# 1969 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1969. 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 | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 8,551 (57.3%) | 2.2 | 7 (77.8%) | 7 / 9 | 25 (78.1%) | 25 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 4,547 (30.5%) | 8.8 | 1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9 | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 1,725 (11.6%) | 7.6 | 1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9 | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 |
| Communist Party | 88 (0.6%) | 0.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 3 | 4 | 25 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 3 | 4 |

### Councillors

| 2 | 1 | 21 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | P. W. Croft* | 1,034 | 54.9 | +19.6 |
| | Conservative | P. J. A. Parnacott | 850 | 45.1 | −19.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 184 | 9.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,884 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. P. Bannister* | 956 | 60.2 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal | R. L. Dallow | 631 | 39.8 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 325 | 20.4 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,587 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | J. E. Peet | 1,234 | 29.4 |
| | Conservative | L. C. Finch | 1,210 | 28.9 |
| | Liberal | A. M. Marshall | 900 | 21.5 |
| | Liberal | W. J. Golding | 850 | 20.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 310 | 7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,194 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. K. Tedham* | 1,292 | 63.4 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal | J. D. Moss | 747 | 36.6 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 545 | 26.7 | −9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,039 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. G. Brownhill | 1,987 | 66.9 | +12.2 |
| | Labour | A. P. Williams | 982 | 33.1 | −12.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,005 | 33.8 | +24.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,969 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Russell* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. P. Mellor* | uncontested | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | M. A. Hood* | 1,022 | 45.7 |
| | Labour | A. Z. Keller | 743 | 33.2 |
| | Liberal | H. F. Jarvis | 385 | 17.2 |
| | Communist | A. Burrage | 88 | 3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | 12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,238 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## By-elections between 1969 and 1970

St. Mary's By-election 30 October 1969 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Vickers | 972 | 56.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal | P. Stock | 745 | 43.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 227 | 13.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,717 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |