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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1957. 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 | 5,688 (47.8%) |  0.4 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 |  1 | 24 (75.0%) | 24 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 3,599 (30.2%) | 4.9 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 |  | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 2,613 (22.0%) | 7.6 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 1 | 3 (9.4%) | 3 / 32 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 16 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. P. R. Ainsworth | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | L. Stockdale | 908 | 64.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | A. Wilkinson | 505 | 35.7 | -24.0 | |
| Majority | 403 | 29.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,413 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | J. A. Tovey | 1,072 | 50.7 | -7.8 | |
| Conservative | F. S. Laughton | 1,044 | 49.3 | +7.8 | |
| Majority | 28 | 1.3 | -15.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,116 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. J. Hobson | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. S. Heath | 1,563 | 58.3 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | W. Munro | 1,120 | 41.7 | -2.1 | |
| Majority | 443 | 16.5 | +4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,683 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. Lee | 782 | 55.3 | -6.9 | |
| Liberal | L. Jones | 633 | 44.7 | +6.9 | |
| Majority | 149 | 10.5 | -13.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,415 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. G. Woodward | 961 | 61.9 | +6.5 | |
| Conservative | E. Cowgill | 592 | 38.1 | +5.0 | |
| Majority | 429 | 27.6 | +5.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,553 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | G. A. O'Brien | 1,518 | 55.8 | -5.3 | |
| Conservative | A. Gresty | 1,202 | 44.2 | +5.7 | |
| Majority | 316 | 11.6 | -11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,720 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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