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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 13 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 | 8,095 (45.8%) |  3.1 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 | 4 | 18 (56.3%) | 18 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 4,923 (27.9%) | 0.9 | 3 (37.5%) | 3 / 8 |  2 | 9 (28.1%) | 9 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 4,412 (25.0%) | 3.5 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 2 | 5 (15.6%) | 5 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 124 (0.7%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| Communist Party | 116 (0.7%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 |  | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | C. S. Fink | 970 | 44.7 | -6.5 | |
| Conservative | J. G. Blakeway* | 948 | 43.6 | -5.2 | |
| Labour | E. McPherson | 253 | 11.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 22 | 1.1 | -1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,171 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | B. Clancy | 1,056 | 57.0 | ||
| Conservative | I. H. Hurst* | 797 | 43.0 | ||
| Majority | 259 | 14.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,853 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. H. Harvey* | 1,107 | 40.7 | -9.0 | |
| Liberal | H. A. Brown | 977 | 36.0 | -14.3 | |
| Labour | M. Rose | 633 | 23.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 130 | 4.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,717 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | K. Orton* | 1,152 | 59.4 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal | G. C. Pearson | 786 | 40.6 | +11.1 | |
| Majority | 366 | 18.8 | -8.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,938 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A. Z. Keller | 1,670 | 52.8 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | A. J. Skinner | 1,495 | 47.2 | -0.2 | |
| Majority | 175 | 5.6 | +1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,165 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | B. Gallimore | 1,202 | 65.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal | H. German | 623 | 34.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 579 | 31.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,825 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | P. Castle | 823 | 58.0 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | S. Ritchie* | 473 | 33.3 | -15.0 | |
| Independent | W. J. Sheedy | 124 | 8.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 350 | 24.7 | +21.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,420 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | B. Brotherton* | 1,544 | 59.8 | ||
| Conservative | J. Hammond | 921 | 35.7 | ||
| Communist | A. Burrage | 116 | 4.5 | ||
| Majority | 623 | 24.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,581 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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