# 1963 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1963. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Liberal Party | 8,908 (48.4%) | 0.5 | 5 (62.5%) | 5 / 8 | 3 | 15 (46.9%) | 15 / 32 |
| Conservative Party | 5,968 (32.4%) | 1.5 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 2 | 12 (37.5%) | 12 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 3,547 (19.3%) | 1.1 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 |

### Full council

| 5 | 15 | 12 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 7 |

### Councillors

| 4 | 15 | 5 |

## Ward results
### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | P. W. Croft | 1,087 | 52.7 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | L. M. Angus-Butterworth | 974 | 47.3 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 | 5.4 | −6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,061 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Mersey

Mersey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | C. S. Fink* | 986 | 57.9 | +13.2 |
| | Conservative | R. Procter | 716 | 42.1 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 270 | 16.8 | +9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,702 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | J. B. Sullivan* | 1,289 | 58.1 |
| | Conservative | F. S. Laughton | 929 | 41.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 360 | 16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,218 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | H. K. Smith | 1,212 | 56.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | R. G. Houlgate | 821 | 38.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | A. L. Merrick | 107 | 5.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 391 | 18.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,140 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martin's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. S. Heath* | 1,489 | 38.9 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | R. Mee | 1,168 | 30.6 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal | R. Stockton | 1,166 | 30.5 | −6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 321 | 8.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,823 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Russell* | 1,039 | 49.2 | +6.2 |
| | Liberal | E. Hodkinson | 836 | 39.6 | −17.4 |
| | Labour | A. Mackie | 238 | 11.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 203 | 9.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,113 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. P. Mellor* | 850 | 55.4 | +18.0 |
| | Liberal | J. Cooper | 685 | 44.6 | +12.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 165 | 10.8 | +5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,535 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | V. A. M. Flynn | 1,647 | 58.2 | +14.5 |
| | Labour | K. Walton | 1,184 | 41.8 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 463 | 16.4 | +14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,831 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 1963 and 1964

St. John's By-election 8 August 1963 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. Cooper | 773 | 50.3 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | P. A. A. Pepper | 582 | 37.9 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | A. L. Merrick | 182 | 11.8 | +6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 191 | 12.4 | −5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,537 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |