1950 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1950 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
8 of 32 seats ; to Sale Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1950 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1950. 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]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	8,429 (65.4%)	1.0	7 (87.5%)	7 / 8		30 (93.7%)	30 / 32
Labour Party	3,943 (30.6%)	6.3	1 (12.5%)	1 / 8		2 (6.3%)	2 / 32
Liberal Party	457 (3.5%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Communist Party	54 (0.4%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. A. Wright*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. G. Graham*	1,602	75.2	+8.6
	Labour	G. Wadsworth	529	24.8	−8.6
Majority			1,073	50.4	+17.2
Turnout			2,131
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. W. Wilkins*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. P. Harris*	1,624	74.0
	Labour	T. Foster	570	26.0
Majority			1,054	48.0
Turnout			2,194
	Conservative hold		Swing

1950 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

Brooklands

Mersey

St. Anne's

St. John's

St. Martin's

St. Mary's

St. Paul's

Sale Moor

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Flinter*	1,444	72.2
	Labour	J. T. Hills	556	27.8
Majority			888	44.4
Turnout			2,000
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Dickinson	1,302	74.0	+3.4
	Liberal	B. T. Ames	457	26.0	N/A
Majority			845	48.0	+6.8
Turnout			1,759
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. L. Beeby*	1,213	57.7	+3.4
	Labour	G. A. O'Brien	834	39.7	−6.0
	Communist	B. H. Farnworth	54	2.6	N/A
Majority			379	18.0	+9.3
Turnout			2,101
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. M. Phillips	1,454	53.9	+6.5
	Conservative	S. Wheildon	1,244	46.1	−6.5
Majority			210	7.8
Turnout			2,698
	Labour hold		Swing

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