1945 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
1945 English local election
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9 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, 1 November 1945. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.[1][2] These were the first local elections held in Sale since the outbreak of the Second World War.
Election result
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 6,228 (31.3%) | ![]() | 4 (44.4%) | 4 / 9 | ![]() | 13 (40.6%) | 13 / 32 | |||
Labour Party | 5,927 (29.8%) | ![]() | 3 (33.3%) | 3 / 9 | ![]() | 7 (21.9%) | 7 / 32 | |||
Independent | 3,544 (17.8%) | ![]() | 1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9 | ![]() | 7 (21.9%) | 7 / 32 | |||
Residents | 3,617 (18.2%) | ![]() | 1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9 | ![]() | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 | |||
Chamber of Trade | 0 (0.0%) | ![]() | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | ![]() | 1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32 | |||
Communist Party | 598 (3.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |
Full council
7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
Aldermen
3 | 5 |
Councillors
4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Ward results
Brooklands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. G. Steel | 1,114 | 45.2 | ||
Residents | W. Hanley | 923 | 37.4 | ||
Labour | T. Heywood | 428 | 17.4 | ||
Majority | 191 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,465 | ||||
Conservative gain from Residents | Swing |
Mersey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. A. Jones | 1,215 | 48.0 | ||
Labour | C. Mapp | 897 | 35.4 | ||
Conservative | H. H. Cunliffe | 870 | 34.4 | ||
Labour | J. T. Hills | 779 | 30.8 | ||
Residents | R. C. Lynden | 616 | 24.3 | ||
Residents | T. Marriott-Moore | 412 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | 22 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,531 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
St. Anne's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. F. Hampson* | 1,338 | 61.7 | +2.9 | |
Labour | R. G. Thomas | 831 | 38.3 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 507 | 23.4 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,169 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
St. John's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. B. Taylor* | 1,543 | 72.1 | ||
Communist | J. Dodd | 598 | 27.9 | ||
Majority | 945 | 44.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,141 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Martin's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. A. Costello* | 889 | 42.8 | +7.2 | |
Residents | J. Kershaw | 628 | 30.2 | -34.2 | |
Labour | E. H. Dorber | 560 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 261 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,077 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Mary's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Residents | E. Lee | 1,038 | 47.2 | -3.5 | |
Conservative | G. H. Jolley | 597 | 27.2 | -22.1 | |
Independent | L. Stockdale | 562 | 25.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 441 | 20.0 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,197 | ||||
Residents gain from Independent | Swing |
St. Paul's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Driver | 1,363 | 65.4 | +8.0 | |
Independent | J. F. Barnes* | 720 | 34.6 | -8.0 | |
Majority | 643 | 30.8 | +16.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,083 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Sale Moor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. M. Phillips | 1,069 | 56.2 | +13.4 | |
Independent | B. Flinter* | 834 | 43.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 235 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,903 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
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