| Election Name: | 1970 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1969 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1969 |
| Next Election: | 1971 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
| Seats For Election: | 11 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: | 27 |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Seats After1: | 22 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,972 |
| Percentage1: | 48.9% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 3 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,875 |
| Percentage2: | 28.8% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,392 |
| Percentage3: | 21.5% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. 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 | 9,972 (48.9%) | 8.4 | 5 (45.5%) | 5 | 22 (68.8%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 5,875 (28.8%) | 17.2 | 4 (36.4%) | 3 | 6 (18.8%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 4,392 (21.5%) | 9.0 | 2 (18.2%) | 2 | 4 (12.5%) | |||||
| Communist Party | 161 (0.8%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 16 |