1976 Fenland District Council election
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The 1976 Fenland District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Fenland District Council in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as the other local elections. The Conservative Party achieved a majority on the council.
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D Dunham* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chatteris East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R Heading* | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chatteris North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rita Goodge | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chatteris South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J Weller | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chatteris West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert German | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elm
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R Curston* | 546 | 45.5 | ||
Independent | Arthur Ingle* | 505 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Leverington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Salter* | unopposed | |||
Conservative | R Wallace* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Manea
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R Morris* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
March East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Clark* | 1,088 | 53.2 | ||
Conservative | H Aveling* | 959 | 46.8 | ||
Labour | Don Cherry* | 899 | |||
Labour | M Boon | 882 | |||
Conservative | D Billingsby | 776 | |||
Turnout | 81.8 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
March North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | G Campbell* | 970 | 46.5 | ||
Labour | D Dagless* [2] | 956 | |||
Conservative | G Brewin | 801 | 38.4 | ||
Labour | B Chapman | 792 | |||
Conservative | G Taylor | 716 | |||
Conservative | H Smith | 602 | |||
Liberal | B Fox | 314 | 15.1 | ||
Liberal | J Longley | 216 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
March West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Freddie Grounds* | 1,028 | 64.0 | ||
Conservative | P Skoulding* | 991 | |||
Conservative | D Fleming* | 962 | |||
Labour | C Bennett | 579 | 36.0 | ||
Labour | J Rose | 488 | |||
Labour | F Wilkinson | 455 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Newton and Tydd St Giles
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Palmer | 362 | 55.7 | ||
Independent | G Cragg | 171 | 26.3 | ||
Independent | A Cater* | 117 | 18.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Outwell and Upwell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R Hannam | unopposed |
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Peter Barnes* | 668 | 34.1 | ||
Liberal | Ellis Plumb | 592 | 30.2 | ||
Conservative | P Ward | 530 | 27.0 | ||
Independent | Neil Payne* | 524 | |||
Independent | D Barnes | 170 | |||
Labour | G Owen | 170 | 8.7 | ||
Independent | Clifford Edwards | 73 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing |
Whittlesey Bassenhally
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Shelton | 324 | 72.5 | ||
Labour | C Wroath | 123 | 27.5 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 1,619 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Whittlesey East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P Dennis | 259 | 53.2 | ||
Liberal | G Spenceley | 228 | 46.8 |
Whittlesey Kingsmoor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Hannington* | 220 | 55.8 | ||
Conservative | L Hart | 174 | 44.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Wimblington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | E Morris* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Wisbech East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Bob Lake* | 588 | 58.9 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Slaymaker | 559 | |||
Labour | P Pomeroy | 410 | 41.1 | ||
Labour | L Purt | 380 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Whittlesey Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hinton* | unopposed |
Whittlesey South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raymond Whitwell | unopposed |
Whittlesey West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harold Lilley* | unopposed |
Wisbech North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Potter | 819 | 64.0 | ||
Labour | Ken Williams* | 735 | |||
Labour | D Perry* | 712 | |||
Conservative | S Marshall | 460 | 36.0 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wisbech North East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Beryl Petts* | 610 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | Michael Osborn* | 591 | |||
Labour | T Morley | 482 | |||
Labour | Ron Harris | 548 | 47.3 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Wisbech South West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | June Bond | 1,317 | 49.6 | ||
Conservative | L Rands* | 977 | |||
Conservative | T Piggott* | 835 | |||
Liberal | P Coulten | 831 | 31.3 | ||
C Rolfe | 506 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1976. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 13.
- ^ "Misery for Mayors". Fenland Advertiser. 9 May 1979. p. 5.