United Kingdom local elections, 1976

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Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on May 6, 1976. Elections were for one third of the seats on Metropolitan borough councils and for all seats on Non-Metropolitan district councils in England; and for all seats on the Welsh district councils.

The elections were the first electoral test for the new Prime Minister James Callaghan, and were a major reverse for the ruling Labour Party. The opposition Conservative party made large gains of seats and control of councils at the expense of both Labour and the Liberal Party. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

The Conservatives easily gained control of their principal target council, Birmingham. The new administration in the city pledged to reintroduce the sale of council houses, which had been stopped by the previous Labour-controlled council.^[7] Control of another five metropolitan borough councils were gained by the Conservatives at Labour's expense. The party also gained numerous non-metropolitan districts , including large towns and cities such as Derby, Exeter, Ipswich, Leicester, Luton, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Peterborough and York.

Major english councils held by Labour included Manchester, Norwich, Nottingham and Stoke on Trent.

Break-away groups from the official Labour Party achieved success in two districts. The Lincoln Democratic Labour Association retained control of the city council. The association had been formed following the expulsion of local member of parliament, Dick Taverne from the party.^[8] In Blyth Valley the Independent Labour Party gained nine seats from the official Labour candidates. The ILP were supporters of Eddie Milne, former MP for Blyth. Milne had been expelled from Labour in April 1974.^[9] Labour lost control of North East Derbyshire, where all the party's seats in Clay Cross to Ratepayer candidates. The town had been the scene of a dispute between the former urban district council and the government over the Housing Finance Act.

The Liberals lost control of their only local authority, Liverpool City Council. Labour became the largest party on the council, which was under no overall control.

In Wales the dominant position of Labour was overturned. Major Labour losses were Cardiff and Newport to the Conservatives, Swansea to Ratepayers and Merthyr Tydfil to Plaid Cymru.^[10]

Contents 1 The Results 1.1 Metropolitan Boroughs 1.2 Welsh Districts 1.3 Non-metropolitan Districts 1.3.1 A 1.3.2 B 1.3.3 C 1.3.4 D 1.3.5 E 1.3.6 F 1.3.7 G 1.3.8 H 1.3.9 I 1.3.10 K 1.3.11 L 1.3.12 M 1.3.13 N 1.3.14 O 1.3.15 P 1.3.16 R 1.3.17 S 1.3.18 T 1.3.19 U 1.3.20 V 1.3.21 W 1.3.22 Y 2 References

[edit] The Results

[edit] Metropolitan Boroughs

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Barnsley	South Yorkshire	1	39 (-4)	5 (+3)	0	Ratepayers 11 Independent Labour 4 (+1)	Labour hold
Birmingham	West Midlands	66 (+11)	52 (-11)	8	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Bolton	Greater Manchester	43 (+3)	20 (-3)	2 (-1)	4 (+1)	0	Conservative hold
Bradford	West Yorkshire	61 (+4)	27 (-1)	5 (-3)	0	0	Conservative hold
Bury	Greater Manchester	36 (+8)	11 (-5)	1 (-3)	0	0	Conservative hold
Calderdale	West Yorkshire	34 (+6)	13 (-5)	4 (-1)	0	0	Conservative hold
Coventry	West Midlands	26 (+5)	28 (-5)	0	0	0	Labour hold
Doncaster	South Yorkshire	17 (+2)	35 (-5)	0	4 (+1)	Ratepayers 3 (+2) Democratic Labour 1	Labour hold
Dudley	West Midlands	37 (+8)	26 (-9)	2 (+1)	0	Independent Socialist 1	Conservative gain from Labour
Gateshead	Tyne and Wear	13 (+2)	59 (-4)	4 (+1)	1 (+1)	Rent and Ratepayers 1	Labour hold
Kirklees	West Yorkshire	38 (+10)	25 (-11)	9 (+2)	0 (-1)	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Knowsley	Merseyside	17 (+5)	42 (-4)	2 (-1)	0	Kirkby Householders Federation 2	Labour hold
Leeds	West Yorkshire	50 (+7)	38 (-3)	8 (-4)	0	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Liverpool	Merseyside	17 (+3)	42	40 (-3)	0	0	NOC
Manchester	Greater Manchester	45	54	0	0	0	Labour hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Tyne and Wear	29 (+2)	44 (-3)	3 +1	2	0	Labour hold
North Tyneside	Tyne and Wear	28 (+4)	44 (-2)	8 (-2)	4	0	Labour hold
Oldham	Greater Manchester	28 (+13)	20 (-10)	8 (-3)	1	0	Labour lose to NOC
Rochdale	Greater Manchester	31 (+7)	19 (-8)	10 (+1)	0	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Rotherham	South Yorkshire	6	45	0	3	0	Labour hold
Sandwell	West Midlands	39 (+7)	51 (-7)	0	0	0	Labour hold
St Helens	Merseyside	19 (+4)	25 (-4)	1	0	0	Labour hold
Salford	Greater Manchester	24 (+3)	38 (-4)	2	0	Tenants & Ratepayers 2 (+1)	Labour
Sefton	Merseyside	43	21	3	1	Ratepayers 1	Conservative hold
Sheffield	South Yorkshire	22 (+2)	63 (-3)	5 (+1)	0	0	Labour
Solihull	West Midlands	34 (+4)	12 (-1)	1	Independent Resident 4 (-3)	0	Conservative hold
South Tyneside	Tyne and Wear	4	34 (-1)	3	0	Progressive 24 (+1)	Labour hold
Stockport	Greater Manchester	39 (+5)	11 (-1)	7 (-3)	3 (-1)	0	Conservative hold
Sunderland	Tyne and Wear	26 (+3)	49 (-3)	2	1	0	Labour hold
Tameside	Greater Manchester	29 (+5)	22 (-5)	2	0	Independent Labour 1	Conservative gain from Labour
Trafford	Greater Manchester	47 (+5)	12 (-1)	4 (-4)	0	0	Conservative hold
Wakefield	West Yorkshire	15 (+4)	42 (-6)	0	2	Ratepayer 7 (+2)	Labour hold
Walsall	West Midlands	20	28 (-3)	1	3 (+1)	Ratepayers 7 (+2) Independent Labour 1	Labour lose to NOC
Wigan	Greater Manchester	14 (+4)	56 (-5)	1	1 (+1)	0	Labour hold
Wirral	Merseyside	42	18	6	0	0	Conservative hold
Wolverhampton	West Midlands	24 (+3)	34 (-4)	0	0	Ratepayers 2 (+1)	Labour hold

[edit] Welsh Districts

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Plaid Cymru	Independent	Other	Control
Aberconwy	Gwynedd	6 (+3)	2	3	0	30 (-3)	0	Independent hold
Alyn and Deeside	Clwyd	8	22 (-2)	6	0	7	Ratepayers 2 (+2)	Labour lose to NOC
Afan	West Glamorgan	0	11 (-10)	0	0	1 (+1)	Tenants Association 6 (+3) Ratepayers 12 (+6)	Labour lose to NOC
Arfon	Gwynedd	0	5 (-3)	0	13 (+8)	23 (-5)	0	Independent hold
Blaenau Gwent	Gwent	1	26	5	3	9	6	Labour hold
Brecknock	Powys	8	16	1	0	29	0	Independent hold
Cardiff	South Glamorgan	44 (+12)	29 (-14)	0	0	0	Ratepayers 2 (+2)	Conservative gain from Labour
Carmarthen	Dyfed	0	6	1 (+1)	0	29 (-1)	0	Independent hold
Ceredigion	Dyfed	0	3 (-1)	7 (-1)	2 (+1)	30 (+1)	1 vacancy	Independent hold
Colwyn	Clwyd	16 (+13)	0	6 (-4)	0	11 (-9)	0	Conservative gain from Independent
Cynon Valley	Mid Glamorgan	0	0	23 (+1)	9 (-3)	2 (+1)	Communist 1 Others 3	Labour hold
Delyn	Clwyd	2 (+1)	15 (-1)	1 (+1)	2 (-1)	16	Ratepayers 4	NOC
Dinefwr	Dyfed	0	13 (-3)	0	2 (+2)	17 (+1)	0	Independent gain from Labour
Dwyfor	Gwynedd	1	0	0	6 (+1)	22 (-1)	0	Independent hold
Glyndŵr	Clwyd	0	3	0	0	30	0	Independent hold
Islwyn	Gwent	0	16 (-14)	0	7 (+5)	9 (+5)	Ratepayers 6 (+2) Independent Socialist 1 (+1) Others 1 (+1)	Labour lose to NOC
Llanelli	Dyfed	0	24 (-5)	2 (+2)	1 (+1)	6 (+2)	0	Labour hold
Lliw Valley	West Glamorgan	0	19 (-8)	0	5 (+3)	8 (+5)	0	Labour hold
Meirionydd	Gwynedd	0	3 (-1)	0	8 (+8)	28 (-7)	0	Independent hold
Merthyr Tydfil	Mid Glamorgan	0	8 (-17)	0	21 (+17)	1	Ratepayers 2 (-1) Independent Labour 1 (+1)	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour
Monmouth	Gwent	30 (+1)	7 (-1)	0	0	2	0	Conservative hold
Montgomery	Powys	1	1	3	1 (+1)	44 (-1)	1 vacancy	Independent hold
Neath	West Glamorgan	0	17 (-10)	0	3 (+1)	4	Ratepayers 9 (+9)	Labour hold
Newport	Gwent	26 (+18)	22 (-14)	0 (-2)	0	3 (-2)	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Ogwr	Mid Glamorgan	13 (+8)	29 (-14)	1	1	3 (+1)	Ratepayers 10 (+5)	Labour hold
Preseli	Dyfed	0	0	0	0	43	0	Independent hold
Radnor	Powys	0	0	0	0	31	0	Independent hold
Rhondda	Mid Glamorgan	1 (+1)	21 (-9)	0	2 (+1)	3 (+3)	Ratepayers 5 (+4) Communist 1	Labour hold
Rhuddlan	Clwyd	1 (-2)	0	1	1	33 (+3)	0	Independent hold
Rhymney Valley	Mid Glamorgan	0	19 (-15)	0	23 (+15)	2	Ratepayers 4	Labour lose to NOC
South Pembrokeshire	Dyfed	0	0	0	0 (-1)	31 (+1)	0	Independent hold
Swansea	West Glamorgan	11	7	0	1	3	Ratepayers 29	Ratepayers gain from Labour
Taff-Ely	Mid Glamorgan	1 (+1)	24 (-5)	4 (+1)	8 (+6)	5 (-4)	Tenants and Residents 3 Ratepayers 2 (+1)	Labour lose to NOC
Torfaen	Gwent	1	24	0	1	10	Ratepayers 6 Communist 1	Labour hold
Vale of Glamorgan	South Glamorgan	33 (+14)	10 (-14)	0	0	6	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Wrexham Maelor	Clwyd	7 (+3)	20 (-4)	2	2 (+1)	14	0	Labour lose to NOC
Ynys Môn (Anglesey)	Gwynedd	0	5	0	1 (+1)	39 (-1)	0	Independent hold

[edit] Non-metropolitan Districts

[edit] A

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Adur	West Sussex	16 (+4)	2 (-1)	17 (-3)	2	0	Liberals lose to NOC
Allerdale	Cumbria	10 (+5)	23 (-3)	0	23 (-2)	0	Conservative - Independent hold
Alnwick	Northumberland	8 (+2)	3 (-2)	1 (+1)	21 (-1)	Independent Labour 0 (-1) 1 vacancy	Independent hold
Amber Valley	Derbyshire	2	18 (-13)	14 (+11)	26 (+2)	0	Labour lose to NOC
Arun	West Sussex	51 (+17)	1 (-3)	5 (+1)	2 (-9)	Ratepayers 1 (-6)	Conservative hold
Ashfield†	Nottinghamshire	2	22	0	1	Ratepayers 8	Labour hold
Ashford†	Kent	30	7	8	3	Ratepayers 1 True Liberals 1 4 vacancies	Conservative hold
Aylesbury Vale†	Buckinghamshire	28	9	2	18	Ratepayers 1	Independent lose to NOC

† New ward boundaries

[edit] B

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Babergh	Suffolk	7	11	0	20	0	Independent
Barrow-in-Furness	Cumbria	19 (+14)	12 (-14)	0	2	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Basildon	Essex	17 (+6)	23 (-6)	0	0	6	Labour hold
Basingstoke†	Hampshire	35	14	1	9	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	24 (+12)	18 (-11)	0	7 (-3)	Ratepayers 2 (+2)	Labour lose to NOC
Bath†	Avon	35	13	0	0	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Beaconsfield	Buckinghamshire	32 (+7)	0 (-2)	0 (-3)	5	5 (-2)	Conservative hold
Berwick-upon-Tweed†	Northumberland	0	3	3	21	0	Independent hold
Beverley	Humberside	44 (+28)	1 (-4)	3	12 (-24)	0	Conservative gain from Independent
Blaby	Leicestershire	21 (+7)	0	1 (-4)	12 (-4)	Ratepayers 3 (+1)	Conservative gain from Independent
Blackburn	Lancashire	27 (+8)	17 (-10)	8 (-3)	0	Ratepayers 6 (+3) National Party 2 (+2)	NOC
Blackpool†	Lancashire	35	6	3	0	0	Conservative hold
Blyth Valley	Northumberland	6	23	12	12	Independent Labour 11 5 vacancies	Labour hold
Bolsover	Nottinghamshire	4 (+3)	25 (-4)	0	7 (+1)	0	Labour hold
Boothferry†	Humberside	12	3	0	19	Ratepayers 1	Independent hold
Boston	Lincolnshire	13 (+3)	3 (-2)	3 (-1)	13 (-1)	Independent with Ratepayer support 2 (+1)	NOC (Independent-Conservative)
Bournemouth	Dorset	43 (+5)	6 (-7)	2	6 (+2)	0	Conservative hold
Bracknell	Berkshire	27 (+14)	3 (-12)	1 (-2)	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Braintree	Essex	39 (+19)	8 (-14)	1 (-2)	0	Ratepayers 10 (-3)	Conservative gain from NOC
Breckland	Norfolk	21 (+2)	9 (-1)	0	20 (-2)	Ratepayers 1 (+1)	NOC
Brentwood†	Lincolnshire	34	4	1	0	0	Conservative hold
Bridgnorth	Salop	2 (+2)	2	4 (+1)	24 (-3)	0	Independent hold
Brighton	East Sussex	44 (+12)	15 (-12)	0	0	0	Conservative hold
Bristol	Avon	34 (+9)	47 (-9)	3	0	0	Labour hold
Broadland	Norfolk	29 (+8)	1 (-5)	2 (+1)	17 (-3)	Ratepayers 0 (-1)	Conservative gain from NOC
Bromsgrove	Hereford and Worcester	32 (+7)	8 (-5)	0	0	Ratepayers 2 (-2)	Conservative hold
Broxbourne†	Hertfordshire	36	6	0	0	0	Conservative hold
Broxtowe †	Nottinghamshire	37	11	0	1	0	Conservative hold
Burnley†	Lancashire	12	39	1	2	0	Labour hold

† New ward boundaries

[edit] C

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Cannock Chase†	Staffordshire	18	24	0	0	0	Labour hold
Canterbury	Kent	46 (+9)	1 (-6)	0	1 (-2)	2 (-1)	Conservative hold
Caradon	Cornwall	0	1 (+1)	0	39 (-2)	Mebyon Kernow 1 (+1)	Independent hold
Carlisle	Cumbria	22 (+4)	22 (-2)	1	3 (-2)	0	Labour lose to NOC
Carrick	Cornwall	9 (+4)	4 (-1)	4	28 (-3)	0	Independent hold
Castle Morpeth†	Northumberland	9	5	2	15	0	NOC
Castle Point	Essex	35 (+16)	3 (-15)	0	0 (-1)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Charnwood	Leicestershire	42 (+8)	13 (-1)	2 (-3)	1 (-4)	0	Conservative hold
Chelmsford†	Essex	46	3	9	2	0	Conservative hold
Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	22 (+1)	2 (-5)	4	1	Ratepayers Association 6 (+4)	Conservative hold
Cherwell	Oxfordshire	26 (+10)	10 (-6)	0	8 (-4)	1 Vacancy	Conservative gain from NOC
Chester	Cheshire	44 (+3)	10 (-5)	2 (+1)	1 (-3)	Ratepayers 5 (+4)	Conservative hold
Chesterfield	Derbyshire	14 (+6)	36 (-7)	2	1 (+1)	Independent Labour 1	Labour hold
Chester-le-Street	Durham	0	22 (-2)	6	5 (+2)	0	Labour hold
Chichester	West Sussex	37 (+10)	0	1 (-7)	7 (-5)	Ratepayers Association 5 (+2)	Conservative hold
Chiltern†	Buckinghamshire	39	6	1	4	0	Conservative hold
Chorley†	Lancashire	33	11	0	2	Independent Labour 1	Conservative gain from NOC
Christchurch	Dorset	18 (+1)	4	0	0 (-1)	0	Conservative hold
Cleethorpes	Humberside	13 (+4)	13	5 (-2)	15 (-2)	Ratepayers 1 Independent Socialist 1	NOC
Colchester	Essex	39	18	0	1	Ratepayers 2	Conservative gain from NOC
Copeland	Cumbria	15 (+6)	22 (-10)	0	7	Tenants and Ratepayers Association 3 (+3) Community Association 1 (+1)	Labour lose to NOC
Corby†	Northamptonshire	16	10	0	1	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Cotswold	Gloucestershire	4 (+3)	0 (-1)	0	41 (-2)	0	Independent hold
Craven	North Yorkshire	21 (+7)	2 (-3)	5 (-4)	6	Independent Socialist 1	Conservative gain from NOC
Crawley	West Sussex	11 (+11)	14 (-11)	0	0	0	Labour hold
Crewe	Cheshire	28 (+21)	24 (-9)	0 (-2)	4 (-14)	Ratepayers and Residents 4 (+4)	Labour lose to NOC

† New ward boundaries

[edit] D

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Dacorum	Hertfordshire	38 (+11)	21 (-10)	0 (-1)	3	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Darlington	Durham	30 (+22)	15 (-13)	0 (-8)	4 (-1)	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Dartford†	Kent	20	25	0	0	0	Labour hold
Daventry	Northamptonshire	24 (+8)	2 (-6)	0	9 (-2)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Derby	Derbyshire	28 (+14)	26 (-8)	0 (-6)	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Derwentside	Durham	2 (+1)	39 (-6)	5 (+2)	9 (+3)	0	Labour hold
Dover	Kent	36 (+5)	17 (-5)	0	2	0	Conservative hold
Durham	Durham	0	34 (-7)	10 (+3)	16 (+3)	Independent Labour 1 (+1)	Labour hold

† New ward boundaries

[edit] E

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Easington	Durham	1 (+1)	45 (-8)	4 (+4)	5 (+3)	Independent Labour 5	Labour hold
East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	3 (+2)	1 (-1)	0	29 (-1)	Independent Socialist 1 Independent Conservative 2	Independent hold
East Devon	Devon	44 (+31)	1	0	13 (-31)	0	Conservative gain from Independent
East Hampshire	Hampshire	31 (+14)	0 (-5)	0	11 (-9)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	28 (+12)	1 (-9)	0	0 (-5)	Ratepayers 8 (+2)	Conservative gain from NOC
East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	10 (+5)	1	2 (-2)	45 (-3)	0	Independent hold
East Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire	28 (+8)	6 (-9)	0	3 (+1)	0	Conservative hold
East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	37 (+17)	12 (-14)	1 (+1)	10 (-4)	0	Conservative gain from Conservative-Independent
Eastbourne†	East Sussex	25	4	1	0	0	NOC
Eastleigh	Hampshire						Conservative gain
Eden	Cumbria	0	0	0	26 (-5)	Ratepayers 10 (+5) 1 vacancy	Independent hold
Elmbridge†	Surrey	36	7	3	14	0	Conservative hold
Ellesmere Port†	Cheshire	17	22	1	1	0	Labour hold
Epping Forest	Essex	53 (+7)	1 (-9)	0	5 (+2)	0	Conservative hold
Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	0	3	0	0	Ratepayers 37	Ratepayers hold
Erewash	Derbyshire	37 (+28)	4 (-32)	5	5 (+1)	Independent Labour 3 (+3)	Conservative gain from Labour
Exeter	Devon	24 (+7)	9 (-2)	6 (-4)	1 (-1)	0	Conservative gain from NOC

† New ward boundaries

[edit] F

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Fareham†	Hampshire	21	2	1	2	10	Conservative gain from NOC
Fenland†	Cambridgeshire	27	8	1	4	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Forest Heath	Suffolk	13 (+3)	0	1	9 (-5)	Ratepayers 2 (+2)	Conservative gain from Independent
Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	7 (+1)	12	2	26 (-1)	0	Independent hold
Fylde†	Lancashire	26	1	4	11	Others 7	Conservative hold

† New ward boundaries

[edit] G

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Gedling†	Nottinghamshire	42	10	0	0	Independent Ratepayers 3	Conservative hold
Gillingham	Kent	32 (+19)	3 (-11)	0 (-8)	0	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Glanford	Humberside	16 (+10)	0 (-1)	0	18 (-9)	0	Independent hold
Gloucester	Gloucestershire	26 (+6)	6 (-7)	1 (+1)	0	0	Conservative hold
Gosport	Hampshire	18 (+9)	8 (-11)	0	2	Ratepayers 5 (+2)	Conservative gain from Labour
Gravesham	Kent	26 (+9)	17 (-9)	0	1	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	32 (+6)	13 (-4)	2	1 (-2)	0	Conservative hold
Grimsby	Humberside	23 (+9)	13 (-7)	5 (-2)	1	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Guildford†	Surrey	35	6	2	2	0	Conservative hold

† Ward boundary changes

[edit] H

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Halton†	Cheshire	17	26	1	3	0	Labour hold
Hambleton	North Yorkshire	4	0	1	43	0	Independent hold
Harborough	Leicestershire	31 (+2)	1 (-2)	1 (+1)	4 (-1)	0	Conservative hold
Harrogate	North Yorkshire	42 (+7)	2 (-11)	3	12 (+4)	Whig 1	Conservative hold
Harlow†	Essex	3	35	4	0	0	Labour hold
Hart†	Hampshire	14	2	0	16	Ratepayers 3	Independent lose to NOC
Hartlepool†	Cleveland	15	17	0	2	Ratepayers Association 13	Labour lose to NOC
Hastings	East Sussex	20 (+8)	8 (-3)	4 (-5)	1	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Havant†	Hampshire	18	9	3	0	Ratepayers 12	NOC
Hereford	Hereford and Worcester	8 (+8)	4 (-5)	7 (-1)	4 (-2)	Others 1	NOC
Hertsmere†	Hertfordshire	25	10	4	0	0	Conservative gain from NOC
High Peak	Derbyshire	27 (+5)	8 (-3)	2 (-1)	8 (-1)	Ratepayers 1	Conservative gain from Conservative-Independent
Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	29 (+24)	2 (-13)	2 (-6)	1 (-5)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Holderness†	Humberside	4	0	0	27	0	Independent hold
Horsham	West Sussex	31 (+15)	0 (-1)	0 (-2)	11 (-13)	Ratepayers and Residents Association 1 (+1)	Conservative gain from Independent
Hove	East Sussex	33 (+5)	2 (-4)	0	0	Ratepayers 1 (-1)	Conservative hold
Huntingdon†	Cambridgeshire	32	1	0	20	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Hyndburn	Lancashire	33	14	1	0	0	Conservative gain from NOC

† New ward boundaries

[edit] I

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Ipswich	Suffolk	26 (+13)	21 (-13)	0	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour

[edit] K

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Kennet†	Wiltshire	9	2	2	25	1 vacancy	Independent hold
Kerrier	Cornwall	9	3	1 (+1)	28 (-2)	1 (+1)	Independent hold
Kettering	Northamptonshire	20 (+6)	14 (-2)	5 (-2)	6 (-2)	0	NOC
Kingston-upon-Hull	Humberside	19 (+10)	44 (-10)	0	0	0	Labour hold
Kingswood†	Avon	22	18	3	4	0	NOC

† New ward boundaries

[edit] L

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Lancaster	Lancashire	43 (+8)	11 (-6)	1	2 (-2)	Ratepayers 3	Conservative hold
Langbaurgh†	Cleveland	33	19	0	8	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Leicester	Leicestershire	27 (+16)	21 (-16)	0	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Leominster	Hereford and Worcester	3 (+1)	2 (-1)	2 (-1)	28	Independent Liberal 1 (+1)	Independent hold
Lewes	East Sussex	37 (+10)	6 (-4)	0	4 (-6)	Ratepayers 5	Conservative hold
Lichfield	Staffordshire	46 (+24)	4 (-20)	0	6 (-4)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Lincoln	Lincolnshire	13 (+7)	0 (-3)	0	0 (-4)	Democratic Labour 17	Democratic Labour hold
Luton†	Bedfordshire	37	10	1	0	0	Conservative again from Labour

† New ward boundaries

[edit] M

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Macclesfield	Cheshire	34	5	3	0	Ratepayers and Independents 17 5 vacancies	Conservative gain from NOC
Maidstone	Kent	39 (+25)	7 (-4)	7 (-11)	7 (-10)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Maldon	Essex	20 (+6)	11 (-3)	9 (-20	14 (-1)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Malvern Hills	Hereford and Worcester	12	3	3	29	0	Independent hold
Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	10 (+3)	34 (-4)	1 (+1)	0	0	Labour hold
Medway	Kent	45 (+22)	11 (-20)	0	3 (-2)	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Melton	Leicestershire	18 (+2)	1 (-1)	0	1 (-1)	3 1 vacancy	Conservative hold
Mendip	Somerset	20 (+11)	3 (-4)	3	18 (-7)	0	NOC
Mid Bedfordshire	Bedfordshire	19 (+11)	3 (-5)	1 (-1)	26 (-5)	0	Independent hold
Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	13 (+3)	7 (-2)	2 (-1)	18 (-2)	0	Conservative-Independent hold
Mid Sussex	West Sussex	39 (+13)	0 (-4)	1 (-4)	14 (-5)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Middlesbrough	Cleveland	17	38 (-1)	0	1 (+1)	0	Labour hold
Milton Keynes†	Buckinghamshire	33	12	0	1	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Mole Valley†	Surrey	18	1	2	0	0	NOC

† New ward boundaries

[edit] N

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Newark	Nottinghamshire	29 (+9)	17 (-11)	0	3 (-1)	Ratepayers 2 (+2) Independent Labour 1 (+1)	Conservative gain from Labour
Newbury	Berkshire	30 (+18)	1	15 (-8)	11 (-10)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	20 (+4)	29 (-3)	2 (+1)	12 (-2)	0	Labour lose to NOC
New Forest†	Hampshire	30	0	5	7	Ratepayers 5	Conservative gain from Independent
Northampton	Northamptonshire	32 (+9)	16 (-9)	0	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Northavon†	Avon	39	14	0	4	0	Conservative hold
North Cornwall	Cornwall	0	0	3 (+2)	39 (-2)	2 vacancies	Independent hold
North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	15 (+5)	19 (-14)	0	9 (+1)	Ratepayers 6 (+6) Independent Labour 2 (+2)	Labour lose to NOC
North Bedfordshire	Bedfordshire	34 (+14)	9 (-14)	6 (+4)	7 (-4)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
North Devon	Devon	5 (+5)	0 (-1)	12 (-2)	27 (-2)	0	Independent hold
North Dorset	Dorset	0	0	2 (-3)	29 (+3)	0	Independent hold
North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	30 (+6)	11 (-6)	0	5 (-1)	Ratepayers 2 (+1)	Conservative gain from NOC
North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	13 (+5)	10 (-6)	0	10	1 (+1)	Labour lose to NOC
North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	4 (+3)	2	0	30 (-3)	0	Independent hold
North Norfolk	Norfolk	7 (+1)	1 (-3)	0	34 (-3)	Ratepayers 5 (+5)	Independent hold
North Shropshire†	Shropshire	2	2	1	35	0	Independent hold
North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	13 (+5)	16 (-2)	0	4 (-3)	0	Labour lose to NOC
North Wiltshire	Wiltshire	37 (+12)	5 (-3)	3 (-5)	5 (-4)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
North Wolds†	Humberside	10	0	2	31	0	Independent hold
Norwich	Norfolk	12 (+1)	36 (-1)	0	0	0	Labour hold
Nottingham†	Nottinghamshire	40	14	0	0	Ratepayers 1	Labour hold
Nuneaton	Warwickshire	14 (+7)	18 (-8)	3 (+1)	0	0	Labour hold

[edit] O

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	25 (+5)	1 (-2)	4 (-3)	0	0	Conservative hold
Oswestry†	Shropshire	3	2	3	19	0 2 vacancies	Independent hold
Oxford	Oxfordshire	30 (+18)	15 (-15)	0 (-1)	0 (-2)	0	Conservative gain from Labour

† New ward boundaries

[edit] P

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Pendle	Lancashire	27	17	6	1	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Penwith	Cornwall	0	1	1	38	0	Independent hold
Peterborough†	Cambridgeshire	25	22	1	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Plymouth	Devon	39 (+2)	27 (-2)	0	0	0	Conservative hold
Poole	Dorset	26 (+4)	2 (-1)	8 (-1)	0	Ratepayers 0 (-2)	Conservative hold
Portsmouth	Hampshire	31	14 (+1)	0 (-1)	3 (+1)	Independent Conservative 0 (-1)	Conservative hold
Preston	Lancashire †	43	13	1	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Purbeck	Dorset	7 (+2)	0 (-3)	0	12 (-1)	Ratepayers 2 (+2)	Independent hold

† New ward boundaries

[edit] R

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Reading	Berkshire	21 (+5)	14 (-2)	11 (-3)		0	NOC
Redditch	Hereford and Worcester	16 (+10)	7 (-12)	0	2 (+2)	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	45 (+4)	13 (-1)	2 (-3)	0	0	Conservative hold
Restormel	Cambridgeshire	0	0	6 (+4)	32 (-4)	0	Independent hold
Ribble Valley †	Lancashire	29	2	0	6	Independent Conservative 1	Conservative hold
Richmondshire	North Yorkshire	0	0	0	35	0	Independent hold
Rochford †	Essex	29	1	2	8	0	Conservative hold
Rossendale †	Lancashire	29	4	3	0	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Rother	East Sussex	14 (+4)	4 (-1)	0 (-1)	20 (-2)	Ratepayers 6 (-1) Ecology Party 1 (+1)	NOC
Rugby	Warwickshire	22 (+7)	18 (-7)	1	2 (-1)	Ratepayers 6 (+1)	Conservative gain from NOC
Runnymede †	Surrey	31	7	1	3	0	Conservative hold
Rushmoor	Hampshire	30 (+8)	5 (-4)	4 (-3)	0	Cove Ratepayers Association 4 (-3)	Conservative gain from NOC
Rutland	Leicestershire	0	1	0	19	0	Independent hold
Ryedale	North Yorkshire	5 (+1)	1 (-3)	0	37 (+2)	0	Independent

† New ward boundaries

[edit] S

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
St Albans	Hertfordshire	45 (+12)	6 (-8)	1 (-6)	2 (+2)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
St Edmundsbury	Suffolk	30 (+3)	9 (-2)	0	5 (-1)	0	Conservative hold
Salisbury †	Wiltshire	21	9	7	17	Ratepayers 4	NOC
Scarborough	North Yorkshire	28 (+7)	3 (-1)	5 (-5)	13 (-1)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Scunthorpe	Humberside	13 (+8)	27 (-8)	0	0	0	Labour hold
Sedgefield	Durham	1	36 (-7)	1 (-1)	15 (+8)	0	Labour hold
Sedgemoor	Somerset	25 (+6)	12 (-2)	1 (-2)	10 (-2)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Selby	North Yorkshire	19	7 (-1)	0	22 (+1)	0	NOC
Sevenoaks	Kent	36 (+7)	2 (-3)	4 (-4)	12	0	Conservative hold
Shepway	Kent	33 (+1)	9 (-3)	4 (+3)	8 (-1)	0	Conservative hold
Shrewsbury †	Shropshire	23	13	5	7	0	NOC
Slough	Berkshire	27 (+25)	11 (-23)	2 (-2)	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Southampton	Hampshire	20	31	0	0	0	Labour
South Bedfordshire †	Bedfordshire	40	5	6	2	0	Conservative gain from NOC
South Cambridgeshire †	Cambridgeshire	4	6	3	42	0	Independent hold
South Hams	Devon	3 (+1)	0	0	38 (-1)	0	Independent hold
South Herefordshire	0	0	0	35 (-1)	Ratepayers 1 (+1)	Independent hold
South Holland	Lincolnshire	8 (+1)	1 (-1)	0	22 (-4)	Ratepayers 4 (+4)	Independent hold
South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	17	8 (-4)	0	13 (-1)	17 (+5)	NOC
South Lakeland	Cumbria	14 (+5)	4	6 (-3)	30 (-2)	0	Independent hold
South Northamptonshire †	Northamptonshire	20	1	1	18	0	NOC
South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	35	7	4	16	0	Conservative gain from NOC
South Ribble †	Lancashire	44	9	0	1	0	Conservative hold
South Shropshire †	Shropshire	0	2	2	33	Ratepayers 3	Independent hold
South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	26	5 (-4)	1 (-1)	15 (+5)	Christian Action 2	Conservative hold
South Wight	Isle of Wight	7 (+6)	0	2 (+1)	14 (-7)	Ratepayers 1	Independent hold
Stafford	Staffordshire	15 (-1)	13	4 (+3)	25 (-2)	0	NOC
Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	Conservative & Independent 44	11	1	0	0	Conservative and Independent hold
Stevenage	Hertfordshire	6 (+3)	28 (-3)	0	0	0	Labour hold
Stockton-on-Tees	Cleveland	31 (+4)	25 (-7)	0	4 (+3)	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Stoke-on-Trent	Staffordshire	20 (+11)	49 (-11)	3	0	0	Labour hold
Stratford on Avon	Warwickshire	25 (+3)	0 (-1)	4 (-2)	22 (-3)	Ratepayers 3 (+3)	Independent lose to NOC
Stroud	Gloucestershire	33 (+13)	9 (-3)	5 (-4)	8 (-6)	Independent Liberal 1	Conservative gain from Conservative and Independent
Suffolk Coastal	Suffolk	38 (+16)	3 (-3)	1 (-4)	13 (-7)	0 (-2)	Conservative gain from NOC
Surrey Heath †	Surrey	31	2	0	3	0	Conservative hold
Swale	Kent	27 (+10)	19 (-6)	3 (-1)	1 (-3)	0	Conservative gain from Labour

† New ward boundaries

[edit] T

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Tamworth &daggger;	Staffordshire	10	13	0	0	Independent Ratepayers 4	Labour lose to NOC
Tandridge †	Surrey	38	2	1	1	0	Conservative hold
Taunton Deane	Somerset	26 (+3)	11 (-3)	0	11	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Teesdale	Durham	0	4 (+2)	0	25 (-2)	0	Independent hold
Teignbridge	Devon	7 (+7)	1 (-7)	3 (+2)	45 (-2)	Ratepayers 1	Independent hold
Tendring †	Essex	39	4	5	8	Ratepayers 4	Conservative hold
Test Valley †	Hampshire	19	3	1	17	Ratepayers 1	NOC
Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	21	1 (+1)	2	22 (-5)	5 (+5)	NOC
Thamesdown †	Wiltshire	22	21	1	2	0	Labour lose to NOC
Thanet	Kent	39 (+4)	11	0 (-4)	11	Ratepayers Association 2	Conservative hold
Three Rivers †	Hertfordshire	32	10	5	0	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Thurrock	Essex	11 (+7)	25 (-7)	0	3	0	Labour hold
Tiverton	Devon	0	0 (-5)	5	35 (+5)	0	Independent hold
Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	42 (+13)	4 (-6)	4 (-6)	3 (-1)	0	Conservative hold
Torbay	Devon	34 (+3)	0 (-4)	0	0	Ratepayers Association 2 (+1)	Conservative hold
Torridge	Devon	2 (+1)	2	7 (+1)	25 (-2)	0	Independent hold
Tunbridge Wells †	Kent	36	4	0	8	0	Conservative hold
Tynedale †	Northumberland	8	11	4	23	1	NOC

† New ward boundaries

[edit] U

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Uttlesford †	Essex	29	3	4	6	0	Conservative hold

† New ward boundaries

[edit] V

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	40 (+11)	4 (-4)	1 (-2)	3 (-5)	0	Conservative hold
Vale Royal †	Cheshire	25	14	4	13	Ratepayers 3	NOC

† New ward boundaries

[edit] W

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Wansbeck †	Northumberland	0	43	2	0	Independent Labour 1	Labour hold
Wansdyke †	Avon	25	13	0	8	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Warrington	Cheshire	39 (+7)	10 (-3)	0 (-3)	2 (-1)	0	Conservative hold
Warwick	Warwickshire	41 (+15)	14 (-11)	3 (-4)	0	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Watford †	Hertfordshire	19	17	0	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour
Waveney	Suffolk	39 (+15)	13 (-12)	4 (-1)	1 (-2)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Waverley	Surrey	45 (+16)	3 (+1)	7 (-17)	6	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Wealden	East Sussex	41 (+19)	0 (-1)	0 (-3)	15 (-15)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Wear Valley	Durham	2 (+2)	17 (-6)	11 (+2)	6 (+2)	5	Labour lose to NOC
Wellingborough	Northamptonshire	19 (+3)	9 (-5)	1 (+1)	3 (+1)	Ratepayers 1	Conservative gain from NOC
Welwyn Hatfield †	Hertfordshire	24	19	0	0	0	Conservative gain from Labour
West Derbyshire	Derbyshire	29 (+10)	2 (-4)	3	2 (-5)	4 (-1)	Conservative gain from NOC
West Devon	Devon	4 (+4)	0	0	26 (-4)	0	Independent hold
West Dorset	Dorset	2 (+2)	1 (-1)	7 (-2)	45 (+1)	0	Independent hold
West Lancashire †	Lancashire	34	15	1	5	0	Conservative gain from NOC
West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	7 (+6)	4 (-1)	4 (-2)	22 (-3)	0	Independent hold
West Norfolk	Norfolk	36 (+19)	12 (-8)	0	12 (-11)	0	Conservative gain from Independent-Conservative
West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	19 (+19)	4 (-4)	0	22 (-15)	0	Independent lose to NOC
West Somerset	Somerset	5	0	1	25	1 vacancy	Independent hold
West Wiltshire	Wiltshire	19 (+6)	7 (-3)	1 (-1)	15 (-2)	0	NOC
Weymouth and Portland	Dorset	20 (+3)	13 (-9)	0	4 (+4)	Ratepayers 2 (+2)	Conservative gain from Labour
Wimborne	Dorset	19 (+18)	0	3 (-7)	8 (-13)	Ratepayers Association 3 (+2)	Conservative gain from Independent
Winchester †	Hampshire	24	4	3	23		Independent lose to NOC
Windsor and Maidenhead	Berkshire	55 (+2)	0 (-3)	1 (+1)	3	0	Conservative hold
Woking †	Surrey	27	8	0	0	0	Conservative hold
Wokingham	Berkshire	36 (+10)	0	8 (-4)	8 (-6)	0	Conservative gain from NOC
Woodspring	Avon	50 (+11)	7 (-3)	0 (-4)	4 (-4)	0	Conservative hold
Worcester	Hereford and Worcester	24 (+5)	12 (-5)	0	0	0	Conservative hold
Worthing	West Sussex	26 (+4)	0 (-1)	1	0	Ratepayers 3 (-3)	Conservative hold
Wrekin	Shropshire	13 (+3)	30 (-1)	0	12 (-2)	0	Labour hold
Wychavon	Hereford and Worcester	8 (+4)	4	2	31 (-4)	0	Independent hold
Wyre	Lancashire	49 (+4)	0 (-2)	2 (+1)	3 (-4)	Ratepayers 1 (+1)	Conservative hold
Wyre Forest	Hereford and Worcester	28 (+14)	7 (-12)	9 (-2)	1	0	Conservative gain from NOC

† New ward boundaries

[edit] Y

District	County	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Independent	Other	Control
Yeovil	Somerset	28	7	1	24	0	NOC
York	North Yorkshire	26 (+9)	10 (-7)	3 (-2)	0	0	Conservative gain from NOC

[edit] References

1. ^ Tories seize cities but fail to achieve expected landslide, The Times, May 7, 1976
2. ^ Tories gain most in big towns: Liberals ousted in Liverpool, The Times, May 7, 1976
3. ^ Heavy Labour losses in district polls, The Times, May 8, 1976
4. ^ Conservatives control 17 metropolitan councils, The Times, May 8, 1976
5. ^ Another loss for Labour in local elections, The Times, May 11, 1976
6. ^ Protest on poll by Kent Conservatives, The Times, May 12, 1976
7. ^ Tory winners plan to sell council houses, The Times, May 8, 1976
8. ^ New recruiting drive by Taverne group, The Times, May 8, 1976
9. ^ Former MP views result as sign of personal following, The Times, May 8, 1976
10. ^ Labour beaten after decades of rule in Welsh heartlands, The Times, May 8, 1976

Preceded by: United Kingdom local elections, 1975

UK local elections

Succeeded by: United Kingdom local elections, 1977