Local election in Cheshire, England
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1956. 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]
Election result
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council |
Conservative Party | | 5,267 (47.4%) | | 5.6 | 5 (62.5%) | | 1 | 25 (78.1%) | |
Labour Party | | 3,899 (35.1%) | | 11.9 | 2 (25.0%) | | | 5 (15.6%) | |
Liberal Party | | 1,599 (14.4%) | | 14.4 | 1 (12.5%) | | 1 | 2 (6.3%) | |
Independent | | 345 (3.1%) | | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | | | 0 (0.0%) | |
Full council
Aldermen
Councillors
Ward results
Brooklands
Brooklands Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | P. A. A. Pepper | uncontested | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Mersey
Mersey Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | R. G. Graham* | 993 | 59.7 | |
| Labour | A. Wilkinson | 502 | 30.2 | |
| Independent | C. A. Ralph | 168 | 10.1 | |
Majority | 491 | 29.5 | |
Turnout | 1,663 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne's
St. Anne's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | J. S. Rowlinson | 1,183 | 58.5 | |
| Conservative | E. W. Wilkins* | 841 | 41.5 | |
Majority | 342 | 17.0 | |
Turnout | 2,024 | | |
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
St. John's
St. John's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | S. P. Harris | uncontested | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Martin's
St. Martin's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | W. C. Peploe | 1,263 | 56.2 | -1.8 |
| Labour | W. Munro | 984 | 43.8 | +1.8 |
Majority | 279 | 12.4 | -3.6 |
Turnout | 2,247 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Mary's
St. Mary's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | M. Dickinson* | 684 | 62.2 | |
| Liberal | J. A. Tovey | 416 | 37.8 | |
Majority | 268 | 24.4 | |
Turnout | 1,100 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | T. A. Winnington | 851 | 55.4 | +8.8 |
| Conservative | R. W. Paskin | 509 | 33.1 | -20.3 |
| Independent | A. E. Johnson | 177 | 11.5 | N/A |
Majority | 342 | 22.3 | |
Turnout | 1,537 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Sale Moor
Sale Moor Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | W. M. Phillips* | 1,562 | 61.1 | +9.1 |
| Conservative | A. P. Jamieson | 977 | 38.9 | -9.1 |
Majority | 585 | 22.2 | +18.2 |
Turnout | 2,539 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ See how they polled - at a glance, Manchester Evening News, May 11, 1956, p.4
- ^ "LITTLE CHANGE IN CHESHIRE". Manchester Guardian. 11 May 1956. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
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