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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1955. 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 | 3,463 (53.0%) |  4.0 | 7 (87.5%) | 7 / 8 |  1 | 27 (84.4%) | 27 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 3,071 (47.0%) | 12.3 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 | |||
| 5 | 27 |
| 8 |
| 5 | 19 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. G. Goodliffe* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. H. Cunliffe* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. C. James* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. G. Taylor* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. M. Willan* | 1,293 | 58.0 | -1.8 | |
| Labour | W. Munro | 938 | 42.0 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 355 | 16.0 | -3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,231 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Cave* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. Leigh | 1,043 | 53.4 | +6.6 | |
| Labour | T. A. Winnington* | 911 | 46.6 | -6.6 | |
| Majority | 132 | 6.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,954 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Conway* | 1,222 | 52.0 | +5.5 | |
| Conservative | P. T. Byland | 1,127 | 48.0 | -5.5 | |
| Majority | 95 | 4.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,349 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | L. Stockdale | 810 | 60.0 | ||
| Conservative | D. Young | 541 | 40.0 | ||
| Majority | 269 | 20.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,351 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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