1956 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1956 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
	10 May 1956
8 of 32 seats ; to Sale Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1956 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1956. 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	5,267 (47.4%)	5.6	5 (62.5%)	5 / 8	1	25 (78.1%)	25 / 32
Labour Party	3,899 (35.1%)	11.9	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8		5 (15.6%)	5 / 32
Liberal Party	1,599 (14.4%)	14.4	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8	1	2 (6.3%)	2 / 32
Independent	345 (3.1%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
5	2	25

Aldermen

↓
8

Councillors

↓
5	2	17

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. A. A. Pepper	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mersey

Mersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. G. Graham*	993	59.7
	Labour	A. Wilkinson	502	30.2
	Independent	C. A. Ralph	168	10.1
Majority			491	29.5
Turnout			1,663
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	J. S. Rowlinson	1,183	58.5
	Conservative	E. W. Wilkins*	841	41.5
Majority			342	17.0
Turnout			2,024
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. P. Harris	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. C. Peploe	1,263	56.2	-1.8
	Labour	W. Munro	984	43.8	+1.8
Majority			279	12.4	-3.6
Turnout			2,247
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Dickinson*	684	62.2
	Liberal	J. A. Tovey	416	37.8
Majority			268	24.4
Turnout			1,100
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. A. Winnington	851	55.4	+8.8
	Conservative	R. W. Paskin	509	33.1	-20.3
	Independent	A. E. Johnson	177	11.5	N/A
Majority			342	22.3
Turnout			1,537
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. M. Phillips*	1,562	61.1	+9.1
	Conservative	A. P. Jamieson	977	38.9	-9.1
Majority			585	22.2	+18.2
Turnout			2,539
	Labour hold		Swing

References

See how they polled - at a glance, Manchester Evening News, May 11, 1956, p.4
"LITTLE CHANGE IN CHESHIRE". Manchester Guardian. 11 May 1956. Retrieved 3 March 2024. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)

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[1] See how they polled - at a glance, Manchester Evening News, May 11, 1956, p.4

[2] "LITTLE CHANGE IN CHESHIRE". Manchester Guardian. 11 May 1956. Retrieved 3 March 2024. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)