1976 Hyndburn Borough Council election

Last updated

The 1976 Hyndburn Borough Council election for the Hyndburn Borough Council was held in May 1976. [1]

Contents

Results

Hyndburn Local Election Result 1976
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 141029.2%29.77%
  Conservative 331268.8%60.24%
  Liberal 122.1%6.92%
  National Front 1.47%
  Independent 1.31%
  Communist 0.29%

By ward

... * denotes sitting councillor defeated

Accrington West (2 seats - electorate 2518)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phyllis Hargreaves687
Labour Basil Whitham519
Conservative George Granville Broadhurst407
Conservative Richard Harwood270
...spoilt votes5...
Majority280
Majority112
Turnout 1,057
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Accrington Central (1 seat- electorate 1454)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wallace Haines367
Conservative Mary Mortimer263
...spoilt votes5...
Majority104
Turnout 630
Labour hold Swing
Accrington North (4 seats - electorate 5426)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Josephine Pratt1,290
Conservative Jessie Hughes1,192
Conservative Raymond Duckworth1,103
Conservative Herbert Taylor1,093
Liberal Fredrick Maurice Ellison596
Liberal Aldan Unwin555
National Front Kenneth Ian Dobson436
...spoilt votes19...
Majority694
Majority596
Majority507
Majority497
Turnout 1,959
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Accrington Peel Park (2 seats - electorate 2907)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alice Owens595
Labour Gerald David Smith489
Conservative 'Peter Vincent Favell478
Labour Robert Eddleston422
National Front David Andrew Riley245
Independent Robert Rigg192
...spoilt votes8...
Majority117
Majority11
Turnout 1,301
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Accrington East (2 seats electorate 2068)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Parkinson485
Conservative Alan Benson473
Labour Ann Elizabeth Sudders *438
...spoilt votes0...
Majority47
Majority35
Turnout 862
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Accrington South (3 seats electorate 4,532)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Kenneth John Marsden861
Conservative Velma Rennison791
Conservative Brian Fairley785
Liberal Margaret Martin772
Liberal Alan Dinwoodle Lund *678
Liberal Alan Thomas Leeming594
National Front Dave Cronshaw373
...spoilt votes11...
Majority89
Majority19
Majority13
Turnout 1,837
Liberal hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Higher Antley (2 seats electorate 2,200)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary-Lou Cleak509
Labour Kenneth Curtis492
Conservative Patricia Harwood464
Labour Dave Walter Keeley427
...spoilt votes8...
Majority45
Majority28
Turnout 994
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Spring Hill (4 seats electorate 4,464)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Dillon923
Labour John Pickup918
Labour Thomas Bramley777
Conservative Elizabeth Court774
Labour Clifford Westell *763
Conservative Alfred Jameson683
Liberal Henry Batty556
Liberal David O'Hanlon549
...spoilt votes6...
Majority160
Majority155
Majority14
Majority11
Turnout 1,935
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Huncoat

Huncoat (2 seats electorate 1,965)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doris Grant525
Labour Walter Farrimond475
Conservative Douglas John Deakin449
Conservative Joseph Anthony Hindley448
...spoilt votes1...
Majority76
Majority26
Turnout 1.005
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Church

Church St. James (1 seat electorate 1,039)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leonard Dickinson270
Conservative Raymond Prestage146
...spoilt votes3...
Majority124
Turnout 416
Labour hold Swing
Church Chapel & Elmfield (1 seat electorate ??)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack GrimeUncontested
Labour hold Swing
Church Dill Hall (1 seat electorate 1,235)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Riley423
Labour Christina Rogan213
Liberal Harold Stuttard64
...spoilt votes1...
Majority12430.0%
Turnout 700
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Clayton-Le-Moors

Clayton-Le-Moors & Altham (4 seats electorate 5,506)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Hoyle1,789
Conservative Philip Gilbraith1,737
Conservative Jennie Jackson1,606
Conservative John Clifton Downing1,583
Labour Arthur Lewis894
Labour Margaret Muriel Sims851
...spoilt votes6...
Majority895
Majority843
Majority712
Majority689
Turnout 2,580
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Great Harwood

Great Harwood North & West (4 seats electorate 4,418)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jessie Marie Hall1,406
Conservative William Birch Sumner1,338
Conservative Keith Owen1,284
Conservative Terrence Owen1,220
Labour Thomas Lambert829
Labour James Hocking793
Labour Francis Livesey750
Labour Jean Ann Sunner682
...spoilt votes6...
Majority577
Majority509
Majority455
Majority391
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Great Harwood East & South (3 seats electorate 3,892)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wyn Frankland915
Conservative Angela Margaret Hanson912
Labour George Slynn879
Conservative Maurice Kezler872
Labour Joseph Hayhurst *840
Labour Anthony Tattersall *779
...spoilt votes8...
Majority43
Majority40
Majority7
Turnout 1,930
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle St Michael's & St Paul's (4 seats electorate 5,305)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Finch1,228
Conservative Monica Margaret Browning1,206
Conservative Doris Clegg1,173
Conservative Thomas Leslie Rushton1,134
Labour Alfred Newsham *958
Independent Clifford Walsh745
Liberal Ian Raymond Thorpe504
...spoilt votes9...
Majority270
Majority248
Majority215
Majority176
Turnout =2,324
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Oswaldtwistle Foxhill Bank & St Oswalds (4 seats electorate 5,634)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Kenneth Hargreaves 1,330
Conservative Bessie Margaret Sandiford1,263
Conservative Edward Francis Hill1,234
Conservative Thomas Wilfred Renshaw1,187
Labour John Malcolm Farmer808
Communist Thomas Marshall205
...spoilt votes6...
Majority522
Majority455
Majority426
Majority379
Turnout 2,127
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Rishton

Rishton (4 seats electorate 4,597)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald John McNeil1,362
Labour Allan Critchlow1,323
Conservative Edward Edmondson1,146
Conservative Peter John Rushton1,171
Conservative Anthony William Davies1,058
Labour Fredrick Beck Parkinson *855
Labour Robert Harry Peel748
Labour John James Palmer632
...spoilt votes9...
Majority304
Majority265
Majority88
Majority113
Turnout 2,362
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hyndburn</span> Borough and non-metropolitan district in England

Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Accrington, the largest town, and the borough also covers the outlying towns of Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle and Rishton. The borough was created in 1974 and takes its name from the River Hyndburn. It had a population of 80,734 at the 2011 Census. Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 35 seats on the council being elected at each election. Both the Conservative and Labour parties have controlled the council at different times, as well as periods when no party has had a majority.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hyndburn Borough Council elections</span> Class of election in the United Kingdom

Hyndburn Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Hyndburn Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Hyndburn in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 35 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> 2000 UK local government election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2002 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> 2002 UK local government election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 12. The Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> 2006 UK local government election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Two seats had been lost to Labour in by elections in 2005 but both these were won back at this election. However the Conservatives did lose one seat to Labour, Immanuel Ward reducing their majority to 19. (18+2-1=19)

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2007 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> Council election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Labour had held one by election and won another from the Conservatives (Rishton) in Autumn 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> 2008 UK local government election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 37.9%.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> 2012 UK local government election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Councill were held on Thursday, 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> English local election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council-seats were up for election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> 2014 UK local government election

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held in May 1980. 1980 was the second year of local elections on the new boundaries. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council. Labour taking 8 seats from the Conservatives.

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held in May 1982. One third of the council was up for election. Labour were defending 8 seats, The Conservatives 7. Labour held 7 seats with the Conservatives holding their 7 and the Liberal/SDP Alliance fielding a full slate of candidates taking a seat off Labour (Baxenden).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> 2015 UK local government election

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 7 May 2015. Approximately one third of the second tier council's 35 seats fell up for election, and the General Election was held on the same day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> 2016 UK local government election

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election took place on 5 May 2016. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day. The following year sees Lancashire County Council elections for all residents of this borough.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> 2018 UK local government election

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election, was held on Thursday 3 May 2018. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fall up for election on that day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> 2019 UK local government election

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election, was held on Thursday 2 May 2019. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sara Britcliffe</span> British Conservative politician

Sara Alice Britcliffe is a British Conservative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hyndburn since the general election of 2019. At the age of 24, she was the youngest Conservative MP elected in the election, and the first to represent the constituency since 1992.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> 2021 UK local government election

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election, was held on Thursday 6 May 2021. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fall up for election on that day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Hyndburn Borough Council election</span> Hyndburn Borough Council election

A by-thirds Hyndburn Borough Council local election, was held on Thursday 5 May 2022. Approximately one third of the local council's 35 seats fell up for election on that day.

References

  1. ↑ "Hyndburn Council election records". Hyndburn Council election records. May 1976.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.