| Election Name: | 1938 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1937 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1937 |
| Next Election: | 1945 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1945 |
| Seats For Election: | 8 of 32 seats to Sale Municipal Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Party: | No overall control |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 16 |
| Seats1: | 2 |
| Seats After1: | 14 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,437 |
| Percentage1: | 32.2% |
| Party2: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before2: | 10 |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seats After2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,243 |
| Percentage2: | 16.4% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,948 |
| Percentage3: | 25.7% |
| Party4: | Residents Association |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,949 |
| Percentage4: | 25.7% |
| Party5: | Chamber of Trade |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 0 |
| Percentage5: | 0.0% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1938. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.[1] [2] These were the last local elections held in Sale until after the end of the Second World War.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 2,437 (32.2%) | 2.2 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 | 14 (43.1%) | |||||
| Independent | 1,243 (16.4%) | 24.2 | 3 (37.5%) | 10 (31.3%) | ||||||
| Labour Party | 1,948 (25.7%) | 12.5 | 1 (12.5%) | 4 (12.5%) | ||||||
| Residents | 1,949 (25.7%) | 15.1 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 | 3 (9.4%) | |||||
| Chamber of Trade | 0 (0.0%) | 6.0 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (3.1%) | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 8 |