| Election Name: | 1945 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1938 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1938 |
| Next Election: | 1946 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1946 |
| Seats For Election: | 9 of 32 seats to Sale Municipal Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | No overall control |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 11 |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Seats After1: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,228 |
| Percentage1: | 31.3% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 4 |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seats After2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,927 |
| Percentage2: | 29.8% |
| Party3: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before3: | 12 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 7 |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,544 |
| Percentage3: | 17.8% |
| Party4: | Residents Association |
| Seats Before4: | 4 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 4 |
| Popular Vote4: | 3,617 |
| Percentage4: | 18.2% |
| 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 Thursday, 1 November 1945. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.[1] [2] These were the first local elections held in Sale since the outbreak of the Second World War.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 6,228 (31.3%) | 0.9 | 4 (44.4%) | 2 | 13 (40.6%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 5,927 (29.8%) | 4.1 | 3 (33.3%) | 3 | 7 (21.9%) | |||||
| Independent | 3,544 (17.8%) | 1.4 | 1 (11.1%) | 5 | 7 (21.9%) | |||||
| Residents | 3,617 (18.2%) | 7.5 | 1 (11.1%) | 4 (12.5%) | ||||||
| Chamber of Trade | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (3.1%) | |||||||
| Communist Party | 598 (3.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 |