1952 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

1952 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
8 of 32 seats ; to Sale Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1952 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1952. 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	6,181 (55.8%)	12.7	6 (75.0%)	6 / 8	2	29 (90.6%)	29 / 32
Labour Party	4,536 (40.9%)	13.7	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	2	3 (9.4%)	3 / 32
Liberal Party	365 (3.3%)	1.0	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. G. Goodliffe*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. H. Cunliffe*	1,109	51.0
	Labour	S. J. Cox	701	32.2
	Liberal	B. T. Ames	365	16.8
Majority			408	18.8
Turnout			2,175
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. F. Hampson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. B. Taylor*	1,505	72.3	−1.5
	Labour	L. G. Ditcham	577	27.7	+1.5
Majority			928	43.6	−3.0
Turnout			2,082
	Conservative hold		Swing

1952 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	R. M. Willan*	1,236	61.9
	Labour	E. W. Brownjohn	761	38.1
Majority			475	23.8
Turnout			1,997
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. A. Winnington	1,209	53.3	+12.0
	Conservative	P. M. Wellbeloved*	1,060	46.7	−12.0
Majority			149	6.6
Turnout			2,269
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Conway	1,288	50.3	+5.6
	Conservative	T. Brindley*	1,271	49.7	−5.6
Majority			17	0.6
Turnout			2,559
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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