1954 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1954 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
	13 May 1954
8 of 32 seats ; to Sale Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1954 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1954. 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	6,224 (57.0%)	1.3	7 (87.5%)	7 / 8	1	27 (84.4%)	27 / 32
Labour Party	3,905 (35.7%)	8.6	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8	1	5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Liberal Party	795 (7.3%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
5	27

Aldermen

↓
8

Councillors

↓
5	19

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. G. Steel*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. A. Jones*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. S. Laughton*	1,052	73.3	-16.6
	Liberal	B. T. Ames	795	42.8	N/A
Majority			257	13.8	-32.8
Turnout			1,847
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. J. Hobson*	1,353	69.5
	Labour	E. J. Macauley	595	30.5
Majority			758	39.0
Turnout			1,948
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. K. Kerr*	1,323	59.8	-8.6
	Labour	A. N. Keohane	888	40.2	+8.6
Majority			435	19.6	-17.2
Turnout			2,211
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Lee*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. G. Woodward	1,065	53.2	+0.2
	Conservative	V. S. Webb*	936	46.8	-0.2
Majority			129	6.4	+0.4
Turnout			2,001
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Bethell*	1,560	53.5	+12.8
	Labour	G. A. O'Brien	1,357	46.5	-12.8
Majority			203	7.0
Turnout			2,917
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Labour regain stronghold, checked at Sale Moor, Sale & Stretford Guardian, May 21, 1954, p.8
LABOUR CONTROLS STOCKPORT, The Manchester Guardian, May 14, 1954, p.4

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[1] Labour regain stronghold, checked at Sale Moor, Sale & Stretford Guardian, May 21, 1954, p.8

[2] LABOUR CONTROLS STOCKPORT, The Manchester Guardian, May 14, 1954, p.4