# 1959 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1959. 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 | 8,560 (56.9%) | 6.7 | 6 (75.0%) | 6 / 8 | 1 | 22 (68.8%) | 22 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 3,469 (23.1%) | 9.9 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | | 7 (21.9%) | 7 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 3,013 (20.0%) | 3.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | 1 | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 |

### Full council

| 7 | 3 | 22 |

### Aldermen

* 8

### Councillors

| 7 | 3 | 14 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | P. A. A. Pepper* | 1,156 | 58.1 | −25.1 |
| | Liberal | A. Howarth | 832 | 41.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 324 | 16.3 | −50.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,988 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. G. Graham* | 1,241 | 69.2 | −0.9 |
| | Labour | C. Jackson | 553 | 30.8 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 688 | 38.4 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,794 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. S. Laughton | 1,188 | 44.2 | +10.8 |
| | Liberal | J. S. Rowlinson* | 1,091 | 40.6 | −10.8 |
| | Labour | A. Quinn | 407 | 15.2 | 0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97 | 3.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,686 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. P. Harris* | 1,189 | 52.2 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal | A. Chapman | 1,090 | 47.8 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 99 | 4.4 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,279 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Jackson | 1,812 | 58.4 | +8.5 |
| | Labour | E. P. Mellor | 1,289 | 41.6 | −8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 523 | 16.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,101 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. Dickinson* | 1,303 | 86.2 | +21.1 |
| | Labour | L. I. Atkinson | 208 | 13.8 | +8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,095 | 72.4 | +36.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,511 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. A. Winnington* | 1,012 | 60.1 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | J. G. McBeath | 671 | 39.9 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 | 20.2 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,683 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. M. Phillips* | uncontested | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |