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Elections to Hale Council were held on Saturday, 6 May 1972. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office. These were the final elections held in Hale before it became part of Trafford. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 2,337 (54.1%) |  3.2 | 3 (60.0%) | 3 / 5 |  | 8 (66.7%) | 8 / 12 | |||
| Liberal Party | 1,405 (32.5%) | 10.2 | 2 (40.0%) | 2 / 5 | | 4 (33.3%) | 4 / 12 | |||
| Labour Party | 575 (13.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 5 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 12 | |||
| 4 | 8 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. A. Roberts* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | N. W. Barrett* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | E. P. Atkin* | 744 | 50.8 | ||
| Liberal | C. G. Ball | 661 | 45.1 | ||
| Conservative | G. Worthington | 620 | 42.3 | ||
| Conservative | I. Grossock | 587 | 40.1 | ||
| Majority | 41 | 2.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,465 | 48.5 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | M. F. Stewart | 1,130 | 66.3 | +3.1 | |
| Labour | M. P. Whitehead | 575 | 33.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 555 | 32.6 | +6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,705 | 55.7 | +4.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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