# 1972 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1972. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office. These were the final elections held in Sale before it became part of Trafford. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 8,647 (48.8%) | 3.0 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 | 2 | 16 (50.0%) | 16 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 4,896 (27.6%) | 0.3 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 1 | 10 (31.3%) | 10 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 4,013 (22.6%) | 2.4 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 1 | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 166 (0.9%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 10 | 6 | 16 |

### Aldermen

| 2 | 6 |

### Councillors

| 8 | 6 | 10 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. G. Blakeway | 1,068 | 48.3 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal | S. Evans | 876 | 39.7 | −5.0 |
| | Labour | P. Ashbourn | 265 | 12.0 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 192 | 8.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,209 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | K. F. Humber | 1,037 | 55.8 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | J. M. Parkins* | 743 | 40.0 | −3.0 |
| | Communist | B. Panter | 78 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 294 | 15.8 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,858 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. Phillipson | 997 | 39.2 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | J. E. Peet* | 993 | 39.0 | −1.7 |
| | Labour | M. Rose | 555 | 21.8 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,545 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. K. Tedham* | 1,014 | 53.4 | −6.0 |
| | Liberal | A. G. Priestner | 885 | 46.6 | +6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 129 | 6.8 | −12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1899 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. G. Brownhill* | 1,794 | 54.7 | +7.5 |
| | Labour | G. Naggs | 1,488 | 45.3 | −7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 306 | 9.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,282 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | I. Hurst | 1,430 | 83.3 | +17.2 |
| | Labour | E. Wollaston | 287 | 16.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,143 | 66.6 | +34.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,717 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | K. Walton* | 745 | 52.0 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | S. A. Elder | 470 | 32.8 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal | J. Keohane | 218 | 15.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 275 | 19.2 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,433 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. McPherson | 1,556 | 56.0 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative | J. Hammond | 1,135 | 40.8 | +5.1 |
| | Communist | A. Burrage | 88 | 3.2 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | 15.2 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,779 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |