| Election Name: | 1971 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1970 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1970 |
| Next Election: | 1972 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
| 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: | 22 |
| Seats1: | 3 |
| Seats After1: | 18 |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,095 |
| Percentage1: | 45.8% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 7 |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seats After2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,923 |
| Percentage2: | 27.9% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 5 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,412 |
| Percentage3: | 25.0% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1971. 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 | 8,095 (45.8%) | 3.1 | 3 (37.5%) | 4 | 18 (56.3%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 4,923 (27.9%) | 0.9 | 3 (37.5%) | 2 | 9 (28.1%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 4,412 (25.0%) | 3.5 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 | 5 (15.6%) | |||||
| Independent | 124 (0.7%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Communist Party | 116 (0.7%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 12 |