1976 Lancaster City Council election

1976 Lancaster City Council election

6 May 1976 (1976-05-06)
All 59 seats to Lancaster City Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Independent Last election 34 seats 17 seats 4 seats Seats won 43 11 5 Seat change 9 6 1 Popular vote 40,619 26,745 9,325   Fourth party   Party Liberal Last election 1 seat Seats won 1 Popular vote 3,202
Leader before election Conservative Leader after election Conservative

The 1976 Lancaster City Council election took place on 6 May 1976. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Summary

The election resulted in a Conservative majority hold.

Election result

1976 Lancaster City Council
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative		43	9		9			37,811
	Labour		11		6	6			26,745
	Independent		5	1		1			9,325
	Liberal		1						3,202

Ward Results

Arkholme

Arkholme (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Wigley	531	75.0
	Independent	E. Leake Ms.	177	25.0
Turnout			708	57.5
	Conservative hold

Bolton-Le-Sands

Bolton-Le-Sands (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Rigg	1,118	70.8
	Conservative	A. Briggs	1,002
	Liberal	R. Skelly	461	29.2
	Liberal	H. Brown	342
Turnout			2,923	50.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Carnforth

Carnforth (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Jones Ms.	665	43.3
	Labour	J. Clarke	646
	Independent	J. Wilson Ms.	492	32.1
	Independent	G. Owen	467
	Conservative	M. Newsham Ms.	378	24.6
	Conservative	R. Bowden	371
Turnout			3,019	45.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Halton-With-Aughton

Halton-With-Aughton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Towers	717	74.9
	Labour	J. Scott	240	25.1
Turnout			957	50.9
	Conservative gain from Independent

Heysham North

Heysham North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Kennan	903	55.0
	Conservative	G. Bryan	823
	Labour	M. Turley	509	31.0
	Labour	B. Wolfenden	504
	Independent	M. Mawson Ms.	229	14.0
Turnout			2,968	45.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hornby

Hornby (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Pearson	491	55.1
	Independent	D. Goth	281	31.5
	Labour	J. Oyston	119	13.4
Turnout			891	67.4
	Conservative hold

Harbour

Harbour (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Brook	973	55.5
	Conservative	D. Sykes	924
	Labour	E. Garbutt	780	44.5
	Labour	G. Wolfenden	720
Turnout			3,397	47.2
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Poulton

Poulton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Heeler	613	39.5
	Independent	W. Earnshaw	520	33.5
	Independent	A. Haworth	517
	Labour	L. Holmes	418	27.0
	Conservative	N. Pym	407
Turnout			2,475	40.9
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Independent gain from Labour

Parks

Parks (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Dawson	Unopposed
	Conservative	I. Welldrake Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Heysham Central

Heysham Central (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Taylor Ms.	1,052	52.9
	Conservative	K. Wilson	938	47.1
	Conservative	T. Higginson	903
	Conservative	R. Fearn Ms.	762
Turnout			3,655	45.3
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Heysham South

Heysham South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. Bolton Ms.	1,147	40.3
	Conservative	J. Downey	860	30.2
	Labour	S. Taylor	836	29.4
	Conservative	K. Warren	753
	Independent	E. Johnson Ms.	687
Turnout			4,283	50.4
	Independent gain from Residents
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Residents

Cockerham

Cockerham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Bibby	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Conservative hold

Ellel

Ellel (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Carr	806	39.5
	Conservative	J. Lowthion	655	32.1
	Labour	W. Stafford	372	18.2
	Conservative	J. Cook	217
	Liberal	M. Brown	206	10.1
Turnout			2,256	52.9
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Warton

Warton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. Peacock	639	63.1
	Conservative	H. Shuttleworth Ms.	374	36.9
Turnout			1,013	52.2
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold

Caton

Caton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Potts Ms.	982	71.6
	Conservative	G. Walling	912
	Labour	C. Adams	390	28.4
	Labour	T. Myall	315
Turnout			2,599	51.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kellet

Kellet (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Snowball	407	69.0
	Independent	P. Comish	183	31.0
Turnout			590	46.6
	Conservative hold

Bulk & St. Annes

Bulk & St. Annes (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bryning	1,273	66.8
	Labour	M. Lewthwaite	1,237
	Labour	J. Yates Ms.	1,209
	Labour	J. O'Donnell	1,177
	Conservative	E. Stokes	634	33.2
	Conservative	T. Hope	624
Turnout			6,154	26.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Park

Park (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Leswer	784	56.0
	Conservative	H. Osliffe	721
	Labour	I. Brown Ms.	617	44.0
	Labour	J. Brown	609
Turnout			2,731	43.9
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

John O'Gaunt

John O'Gaunt (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Lovett-Horn Ms.	1,225	61.8
	Conservative	T. Hayton	1,179
	Conservative	H. Holgate	1,172
	Labour	M. Glover Ms.	757	38.2
	Labour	L. Shaw	726
	Labour	R. Van De Weyer	721
Turnout			5,780	45.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Scotforth

Scotforth (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Ball	1,686	47.3
	Conservative	E. Simpson	1,639
	Conservative	K. Nelson	1,630
	Conservative	J. Outram	1,550
	Labour	S. Bennett Ms.	1,042	29.2
	Labour	B. Freeman	1,020
	Labour	L. Mullett Ms.	1,011
	Labour	J. Baker	1,009
	Liberal	M. Mumford	836	23.5
	Liberal	P. Walker	718
Turnout			10,141	40.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Castle

Castle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Sweeney Ms.	987	51.5
	Labour	D. Brewer	834	43.6
	Conservative	D. Rawes	810
	Labour	A. Burnett Ms.	765
	Communist	K. Wilcock	94	4.9
Turnout			3,490	48.3
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Alexandra

Alexandra (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Kershaw	774	43.1
	Conservative	H. Hargreaves	745
	Independent	E. Simpson Ms.	532	29.7
	Labour	A. Garbutt Ms.	488	27.2
	Labour	M. Harper Ms.	390
Turnout			2,929	47.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Overton

Overton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Mashiter	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Conservative gain from Independent

Silverdale

Silverdale (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Whitaker	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Conservative hold

Skerton Central

Skerton Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Henderson Ms.	1,054	70.4
	Labour	J. Horner Ms.	933
	Conservative	B. Nelson	443	29.6
Turnout			2,430	40.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Skerton East

Skerton East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Richardson	613	50.7
	Labour	R. Jones	596	49.3
	Labour	J. Lodge	582
Turnout			1,791	40.4
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Skerton West

Skerton West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Taylor Ms.	913	42.5
	Conservative	S. Smith	872
	Labour	P. Senior	746	34.7
	Independent	M. Varey	488	22.7
Turnout			3,019	51.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Slyne-With-Hest

Slyne-With-Hest (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Wilcox	Unopposed
	Conservative	R. Schofield	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Torrisholme

Torrisholme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Sumner	1,448	75.5
	Conservative	P. Whitworth	1,200
	Independent	W. Escolme	469	24.5
Turnout			3,117	48.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Victoria

Victoria (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Langridge	1,338	43.5
	Conservative	S. King Ms.	1,012	32.9
	Conservative	T. Shingler	944
	Labour	A. Leach	723	23.5
	Labour	P. Hooper	712
Turnout			4,729	43.6
	Independent hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour