| Election Name: | 1947 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1946 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1946 |
| Next Election: | 1949 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1949 |
| Seats For Election: | 8 of 32 seats to Sale Municipal Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 21 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seats After1: | 24 |
| Popular Vote1: | 10,607 |
| Percentage1: | 66.6% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 6 |
| Seats2: | 0 |
| Seats After2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,725 |
| Percentage2: | 23.4% |
| Party3: | Residents Association |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seats After3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,315 |
| Percentage3: | 8.3% |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 0 |
| Percentage4: | 0.0% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Saturday, 1 November 1947. 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]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 10,607 (66.6%) | 7.0 | 8 (100.0%) | 3 | 24 (75.0%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 3,725 (23.4%) | 1.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 | 5 (15.6%) | |||||
| Residents | 1,315 (8.3%) | 4.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 2 | 2 (6.3%) | |||||
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (3.1%) | |||||||
| Liberal Party | 275 (1.7%) | 1.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |