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Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 4 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 Sale before it became part of Trafford. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council. [1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 8,647 (48.8%) |  3.0 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 |  2 | 16 (50.0%) | 16 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 4,896 (27.6%) | 0.3 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 1 | 10 (31.3%) | 10 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 4,013 (22.6%) | 2.4 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 1 | 6 (18.8%) | 6 / 32 | |||
| Communist Party | 166 (0.9%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 |  | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | 10 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. G. Blakeway | 1,068 | 48.3 | +4.7 | |
| Liberal | S. Evans | 876 | 39.7 | -5.0 | |
| Labour | P. Ashbourn | 265 | 12.0 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 192 | 8.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2,209 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | K. F. Humber | 1,037 | 55.8 | -1.2 | |
| Conservative | J. M. Parkins* | 743 | 40.0 | -3.0 | |
| Communist | B. Panter | 78 | 4.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 294 | 15.8 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,858 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | J. Phillipson | 997 | 39.2 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | J. E. Peet* | 993 | 39.0 | -1.7 | |
| Labour | M. Rose | 555 | 21.8 | -1.5 | |
| Majority | 4 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,545 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. K. Tedham* | 1,014 | 53.4 | -6.0 | |
| Liberal | A. G. Priestner | 885 | 46.6 | +6.0 | |
| Majority | 129 | 6.8 | -12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1899 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. G. Brownhill* | 1,794 | 54.7 | +7.5 | |
| Labour | G. Naggs | 1,488 | 45.3 | -7.5 | |
| Majority | 306 | 9.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,282 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | I. Hurst | 1,430 | 83.3 | +17.2 | |
| Labour | E. Wollaston | 287 | 16.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,143 | 66.6 | +34.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,717 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | K. Walton* | 745 | 52.0 | -6.0 | |
| Conservative | S. A. Elder | 470 | 32.8 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal | J. Keohane | 218 | 15.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 275 | 19.2 | -5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,433 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | E. McPherson | 1,556 | 56.0 | -3.8 | |
| Conservative | J. Hammond | 1,135 | 40.8 | +5.1 | |
| Communist | A. Burrage | 88 | 3.2 | -1.3 | |
| Majority | 421 | 15.2 | -8.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,779 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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