# 1971 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1971. 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 | 8,095 (45.8%) | 3.1 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 | 4 | 18 (56.3%) | 18 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 4,923 (27.9%) | 0.9 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 | 2 | 9 (28.1%) | 9 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 4,412 (25.0%) | 3.5 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 2 | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 |
| Independent | 124 (0.7%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 116 (0.7%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 9 | 5 | 18 |

### Aldermen

| 2 | 6 |

### Councillors

| 7 | 5 | 12 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | C. S. Fink | 970 | 44.7 | −6.5 |
| | Conservative | J. G. Blakeway* | 948 | 43.6 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | E. McPherson | 253 | 11.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | 1.1 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,171 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | B. Clancy | 1,056 | 57.0 |
| | Conservative | I. H. Hurst* | 797 | 43.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 259 | 14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,853 | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. H. Harvey* | 1,107 | 40.7 | −9.0 |
| | Liberal | H. A. Brown | 977 | 36.0 | −14.3 |
| | Labour | M. Rose | 633 | 23.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 130 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,717 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. Orton* | 1,152 | 59.4 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal | G. C. Pearson | 786 | 40.6 | +11.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 366 | 18.8 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,938 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Z. Keller | 1,670 | 52.8 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | A. J. Skinner | 1,495 | 47.2 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 175 | 5.6 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,165 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | B. Gallimore | 1,202 | 65.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal | H. German | 623 | 34.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 579 | 31.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,825 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | P. Castle | 823 | 58.0 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | S. Ritchie* | 473 | 33.3 | −15.0 |
| | Independent | W. J. Sheedy | 124 | 8.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 350 | 24.7 | +21.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,420 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | B. Brotherton* | 1,544 | 59.8 |
| | Conservative | J. Hammond | 921 | 35.7 |
| | Communist | A. Burrage | 116 | 4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 623 | 24.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,581 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |