1962 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

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9 of 32 seats
to Sale Municipal Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
Party	Conservative	Liberal	Labour
Last election	2 seats, 40.0%	4 seats, 35.7%	3 seats, 24.3%
Seats before	19	6	7
Seats won	1	7	1
Seats after	14	12	6
Seat change	Decrease5	Increase6	Decrease1
Popular vote	6,520	9,280	3,510
Percentage	33.9%	47.9%	18.2%
Swing	Decrease6.1%	Increase12.2%	Decrease6.1%

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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1962. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.^{[1] [2]}

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Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	E. E. Bradley	1,176	55.8	+9.6
Conservative	P. A. A. Pepper*	931	44.2	−9.6
Majority			245	11.6
Turnout			2,107
Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Mersey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	A. Howarth*	880	44.7	−6.6
Conservative	F. Leigh	758	38.5	−10.2
Labour	D. Russell	331	16.8	−0.1
Majority			122	6.2	+3.6
Turnout			1,969
Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	E. M. Parker	1,456	32.2
Liberal	J. B. Sullivan	1,208	26.7
Conservative	F. S. Laughton*	877	19.4
Conservative	M. Schofield	798	17.6
Labour	K. B. McCaul	188	4.1
Majority			331	7.3
Turnout			4,527
Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	S. P. Harris*	uncontested
Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	R. Lee	1,374	36.9	N/A
Conservative	H. Jackson	1,260	33.8	−15.6
Labour	R. Mee	1,094	29.3	−21.3
Majority			114	3.1
Turnout			3,728
Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	G. A. Mitchell	1,233	57.0	+18.7
Conservative	M. Dickinson*	930	43.0	−18.7
Majority			303	14.0
Turnout			2,163
Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	T. A. Winnington*	614	37.4
Liberal	J. Cooper	524	31.9
Conservative	D. Carrington-Brown	504	30.7
Majority			90	5.5
Turnout			1,642
Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	R. Newton	1,357	43.7	−7.4
Labour	W. L. Baddeley	1,283	41.3	−7.6
Conservative	C. Edwards	463	15.0	N/A
Majority			74	2.4	+0.2
Turnout			3,103
Liberal gain from Labour		Swing