1970 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
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11 of 32 seats to Sale Municipal Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. 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 | 9,972 (48.9%) | ![]() |
5 (45.5%) | 5 / 11
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22 (68.8%) | 22 / 32
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Labour Party | 5,875 (28.8%) | ![]() |
4 (36.4%) | 4 / 11
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6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32
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Liberal Party | 4,392 (21.5%) | ![]() |
2 (18.2%) | 2 / 11
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4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32
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Communist Party | 161 (0.8%) | ![]() |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 11
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32
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Full council
[edit]6 | 4 | 22 |
Aldermen
[edit]1 | 1 | 6 |
Councillors
[edit]5 | 3 | 16 |
Ward results
[edit]Brooklands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | M. Horlock | 998 | 51.2 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | R. J. Shepherd | 951 | 48.8 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 47 | 2.4 | −7.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,949 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Mersey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. L. Ferguson* | 948 | 52.4 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | J. M. Parkins | 895 | 49.5 | −10.7 | |
Conservative | I. H. Hurst | 877 | 48.5 | −11.7 | |
Liberal | C. S. Fink | 680 | 37.6 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | R. L. Dallow | 565 | 31.2 | −8.6 | |
Liberal | A. Howarth | 530 | 29.3 | −10.5 | |
Labour | A. Z. Keller | 328 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Labour | E. McPherson | 302 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Palmer | 290 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 197 | 10.9 | −9.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,809 | 48.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | W. J. Golding | 990 | 50.3 | ||
Conservative | L. C. Finch* | 980 | 49.7 | ||
Majority | 10 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,970 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. John's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. S. Long | 1,183 | 55.5 | −7.9 | |
Liberal | J. D. Moss | 629 | 29.5 | −7.1 | |
Labour | R. Lee | 320 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 554 | 26.0 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,132 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Martin's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Munro | 1,611 | 52.2 | +19.1 | |
Conservative | J. Lewis* | 1,478 | 47.8 | −19.1 | |
Majority | 133 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,089 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Jackson* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Aston | 760 | 51.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. A. Banner* | 710 | 48.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 50 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,470 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sale Moor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Mee* | 1,211 | 27.7 | ||
Labour | B. Brotherton | 1,053 | 24.1 | ||
Conservative | M. Sanders | 977 | 22.3 | ||
Conservative | J. Woodward | 973 | 22.2 | ||
Communist | A. Burrage | 161 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 76 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,375 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
By-elections between 1970 and 1971
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | K. Walton | 516 | 43.5 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | J. Plumbley | 462 | 39.0 | −9.3 | |
Liberal | C. S. Fink | 280 | 23.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 54 | 4.6 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,186 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |