# 1962 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1962. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 6,520 (33.9%) | 6.1 | 1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9 | 5 | 14 (43.8%) | 14 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 9,208 (47.9%) | 12.2 | 7 (77.8%) | 7 / 9 | 6 | 12 (37.5%) | 12 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 3,510 (18.2%) | 6.1 | 1 (11.1%) | 1 / 9 | 1 | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 |

### Full council

| 6 | 12 | 14 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 7 |

### Councillors

| 5 | 12 | 7 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | E. E. Bradley | 1,176 | 55.8 | +9.6 |
| | Conservative | P. A. A. Pepper* | 931 | 44.2 | −9.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 | 11.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,107 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | A. Howarth* | 880 | 44.7 | −6.6 |
| | Conservative | F. Leigh | 758 | 38.5 | −10.2 |
| | Labour | D. Russell | 331 | 16.8 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 122 | 6.2 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,969 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | E. M. Parker | 1,456 | 32.2 |
| | Liberal | J. B. Sullivan | 1,208 | 26.7 |
| | Conservative | F. S. Laughton* | 877 | 19.4 |
| | Conservative | M. Schofield | 798 | 17.6 |
| | Labour | K. B. McCaul | 188 | 4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,527 | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. P. Harris* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | R. Lee | 1,374 | 36.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | H. Jackson | 1,260 | 33.8 | −15.6 |
| | Labour | R. Mee | 1,094 | 29.3 | −21.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 114 | 3.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,728 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | G. A. Mitchell | 1,233 | 57.0 | +18.7 |
| | Conservative | M. Dickinson* | 930 | 43.0 | −18.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 303 | 14.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,163 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | T. A. Winnington* | 614 | 37.4 |
| | Liberal | J. Cooper | 524 | 31.9 |
| | Conservative | D. Carrington-Brown | 504 | 30.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 | 5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,642 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | R. Newton | 1,357 | 43.7 | −7.4 |
| | Labour | W. L. Baddeley | 1,283 | 41.3 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative | C. Edwards | 463 | 15.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 2.4 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,103 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | | |