| Election Name: | 1946 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1945 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1945 |
| Next Election: | 1947 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1947 |
| Seats For Election: | 8 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: | 15 |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,978 |
| Percentage1: | 59.6% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 6 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,693 |
| Percentage2: | 22.1% |
| Party3: | Residents Association |
| Seats Before3: | 5 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,194 |
| Percentage3: | 13.1% |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before4: | 5 |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Seats After4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 0 |
| Percentage4: | 0.0% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1946. 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.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 9,978 (59.6%) | 28.3 | 7 (87.5%) | 5 | 20 (62.5%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 3,693 (22.1%) | 7.7 | 1 (12.5%) | 6 (18.8%) | ||||||
| Residents | 2,194 (13.1%) | 5.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 | 4 (12.5%) | |||||
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | 17.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 3 | 2 (6.3%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 509 (3.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Communist Party | 368 (2.2%) | 0.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |