| Election Name: | 1972 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1971 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1971 |
| Next Election: | 1973 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1973 Trafford |
| 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: | 18 |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Seats After1: | 16 |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,647 |
| Percentage1: | 48.8% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 9 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seats After2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,896 |
| Percentage2: | 27.6% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 5 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 6 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,013 |
| Percentage3: | 22.6% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1972. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office. These were the final elections held in Sale before it became part of Trafford. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 8,647 (48.8%) | 3.0 | 4 (50.0%) | 2 | 16 (50.0%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 4,896 (27.6%) | 0.3 | 2 (25.0%) | 1 | 10 (31.3%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 4,013 (22.6%) | 2.4 | 2 (25.0%) | 1 | 6 (18.8%) | |||||
| Communist Party | 166 (0.9%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | 10 |