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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1956. 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 | 5,267 (47.4%) |  5.6 | 5 (62.5%) | 5 / 8 | 1 | 25 (78.1%) | 25 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 3,899 (35.1%) | 11.9 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 |  | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 1,599 (14.4%) |  14.4 | 1 (12.5%) | 1 / 8 | 1 | 2 (6.3%) | 2 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 345 (3.1%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 17 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | P. A. A. Pepper | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | R. G. Graham* | 993 | 59.7 | ||
| Labour | A. Wilkinson | 502 | 30.2 | ||
| Independent | C. A. Ralph | 168 | 10.1 | ||
| Majority | 491 | 29.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,663 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | J. S. Rowlinson | 1,183 | 58.5 | ||
| Conservative | E. W. Wilkins* | 841 | 41.5 | ||
| Majority | 342 | 17.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,024 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. P. Harris | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | W. C. Peploe | 1,263 | 56.2 | −1.8 | |
| Labour | W. Munro | 984 | 43.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 279 | 12.4 | −3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,247 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | M. Dickinson* | 684 | 62.2 | ||
| Liberal | J. A. Tovey | 416 | 37.8 | ||
| Majority | 268 | 24.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,100 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | T. A. Winnington | 851 | 55.4 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | R. W. Paskin | 509 | 33.1 | −20.3 | |
| Independent | A. E. Johnson | 177 | 11.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 342 | 22.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,537 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | W. M. Phillips* | 1,562 | 61.1 | +9.1 | |
| Conservative | A. P. Jamieson | 977 | 38.9 | −9.1 | |
| Majority | 585 | 22.2 | +18.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,539 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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