Local election in Cheshire, England
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1960. 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 | | 5,908 (44.4%) | | 12.5 | 5 (62.5%) | | 1 | 22 (68.8%) | |
Labour Party | | 3,104 (23.3%) | | 0.2 | 2 (25.0%) | | | 7 (21.9%) | |
Liberal Party | | 4,309 (32.3%) | | 12.3 | 1 (12.5%) | | 1 | 3 (9.4%) | |
Full council
Aldermen
Councillors
Ward results
Brooklands
Brooklands Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | E. P. R. Ainsworth* | 1,082 | 62.7 | +4.6 |
| Liberal | A. Howarth | 643 | 37.3 | -4.6 |
Majority | 439 | 25.4 | +9.1 |
Turnout | 1,725 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Mersey
Mersey Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | C. S. Fink | 796 | 51.2 | N/A |
| Conservative | P. W. H. Revington | 759 | 48.8 | -20.4 |
Majority | 37 | 2.4 | |
Turnout | 1,555 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne's
St. Anne's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | A. J. Thorogood | 1,028 | 47.0 | +2.8 |
| Liberal | E. M. Parker | 863 | 39.5 | -1.1 |
| Labour | K. Walton | 287 | 13.1 | -2.1 |
Majority | 165 | 7.5 | +3.9 |
Turnout | 2,178 | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
St. John's
St. John's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | C. J. Hobson* | 972 | 50.1 | -2.1 |
| Liberal | R. E. Puddephatt | 968 | 49.9 | +2.1 |
Majority | 4 | 0.2 | -4.2 |
Turnout | 1,940 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Martin's
St. Martin's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | R. S. Heath* | 1,736 | 64.1 | +5.7 |
| Labour | E. P. Mellor | 971 | 35.9 | -5.7 |
Majority | 765 | 28.2 | +11.4 |
Turnout | 2,707 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Mary's
St. Mary's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | G. Russell | uncontested | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | C. G. Woodward* | 757 | 69.6 | +9.5 |
| Conservative | L. Besford | 331 | 30.4 | -9.5 |
Majority | 426 | 39.2 | +19.0 |
Turnout | 1,088 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Sale Moor
Sale Moor Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | G. A. O'Brien* | 1,089 | 51.2 | N/A |
| Liberal | N. H. Thompson | 1,039 | 48.8 | N/A |
Majority | 50 | 2.4 | |
Turnout | 2,128 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ All the results from your town, Manchester Evening News, May 13, 1960, p.29
- ^ Lancashire and Cheshire boroughs, The Guardian, May 13, 1960, p.12
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