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Elections to Hale Council were held on Saturday, 15 May 1971. 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 | 1,953 (57.3%) |  10.5 | 3 (75.0%) | 3 / 4 | 1 | 8 (66.7%) | 8 / 12 | |||
| Liberal Party | 1,457 (42.7%) | 5.5 | 1 (25.0%) | 1 / 4 |  | 4 (33.3%) | 4 / 12 | |||
| 4 | 8 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | M. E. Peddie* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | B. S. Hall* | 989 | 52.5 | +6.7 | |
| Liberal | D. F. Mardon | 896 | 47.5 | -6.7 | |
| Majority | 93 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,885 | 54.2 | -1.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | E. Wilkinson* | uncontested | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | B. H. Adams | 964 | 63.2 | +11.7 | |
| Liberal | C. G. Ball | 561 | 36.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 403 | 26.4 | +23.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,525 | 51.3 | -10.7 | ||
| Conservative gain from Residents | Swing | ||||
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