# 1967 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1967. 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 | 8,034 (58.0%) | 5.7 | 7 (87.5%) | 7 / 8 | 3 | 21 (65.6%) | 21 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 3,081 (22.2%) | 0.3 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 2 | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 2,020 (14.6%) | 10.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | 1 | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 |
| Independent | 599 (4.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 115 (0.8%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 6 | 5 | 21 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 4 | 3 |

### Councillors

| 5 | 1 | 18 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. W. Rodgers* | 1,118 | 65.0 | +15.6 |
| | Liberal | E. Mitchell | 602 | 35.0 | −15.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 516 | 30.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,720 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. L. Ferguson | 842 | 54.4 | +6.8 |
| | Labour | A. Z. Keller | 463 | 29.9 | −7.2 |
| | Liberal | J. B. Sullivan | 242 | 15.7 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 379 | 24.5 | +14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,547 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. S. Laughton* | 918 | 68.9 | |
| | Independent | A. Ashcroft | 415 | 31.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 503 | 37.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,333 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. A. Simpson | 1,025 | 58.8 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal | W. D. Penfold* | 718 | 41.2 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 307 | 17.6 | +4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,743 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Lewis | 1,676 | 58.5 | −2.6 |
| | Labour | W. Munro* | 1,187 | 41.5 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 489 | 17.0 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,863 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Jackson* | 1,281 | 77.9 | −3.2 |
| | Independent | M. Brown | 184 | 11.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | A. Mackie | 180 | 10.9 | −8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,097 | 66.7 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,645 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. A. Banner | 564 | 54.7 | +10.1 |
| | Labour | J. Aston* | 468 | 45.3 | −10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 96 | 9.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,032 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Mee* | 783 | 39.8 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | G. Yates | 610 | 31.0 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal | E. J. Maxim | 458 | 23.3 | −7.4 |
| | Communist | A. Burrage | 115 | 5.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 173 | 8.8 | +7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,966 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |