Keller	552	30.0	+0.1
	Liberal	I. A. Nicholls	324	17.7	−10.9
Majority			409	22.3	+10.7
Turnout			1,837
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. P. Harris	1,344	57.3	+12.9
	Liberal	E. M. Parker*	702	29.9	−11.5
	Labour	A. Whipp	301	12.8	N/A
Majority			642	27.4	+24.4
Turnout			2,347
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. John's

St. John's (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Orton	1,229	27.5
	Conservative	W. K. Tedham	1,145	25.6
	Liberal	J. Cooper*	702	15.7
	Liberal	D. R. James	676	15.1
	Labour	R. Harris	403	9.0
	Labour	T. F. Palmer	315	7.1
Majority			443	9.9
Turnout			4,470
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Hickman	1,604	48.2	N/A
	Labour	A. Wilkinson	1,007	30.3	N/A
	Liberal	R. Lee*	717	21.5	N/A
Majority			597	17.9
Turnout			3,328
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Pollard	1,286	58.9	+4.8
	Liberal	G. A. Mitchell*	730	33.4	−3.3
	Labour	A. Mackie	169	7.7	−3.5
Majority			556	25.5	+8.1
Turnout			2,185
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. A. Winnington*	624	41.0
	Labour	J. Aston	613	40.3
	Liberal	W. R. Worsley	285	18.7
Majority			328	21.6
Turnout			1,522
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Ewing*	1,247	52.6	−0.3
	Liberal	R. J. Maxim	1,124	47.4	+0.3
Majority			123	5.2	−0.6
Turnout			2,371
	Labour hold		Swing