# 1937 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Monday, 1 November 1937. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party gained 1 for a majority of seats, and overall control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 2,117 (30.0%) | N/A | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 | 1 | 16 (50.0%) | 16 / 32 |
| Independent | 2,836 (40.2%) | 16.6 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 | | 10 (31.3%) | 10 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 928 (13.2%) | 17.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 |
| Residents | 747 (10.6%) | 2.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32 |
| Chamber of Trade | 424 (6.0%) | 6.0 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32 |

### Full council

| 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 16 |

### Aldermen

| 2 | 6 |

### Councillors

| 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 |

## Ward results
### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | P. Rowles | 490 | 53.6 | N/A |
| | Chamber of Trade | M. F. Ratcliffe* | 424 | 46.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 66 | 7.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 914 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Chamber of Trade | Conservative gain from Chamber of Trade | Swing | | |

### East

East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Chamber of Trade | J. E. Hilton* | uncontested | | |
| | Chamber of Trade hold | Chamber of Trade hold | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | R. P. Bannister* | 466 | 42.4 | −8.4 |
| | Labour | H. C. Wade | 373 | 33.9 | −15.3 |
| | Independent | H. R. Shaw | 260 | 23.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 93 | 8.5 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,099 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### North

North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | F. D. Gee* | 645 | 61.0 | +2.4 |
| | Independent | H. Crawford | 413 | 39.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | 22.0 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,058 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. Parker* | 798 | 51.7 | N/A |
| | Residents | L. House | 747 | 48.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,545 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. R. Hulme* | 829 | 67.7 | N/A |
| | Independent | W. H. Brownhill | 395 | 32.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 424 | 35.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,224 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### South

South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | P. N. Clough* | uncontested | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### West

West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | D. Jackson* | 657 | 54.2 | +14.0 |
| | Labour | W. Birch | 555 | 45.8 | −14.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | 8.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,212 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |