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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1961. 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 | 6,846 (40.0%) |  4.4 | 2 (22.2%) | 2 / 9 | 2 | 20 (62.5%) | 20 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 6,110 (35.7%) |  3.4 | 4 (44.4%) | 4 / 9 | 1 | 3 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 4,166 (24.3%) | 1.0 | 3 (33.3%) | 3 / 9 | 1 | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 |
| 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. G. Goodliffe* | 943 | 53.8 | -8.9 | |
| Liberal | V. Howarth | 809 | 46.2 | +8.9 | |
| Majority | 134 | 7.7 | -17.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,752 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | A. M. Bruckshaw | 929 | 51.3 | +0.1 | |
| Conservative | F. Leigh* | 882 | 48.7 | -0.1 | |
| Majority | 47 | 2.6 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,811 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | F. W. Parker* | 1,345 | 63.4 | +23.9 | |
| Conservative | C. G. Davis | 811 | 37.6 | -9.4 | |
| Majority | 534 | 25.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,156 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | E. D. Salem | 1,153 | 51.6 | +1.7 | |
| Conservative | R. G. Taylor* | 1,082 | 48.4 | -1.7 | |
| Majority | 71 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,235 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | W. Munro* | 1,483 | 50.6 | +14.7 | |
| Conservative | G. H. Grocott | 1,449 | 49.4 | -14.7 | |
| Majority | 39 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,932 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Cave* | 1,092 | 61.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal | G. S. Lomas | 678 | 38.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 414 | 23.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,770 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | S. Orme* | 801 | 37.7 | ||
| Labour | E. P. Mellor | 736 | 34.7 | ||
| Conservative | L. Besford | 587 | 27.6 | ||
| Majority | 149 | 7.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,124 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | N. H. Thompson | 1,196 | 51.1 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | W. L. Baddeley* | 1,146 | 48.9 | -2.3 | |
| Majority | 50 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,342 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | G. S. Lomas | 1,166 | 62.4 | -1.0 | |
| Conservative | B. J. Lane | 544 | 29.1 | -8.5 | |
| Labour | R. Mee | 158 | 8.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 622 | 33.3 | +7.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,868 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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