| Election Name: | 1951 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1950 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1950 |
| Next Election: | 1952 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1952 |
| Seats For Election: | 9 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: | 31 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seats After1: | 31 |
| Popular Vote1: | 7,879 |
| Percentage1: | 68.5% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 1 |
| Seats2: | 0 |
| Seats After2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,131 |
| Percentage2: | 27.2% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1951. 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 | 7,879 (68.5%) | 3.1 | 9 (100.0%) | 31 (96.9%) | ||||||
| Labour Party | 3,131 (27.2%) | 3.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (3.1%) | ||||||
| Liberal Party | 490 (4.3%) | 0.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 1 | 31 |
| 8 |
| 1 | 23 |