1971 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
Appearance
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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 1971 election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1][2]
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 8,095 (45.8%) | 3.1 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8
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4 | 18 (56.3%) | 18 / 32
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Labour Party | 4,923 (27.9%) | 0.9 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8
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2 | 9 (28.1%) | 9 / 32
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Liberal Party | 4,412 (25.0%) | 3.5 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8
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2 | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32
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Independent | 124 (0.7%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8
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N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32
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Communist Party | 116 (0.7%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32
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Full council
[edit]9 | 5 | 18 |
Aldermen
[edit]2 | 6 |
Councillors
[edit]7 | 5 | 12 |
Ward results
[edit]Brooklands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |