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Elections to Sale Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1938. 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. [1] [2] These were the last local elections held in Sale until after the end of the Second World War.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 2,437 (32.2%) |  2.2 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 |  2 | 14 (43.1%) | 14 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 1,243 (16.4%) | 24.2 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 |  | 10 (31.3%) | 10 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 1,948 (25.7%) | 12.5 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | | 4 (12.5%) | 4 / 32 | |||
| Residents | 1,949 (25.7%) | 15.1 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 2 | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 | |||
| Chamber of Trade | 0 (0.0%) | 6.0 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | J. G. McBeath* | uncontested | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L. Bethell | 1,023 | 57.2 | ||
| Labour | H. A. Phillips | 765 | 42.8 | ||
| Majority | 258 | 14.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,788 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | M. G. Bird* | uncontested | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | F. H. Highley* | 759 | 58.8 | -2.2 | |
| Labour | H. C. Wade | 532 | 41.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 227 | 17.6 | -4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,291 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | L. House | 1,145 | 64.4 | +16.1 | |
| Conservative | E. D. Phillips* | 632 | 35.6 | -16.1 | |
| Majority | 513 | 28.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,777 | ||||
| Residents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | S. Clegg | 804 | 50.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | R. Jamieson | 782 | 49.3 | -18.4 | |
| Majority | 22 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,586 | ||||
| Residents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. W. Mawer* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | F. Dickens* | 651 | 57.4 | +11.6 | |
| Independent | J. F. Barnes | 484 | 42.6 | -11.6 | |
| Majority | 167 | 14.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,135 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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