# 1947 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Saturday, 1 November 1947. 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 | 10,607 (66.6%) | 7.0 | 8 (100.0%) | 8 / 8 | 3 | 24 (75.0%) | 24 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 3,725 (23.4%) | 1.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | 1 | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 |
| Residents | 1,315 (8.3%) | 4.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | 2 | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 |
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 275 (1.7%) | 1.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 |

### Aldermen

| 2 | 6 |

### Councillors

| 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. G. Steel* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. A. Jones* | 2,062 | 72.6 | +7.8 |
| | Labour | A. Howarth | 777 | 27.4 | −7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,285 | 45.2 | +15.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,839 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. H. Highley* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. G. McBeath* | 1,926 | 73.8 | −14.5 |
| | Labour | M. Ogden | 685 | 26.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,241 | 47.6 | −29.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,611 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. M. Willan | 1,487 | 70.7 | +21.1 |
| | Residents | T. Marriott-Moore | 614 | 29.2 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 873 | 41.5 | +20.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,101 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Residents | Conservative gain from Residents | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Elliott | 1,838 | 72.4 | +15.3 |
| | Residents | R. C. Lynden | 701 | 27.6 | −15.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,137 | 44.8 | +30.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,539 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Residents | Conservative gain from Residents | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | V. S. Webb | 1,676 | 55.8 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | F. Dickens* | 1,326 | 44.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 350 | 11.7 | −3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,002 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. Bethell* | 1,618 | 57.2 | +22.5 |
| | Labour | H. Dean | 937 | 33.1 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal | S. G. Ford | 275 | 9.7 | −16.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 681 | 24.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,830 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |