# 1968 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1968. 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.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 10,132 (55.1%) | 2.9 | 9 (100.0%) | 9 / 9 | 3 | 24 (75.0%) | 24 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 3,983 (21.7%) | 7.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 3,529 (19.2%) | 3.0 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | 3 | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 |
| Independent | 530 (2.9%) | 1.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 212 (1.2%) | 0.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 3 | 5 | 24 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 4 | 3 |

### Councillors

| 2 | 1 | 21 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. G. Blakeway | 1,158 | 64.7 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal | W. J. Golding | 633 | 35.3 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 525 | 29.4 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,791 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | V. S. Webb* | 877 | 60.4 | +6.0 |
| | Liberal | J. B. Sullivan | 575 | 39.6 | +23.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 302 | 20.8 | −3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,452 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. S. Laughton* | 1,248 | 58.6 | −10.3 |
| | Liberal | A. Ashcroft | 880 | 41.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 368 | 17.2 | −20.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,128 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. Orton* | 1,325 | 68.2 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal | E. H. Faulkner | 619 | 31.8 | −9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 706 | 36.4 | +18.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,944 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | P. A. G. Morgan Evans | 1,730 | 54.7 | −3.8 |
| | Labour | W. Munro | 1,432 | 45.3 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 298 | 9.4 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,162 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Pollard* | 1,160 | 68.6 | −9.3 |
| | Independent | M. Brown | 530 | 31.4 | +20.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 630 | 37.2 | −29.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,690 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Rigby | 707 | 56.3 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | T. A. Winnington* | 549 | 43.7 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 | 12.6 | +3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,256 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | A. E. Thompson | 981 | 19.8 |
| | Conservative | M. A. Hood | 946 | 19.1 |
| | Labour | G. Ewing* | 795 | 16.0 |
| | Labour | A. Z. Keller | 753 | 15.2 |
| | Liberal | V. A. M. Flynn | 638 | 12.9 |
| | Liberal | A. Roberts | 638 | 12.9 |
| | Communist | A. Burrage | 118 | 2.4 |
| | Communist | B. Panter | 94 | 1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 151 | 3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,963 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |