1976 Plymouth City Council election

1976 Plymouth City Council election^[1]^[2]

6 May 1976
All 66 seats in the Plymouth City Council 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 37 seats, 47.9% 29 seats, 45.9% Seats won 39 27 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 41,659 31,838 Percentage 51.9% 39.6% Swing 4.0% 6.3%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1976 Plymouth City Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Voting took place across 22 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. The Conservative Party retained control of the Council after winning a majority of seats.

Overall results

1976 Plymouth City Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	2	0	2	59.1	51.9	41,659	4.0
	Labour	27	0	2	2	40.9	39.6	31,838	5.0
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	4.2	3,389	2.0
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	3.3	2,638	New
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	453	New
	Residents	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	326	New
Total		66						80,303

Ward results

Compton (3 seats)

Compton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Creber	2,717
	Conservative	F. Milligan	2,639
	Conservative	R. Ray	2,611
	Labour	P. Lovell	671
	Labour	W. Bond	603
	Independent	P. Symonds	571
	Labour	B. Wilson	554
Turnout				46.8%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Crownhill (3 seats)

Crownhill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Pascoe	3,382
	Conservative	R. Morrell	3,281
	Conservative	J. Dobell	3,264
	Labour	M. Hughes	1,438
	Labour	R. Fraser	1,369
	Labour	P. Knight	1,353
Turnout				44.2%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Drake (3 seats)

Drake (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Mitchell	2,581
	Conservative	T. Savery	2,398
	Conservative	N. Pengelly	2,387
	Labour	W. Pepper	857
	Labour	R. Lemin	825
	Labour	J. Whitby	799
Turnout				47.3%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Efford (3 seats)

Efford (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Stott	1,923
	Labour	R. King	1,866
	Labour	G. Draper	1,751
	Conservative	J. Richards	1,566
	Conservative	S. Luke	1,446
	Conservative	E. Smith	1,377
Turnout				49.0%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Ernesettle (3 seats)

Ernesettle (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Roberts	1,810
	Labour	C. Brimblecombe	1,661
	Conservative	C. Pascoe	1,576
	Conservative	J. Small	1,565
	Labour	D. Drake	1,560
	Conservative	G. Annear	1,550
Turnout				47.8%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Ford (3 seats)

Ford (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Fox	1,905
	Conservative	M. Glanville	1,696
	Labour	B. Furzeman	1,683
	Labour	B. Batchelor	1,659
	Labour	C. Moiser	1,564
	Conservative	R. Ingham	1,541
Turnout				49.2%
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Honicknowle (3 seats)

Honicknowle (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Whitfield	2,390
	Labour	W. Nicholson	2,199
	Labour	H. Dolley	2,192
	Conservative	R. Wheeler	1,552
	Conservative	H. Palmer	1,505
	Conservative	M. Brown	1,492
Turnout				51.6%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Mount Gould (3 seats)

Mount Gould (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Courtney	1,776
	Conservative	E. Thornton	1,743
	Conservative	R. Thornton	1,690
	Labour	B. Clarke	1,204
	Labour	K. Glanville	1,189
	Labour	T. Saunders	1,155
	Liberal	C. Smith	782
	Liberal	J. Davey	772
Turnout				49.3%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Pennycross (3 seats)

Pennycross (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Floyd	2,534
	Labour	W. Glanville	2,184
	Labour	I. Flett	2,046
	Conservative	K. Gardiner	1,474
	Conservative	C. Holman	1,297
	Conservative	E. Donald	1,197
Turnout				50.4%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Plympton Erle (3 seats)

Plympton Erle (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Mills	2,079
	Conservative	A. Wright	2,057
	Conservative	J. Richards	2,041
	Labour	J. Fildew	1,019
	Labour	V. Williams	983
	Labour	J. Leppard	852
Turnout				41.7%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Speare	2,207
	Conservative	R. Radmore	2,138
	Conservative	W. Tregenna-Piggott	2,046
	Labour	W. Gross	950
	Labour	S. De Launey	873
	Labour	A. De Launey	862
Turnout				46.1%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	I. Langdon	2,738
	Conservative	D. Dicker	2,672
	Conservative	D. Viney	2,669
	Liberal	D. Finch	717
	Labour	E. Hill	642
	Labour	J. Cowan	636
	Labour	T. Caylor	585
	Independent	J. Macmillan	526
Turnout				48.0%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Easton	1,905
	Conservative	C. Easton	1,861
	Conservative	O. Kendall	1,654
	Labour	L. Haines	928
	Liberal	N. Williams	754
	Liberal	D. Tice	695
	Labour	F. Morrish	689
	Liberal	A. Vacquier	664
	Labour	W. Williamson	638
Turnout				47.6%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St Andrew (3 seats)

St Andrew (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Glinn	1,612
	Conservative	G. Blades	1,578
	Conservative	W. Turner	1,468
	Labour	E. Clinnick	1,052
	Labour	J. Ingham	1,023
	Labour	P. Ingham	963
	Independent	W. Worth	442
Turnout				44.1%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St Aubyn (3 seats)

St Aubyn (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Yeates	1,363
	Labour	F. Long	1,337
	Labour	L. Goldstone	1,335
	Conservative	M. Gregory	1,231
	Conservative	B. Foster	1,183
	Conservative	J. Ashford	1,165
Turnout				36.4%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Budeax (3 seats)

St Budeax (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Tucker	2,360
	Labour	R. Hockey	2,196
	Labour	R. Bishop	2,178
	Conservative	T. Docking	1,521
	Conservative	P. Glazsher	1,484
	Conservative	I. Forster	1,419
Turnout				50.1%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Peter (3 seats)

St Peter (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	I. Lowe	1,585
	Labour	J. Luce	1,496
	Labour	H. Clinnick	1,430
	Conservative	E. Brock	748
	Conservative	F. Angle	655
	Conservative	V. Douglas-Green	611
	Independent Labour	R. Blank	453
	Residents	F. Guy	326
	Independent	R. Nicholls	250
	Independent	H. Welch	130
Turnout				41.2%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stoke (3 seats)

Stoke (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Wilbraham	1,689
	Conservative	P. Washbourn	1,679
	Conservative	W. Howe	1,630
	Labour	J. Cock	1,020
	Labour	L. Barron	983
	Labour	L. Huckett	896
	Liberal	B. Yardley	497
	Liberal	J. Sowden	410
Turnout				44.7%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Sutton (3 seats)

Sutton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Johnson	1,650
	Labour	F. Freeman	1,432
	Labour	J. Lobb	1,512
	Conservative	R. Hooper	1,035
	Conservative	J. King	924
	Conservative	M. Parkinson	885
	Liberal	P. York	639
Turnout				42.1%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Tamerton (3 seats)

Tamerton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Evans	2,044
	Labour	R. Scott	1,861
	Labour	J. Jones	1,840
	Conservative	M. Lippell	1,620
	Conservative	E. Diggle	1,468
	Conservative	W. Rowe	1,463
Turnout				42.9%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Trelawny (3 seats)

Trelawny (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Parish	2,608
	Conservative	W. Thompson	2,415
	Conservative	G. Jinks	2,391
	Labour	B. Colgan	989
	Labour	S. Caylor	959
	Labour	W. King	924
	Independent	J. Newell	849
Turnout				53.2%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Whitleigh (3 seats)

Whitleigh (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Johnson	2,137
	Conservative	T. Jones	2,023
	Conservative	M. Lacey	1,949
	Labour	H. Luscombe	1,726
	Labour	R. Sprague	1,631
	Labour	G. Wellings	1,561
Turnout				45.2%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

References

1. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
2. "Local Elections Handbook 1976". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2016.