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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1950. 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 | 8,429 (65.4%) |  1.0 | 7 (87.5%) | 7 / 8 |  | 30 (93.7%) | 30 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 3,943 (30.6%) |  6.3 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 457 (3.5%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| Communist Party | 54 (0.4%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| 2 | 30 |
| 1 | 7 |
| 1 | 23 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. A. Wright* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. G. Graham* | 1,602 | 75.2 | +8.6 | |
| Labour | G. Wadsworth | 529 | 24.8 | -8.6 | |
| Majority | 1,073 | 50.4 | +17.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,131 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. W. Wilkins* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. P. Harris* | 1,624 | 74.0 | ||
| Labour | T. Foster | 570 | 26.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,054 | 48.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,194 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | B. Flinter* | 1,444 | 72.2 | ||
| Labour | J. T. Hills | 556 | 27.8 | ||
| Majority | 888 | 44.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,000 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Dickinson | 1,302 | 74.0 | +3.4 | |
| Liberal | B. T. Ames | 457 | 26.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 845 | 48.0 | +6.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,759 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. L. Beeby* | 1,213 | 57.7 | +3.4 | |
| Labour | G. A. O'Brien | 834 | 39.7 | -6.0 | |
| Communist | B. H. Farnworth | 54 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 379 | 18.0 | +9.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,101 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. M. Phillips | 1,454 | 53.9 | +6.5 | |
| Conservative | S. Wheildon | 1,244 | 46.1 | -6.5 | |
| Majority | 210 | 7.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,698 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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