| Election Name: | 1961 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1960 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1960 |
| Next Election: | 1962 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
| 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: | 22 |
| Seats1: | 2 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,846 |
| Percentage1: | 40.0% |
| Party2: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 3 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,110 |
| Percentage2: | 35.7% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 7 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seats After3: | 6 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,166 |
| Percentage3: | 24.3% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1961. 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 | 6,846 (40.0%) | 4.4 | 2 (22.2%) | 2 | 20 (62.5%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 6,110 (35.7%) | 3.4 | 4 (44.4%) | 1 | 6 (18.8%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 4,166 (24.3%) | 1.0 | 3 (33.3%) | 1 | 6 (18.8%) | |||||
| 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 |
| 6 | 6 | 12 |