| Election Name: | 1965 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1964 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1964 |
| Next Election: | 1966 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
| Seats For Election: | 10 of 32 seats to Sale Municipal Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 11 |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seats After1: | 17 |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,698 |
| Percentage1: | 43.6% |
| Party2: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 14 |
| Seats2: | 0 |
| Seats After2: | 8 |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,863 |
| Percentage2: | 29.4% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 7 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seats After3: | 7 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,381 |
| Percentage3: | 27.0% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1965. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council, from no overall control.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 8,698 (43.6%) | 9.5 | 7 (70.0%) | 6 | 17 (53.1%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 5,863 (29.4%) | 13.0 | 0 (0.0%) | 6 | 8 (25.0%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 5,381 (27.0%) | 5.8 | 3 (30.0%) | 7 (21.9%) | ||||||
| 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 14 |