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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1949. 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. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 10,663 (66.4%) |  0.2 | 9 (100.0%) | 9 / 9 |  3 | 30 (93.7%) | 30 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 3,901 (24.3%) | 0.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | 1 | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 | |||
| Residents | 898 (5.6%) | 2.7 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| Independent Conservative | 589 (3.7%) | 3.7 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 9 | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| 2 | 30 |
| 1 | 7 |
| 1 | 23 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. G. Goodliffe | 1,539 | 63.2 | ||
| Residents | W. Hanley* | 898 | 36.8 | ||
| Majority | 641 | 26.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,437 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Residents | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. H. Cunliffe* | 1,470 | 66.6 | -6.0 | |
| Labour | S. Orme | 737 | 33.4 | +6.0 | |
| Majority | 733 | 33.2 | -12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,207 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | T. F. Hampson* | 1,813 | 42.7 | ||
| Conservative | E. W. Wilkins | 1,667 | 39.3 | ||
| Labour | C. B. Bloor | 759 | 17.9 | ||
| Majority | 908 | 21.4 | |||
| Turnout | 4,239 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. B. Taylor* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. A. Costello* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Cave | 1,419 | 70.6 | -1.8 | |
| Ind. Conservative | E. Lee* | 589 | 29.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 830 | 41.2 | -3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,008 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. M. Wellbeloved* | 1,315 | 54.3 | -1.5 | |
| Labour | C. Mapp | 1,105 | 45.7 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 210 | 8.7 | -3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,420 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | T. Brindley | 1,440 | 52.6 | -4.6 | |
| Labour | W. M. Phillips* | 1,300 | 47.4 | +14.3 | |
| Majority | 140 | 5.1 | -19.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,740 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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