1935 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
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The first elections to Sale Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1935. This was a new council to replace Sale Urban District Council. This election would create the entire 32-member council (three councillors to each ward and eight aldermen). Independents won overall control of the council.[1][2]
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||
Independent | 11,432 (55.8%) | 15 (62.5%) | 15 / 24
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20 (62.5%) | 20 / 32
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Conservative Party | 4,196 (20.5%) | 5 (20.8%) | 5 / 24
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7 (21.9%) | 7 / 32
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Labour Party | 4,359 (21.3%) | 3 (12.5%) | 3 / 24
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4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32
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Chamber of Trade | 504 (2.5%) | 1 (4.2%) | 1 / 24
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1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32
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Full council
[edit]4 | 20 | 1 | 7 |
Aldermen
[edit]1 | 5 | 2 |
Councillors
[edit]3 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
Ward results
[edit]Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Paley Parrish* | 714 | 28.8 | ||
Chamber of Trade | M. F. Ratcliffe | 504 | 20.3 | ||
Independent | C. A. Ryder* | 455 | 18.4 | ||
Independent | A. E. Taylor* | 451 | 18.2 | ||
Independent | J. G. McBeath | 355 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 4 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,479 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Chamber of Trade win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Howe* | uncontested | |||
Independent | R. B. Pettener* | uncontested | |||
Independent | W. Proctor Smith* | uncontested | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Mersey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. G. Bird | 614 | 20.7 | ||
Independent | R. P. Bannister | 546 | 18.4 | ||
Independent | A. W. Turner | 483 | 16.3 | ||
Labour | J. W. Thomas* | 457 | 15.4 | ||
Labour | C. Mapp* | 445 | 15.0 | ||
Labour | E. H. Thomas | 423 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 26 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,968 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. W. Slate* | 614 | 20.3 | ||
Conservative | G. F. Gordon* | 574 | 19.0 | ||
Conservative | J. H. Wilson* | 523 | 17.3 | ||
Independent | F. D. Gee | 485 | 16.0 | ||
Labour | H. C. Wade | 459 | 15.2 | ||
Independent | E. S. Griffis | 373 | 12.3 | ||
Majority | 38 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,028 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
St. Martin's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. D. Phillips* | 843 | 29.4 | ||
Independent | T. Parker* | 821 | 28.6 | ||
Independent | S. Read* | 699 | 24.4 | ||
Labour | R. G. Thomas | 504 | 17.6 | ||
Majority | 195 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,867 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
St. Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. M. Newton* | 545 | 20.9 | ||
Independent | F. J. Atkinson* | 537 | 20.6 | ||
Independent | H. B. Provis | 522 | 20.1 | ||
Independent | G. Gibbon | 507 | 19.5 | ||
Independent | A. Gilbert | 493 | 18.9 | ||
Majority | 15 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,604 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. W. Mawer* | 1,095 | 27.9 | ||
Conservative | W. H. Wright* | 1,091 | 27.8 | ||
Conservative | E. N. Bowden* | 913 | 23.2 | ||
Independent | P. N. Clough | 830 | 21.1 | ||
Majority | 83 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,929 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Plant* | 774 | 28.5 | ||
Labour | A. E. Thomson* | 705 | 26.0 | ||
Labour | H. Townend* | 692 | 25.5 | ||
Independent | B. Flinter | 545 | 20.1 | ||
Majority | 147 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,716 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Aldermanic election
[edit]Aldermanic elections took place at the council's inaugural meeting on 9 November 1935, all seven of the borough's aldermen were up for election by the council.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | F. J. Atkinson* | uncontested | |||
Conservative | G. F. Gordon* | uncontested | |||
Independent | T. Howe* | uncontested | |||
Independent | J. Paley Parrish* | uncontested | |||
Independent | R. B. Pettener* | uncontested | |||
Labour | W. Plant* | uncontested | |||
Independent | J. W. Slate* | uncontested | |||
Conservative | W. H. Wright* | uncontested | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
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Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
By-elections between 1935 and 1936
[edit]By-elections were held on 7 December 1935 to fill the vacancies created by the Aldermanic election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. E. Taylor | uncontested | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Chamber of Trade | J. E. Hilton | 550 | 40.1 | N/A | |
Independent | B. Flinter | 422 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Independent | B. J. Presland | 399 | 29.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 23 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,371 | ||||
Chamber of Trade gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | F. H. Highley | 669 | 39.8 | ||
Independent | F. D. Gee | 581 | 34.5 | ||
Labour | H. C. Wade | 432 | 25.7 | ||
Majority | 149 | 8.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,682 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. R. Hulme | 453 | 37.4 | N/A | |
Independent | G. Gibbon | 391 | 32.3 | ||
Independent | A. Gilbert | 366 | 30.2 | ||
Majority | 62 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,210 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. N. Clough | 563 | 41.6 | ||
Conservative | A. Davies | 443 | 32.7 | ||
Independent | W. Mortimore | 348 | 25.7 | ||
Majority | 120 | 8.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,354 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | F. Dickens | 529 | 54.3 | ||
Independent | W. Birch | 446 | 45.7 | ||
Majority | 83 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 975 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |