Local election in Cheshire, England
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1969. 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 | | 8,551 (57.3%) | | 2.2 | 7 (77.8%) | | | 25 (78.1%) | |
Liberal Party | | 4,547 (30.5%) | | 8.8 | 1 (11.1%) | | | 4 (12.5%) | |
Labour Party | | 1,725 (11.6%) | | 7.6 | 1 (11.1%) | | | 3 (9.4%) | |
Communist Party | | 88 (0.6%) | | 0.6 | 0 (0.0%) | | | 0 (0.0%) | |
Full council
Aldermen
Councillors
Ward results
Brooklands
Brooklands Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | P. W. Croft* | 1,034 | 54.9 | +19.6 |
| Conservative | P. J. A. Parnacott | 850 | 45.1 | -19.6 |
Majority | 184 | 9.8 | |
Turnout | 1,884 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Mersey
Mersey Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | R. P. Bannister* | 956 | 60.2 | -0.2 |
| Liberal | R. L. Dallow | 631 | 39.8 | +0.2 |
Majority | 325 | 20.4 | -0.4 |
Turnout | 1,587 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne's
St. Anne's (2 vacancies) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | J. E. Peet | 1,234 | 29.4 | |
| Conservative | L. C. Finch | 1,210 | 28.9 | |
| Liberal | A. M. Marshall | 900 | 21.5 | |
| Liberal | W. J. Golding | 850 | 20.3 | |
Majority | 310 | 7.4 | |
Turnout | 4,194 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. John's
St. John's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | W. K. Tedham* | 1,292 | 63.4 | -4.8 |
| Liberal | J. D. Moss | 747 | 36.6 | +4.8 |
Majority | 545 | 26.7 | -9.7 |
Turnout | 2,039 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Martin's
St. Martin's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | S. G. Brownhill | 1,987 | 66.9 | +12.2 |
| Labour | A. P. Williams | 982 | 33.1 | -12.2 |
Majority | 1,005 | 33.8 | +24.4 |
Turnout | 2,969 | | |
| 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 | E. P. Mellor* | uncontested | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Sale Moor
Sale Moor Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | M. A. Hood* | 1,022 | 45.7 | |
| Labour | A. Z. Keller | 743 | 33.2 | |
| Liberal | H. F. Jarvis | 385 | 17.2 | |
| Communist | A. Burrage | 88 | 3.9 | |
Majority | 279 | 12.5 | |
Turnout | 2,238 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
By-elections between 1969 and 1970
St. Mary's By-election 30 October 1969 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | G. Vickers | 972 | 56.6 | N/A |
| Liberal | P. Stock | 745 | 43.4 | N/A |
Majority | 227 | 13.2 | |
Turnout | 1,717 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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References
- ^ Town by town poll results, Manchester Evening News, May 9, 1969, p.18
- ^ Conservatives sweep home in no change election, Sale Guardian, May 15, 1969, p.13
- ^ Tories keep seat, The Guardian, October 31, 1969, p.6