| Election Name: | 1956 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1955 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1955 |
| Next Election: | 1957 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1957 |
| 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: | 26 |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Seats After1: | 25 |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,267 |
| Percentage1: | 47.4% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 5 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seats After2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,899 |
| Percentage2: | 35.1% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,599 |
| Percentage3: | 14.4% |
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]
| 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%) | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 17 |