| Election Name: | 1962 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1961 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1961 |
| Next Election: | 1963 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
| 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: | No overall control |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 19 |
| Seats1: | 1 |
| Seats After1: | 14 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,520 |
| Percentage1: | 33.9% |
| Party2: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 6 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seats After2: | 12 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,280 |
| Percentage2: | 47.9% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 7 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 6 |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,510 |
| Percentage3: | 18.2% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1962. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 6,520 (33.9%) | 6.1 | 1 (11.1%) | 5 | 14 (43.8%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 9,208 (47.9%) | 12.2 | 7 (77.8%) | 6 | 12 (37.5%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 3,510 (18.2%) | 6.1 | 1 (11.1%) | 1 | 6 (18.8%) | |||||
| 6 | 12 | 14 |
| 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 12 | 7 |