| Election Name: | 1966 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1965 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1965 |
| Next Election: | 1967 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
| Seats For Election: | 9 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: | 17 |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seats After1: | 18 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,367 |
| Percentage1: | 52.3% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 7 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seats After2: | 8 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,024 |
| Percentage2: | 22.5% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 8 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 6 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,516 |
| Percentage3: | 25.2% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1966. 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 | 9,367 (52.3%) | 8.7 | 7 (77.8%) | 1 | 18 (56.3%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 4,024 (22.5%) | 4.5 | 2 (22.2%) | 1 | 8 (25.0%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 4,516 (25.2%) | 4.2 | 1 (11.1%) | 2 | 6 (18.8%) | |||||
| 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 15 |