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All 27 seats in the Corby District Council 14 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 52.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 1976 Corby District Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 Corby District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Corby District Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election be held under new ward boundaries. [3] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party, [1] for the first and only time in its history. [4]
Northamptonshire, archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015 it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by Northamptonshire County Council and by seven non-metropolitan district councils. It is known as "The Rose of the Shires".
Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on 6 May 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 Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 288 Members of Parliament. It also has 234 members of the House of Lords, 4 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 11 members of the Welsh Assembly, 8 members of the London Assembly and 7,445 local councillors.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | M. Perkins | 914 | |||
Conservative | H. Lear | 874 | |||
Labour | J. Thomson | 846 | |||
Labour | R. Evans | 839 | |||
Conservative | R. Garton | 771 | |||
Labour | T. Bayliffe | 678 | |||
Turnout | 43.4% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | F. Goodman | 410 | |||
Conservative | W. Carey | 383 | |||
Conservative | R. Gillett | 381 | |||
Labour | J. Wallace | 319 | |||
Labour | W. Stewart | 280 | |||
Labour | A. Portman | 277 | |||
Liberal | J. Wood | 170 | |||
Turnout | 47.8% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Independent Socialist | T. Sykes | 626 | |||
Conservative | A. Pitcher | 447 | |||
Labour | R. Hipkiss | 432 | |||
Labour | J. Sims | 405 | |||
Conservative | T. Drummond-Young | 389 | |||
Turnout | 56.4% | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | P. McGowan | 754 | |||
Labour | W. Mawdsley | 701 | |||
Labour | K. Glendinning | 699 | |||
Conservative | L. Hallatt | 554 | |||
Communist | J. Reilly | 149 | |||
Turnout | 32.3% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | A. Briggs | 720 | |||
Conservative | J. Campbell | 708 | |||
Conservative | G. Robertshaw | 695 | |||
Labour | J. Forshaw | 615 | |||
Labour | E. Donald | 609 | |||
Labour | G. Russell | 554 | |||
Liberal | F. Charge | 199 | |||
Communist | I. Merrilees | 92 | |||
Turnout | 34.0% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | D. Hindwood | 1,299 | |||
Labour | J. Kane | 992 | |||
Labour | E. Wright | 753 | |||
Labour | D. Moon | 746 | |||
Turnout | 53.2% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | B. Wright | 797 | |||
Labour | P. Floody | 742 | |||
Conservative | B. Pitcher | 657 | |||
Conservative | M. Swinburn | 650 | |||
Labour | W. Kearney | 635 | |||
Conservative | S. Heggs | 566 | |||
Liberal | A. Haigh | 492 | |||
Independent | A. Greer | 282 | |||
Turnout | 46.1 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | C. Bodin | 442 | |||
Independent | K. Farnham | 288 | |||
Labour | G. Reed | 281 | |||
Turnout | 58.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | R. Ogilvie | 257 | |||
Conservative | G. Woolston | 244 | |||
Independent | J. Canning | 180 | |||
Turnout | 71.9% | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | R. Webster | 489 | |||
Labour | R. Crawley | 109 | |||
Turnout | 58.6% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | R. Sheridan | 470 | |||
Labour | G. McCart | 450 | |||
Conservative | H. Perry | 443 | |||
Labour | F. Smyth | 414 | |||
Communist | W. Clark | 58 | |||
Turnout | 63.1% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | L. Baker | 837 | |||
Conservative | F. Harris | 811 | |||
Labour | P. Huckle | 674 | |||
Labour | C. Keeney | 618 | |||
Turnout | 68.1% | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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