# 1958 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1958. 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 | 8,174 (50.2%) | 2.4 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 | 3 | 21 (62.6%) | 21 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 5,380 (33.0%) | 2.8 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 | 2 | 7 (21.9%) | 7 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 2,738 (16.8%) | 5.2 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 |

### Full council

| 7 | 4 | 21 |

### Aldermen

* 8

### Councillors

| 7 | 4 | 13 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. G. Goodliffe* | 1,317 | 83.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | A. H. Wolstenholme | 266 | 16.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,051 | 66.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,583 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. H. Cunliffe* | 826 | 70.1 | +34.4 |
| | Labour | A. Wilkinson | 353 | 29.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 473 | 40.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,179 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | F. W. Parker | 1,204 | 51.4 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | C. C. James* | 783 | 33.4 | −15.9 |
| | Labour | A. Quinn | 356 | 15.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | 18.0 | +16.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,343 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. G. Taylor* | 1,049 | 45.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal | R. E. Puddephatt | 1,000 | 43.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | N. G. Atkinson | 255 | 11.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 2.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,304 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Munro | 1,249 | 50.1 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | R. M. Willan* | 1,243 | 49.9 | −8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,492 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. Cave* | 1,181 | 65.1 | +9.8 |
| | Liberal | L. Jones | 534 | 29.5 | −15.2 |
| | Labour | L. I. Atkinson | 98 | 5.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 647 | 35.6 | +25.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,813 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | S. Orme | 1,175 | 59.1 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | F. Leigh* | 813 | 40.9 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 362 | 18.2 | −9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,988 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. L. Baddeley | 1,628 | 62.9 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | F. S. Laughton | 962 | 37.1 | −7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 666 | 25.7 | −14.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,590 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |