1976 Alnwick District Council election

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1976 Alnwick District Council election
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  1973 6 May 1976 (1976-05-06)1979 

All 28 seats
to Alnwick District Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Independent Labour
Last election253
Seats won223
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Steady2.svg
Popular vote15,5824,161
Percentage62.3%16.6%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Conservative Liberal
Last electionnewnew
Seats won21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1
Popular vote2,0743,068
Percentage8.3%12.3%

Control of Council before election


Independent

Control of Council after election


Independent

Elections to Alnwick District Council were held on 6 of May 1976 alongside other local elections for Non-metropolitan district councils across England. Unlike the election of 1973, which was mainly fought between Independent politicians with a few wards being contested by Labour candidates, there were a few wards contested by Conservative and Liberal candidates this time around.

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Election result

Alnwick Local Election Result 1973
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 2214Decrease2.svg 378.662.315,582-19.7
  Labour 322Steady2.svg10.716.64,161-1.4
  Conservative 220Increase2.svg 27.18.32,074new
  Liberal 110Increase2.svg 13.612.33,068new
  Ind. Labour Party 000Steady2.svg0.00.6140new

Ward results

The result for each ward was as follows: [1]

Harbottle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent J Coatsworth * unopposed
Independent hold
Longframlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent M Keen * 201 74.7 +19.6
Independent Ditcham6825.3
Majority13349.4
Turnout 26950.0
Registered electors 538
Independent hold
  1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Alnwick District Council Election Results 1973-2003" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
No. 1 (Alnwick) (7)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent I Robertson * 1,547
Independent D Davidson * 1,126
Independent H Reavell * 1,121
Liberal R Simpson 1,104
Independent C Cookson 1,065
Independent C Oliver * 1,056
Conservative G Pope 930
Independent W Young538
Independent Hopper516
Labour J Wright277
Independent Anderson229