1976 Leeds City Council election

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Elections to Leeds City Council were held on 6 May 1976, with one third of the council up for election. In the interim between the seats first election in 1973, in addition to Labour's 1974 Burley gain, there had been a further three by-elections - and consequent successful defences of - Beeston & Holbeck and Burmantofts & Richmond Hill (Labour) and Headingley (Conservative).

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The Conservatives managed to largely repeat their previous year's results, gaining a total of seven and winning control of the council. They gained three from Labour, in the wards of Morley South and Wortley, as well as winning back the aforementioned seat in Burley. The remaining four gains were from the Liberals in Horsforth, both of the Pudsey seats and Otley. [1]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1976
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1870+756.248.197,312-1.7%
  Labour 1203-337.533.968,673+2.4%
  Liberal 204-46.215.431,155-2.1%
  National Front 00000.00.91,910+0.9%
  Ratepayers 00000.00.61,266+0.6%
  Communist 00000.00.4873+0.0%
British National 00000.00.2487+0.2%
  Ind. Conservative 00000.00.1307+0.1%
  Ecology 00000.00.1168+0.1%
  Independent 00000.00.1163-0.6%

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Conservatives4350
Labour4138
Liberals128
Total9696
Working majority 0  4 

Ward results

Aireborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Hutchinson5,54456.4-5.0
Labour P. Jones2,63526.8+4.9
Liberal B. Cleasby1,65516.8+0.0
Majority2,90929.6-9.9
Turnout 9,834
Conservative hold Swing -4.9
Armley and Castleton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Wright3,01240.5+3.0
Labour Michael McGowan 2,46233.1-2.8
Conservative J. Hastings1,61121.7-3.5
British National J. Drury2263.0+3.0
Communist P. Witton721.0-0.5
National Front Mabel Spink580.8+0.8
Majority5507.4+5.7
Turnout 7,441
Liberal hold Swing +2.9
Beeston and Holbeck [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Fenwick3,45950.2+2.5
Conservative E. Lucas2,71039.3+2.4
Liberal C. Coultas72810.6-4.9
Majority74910.9+0.1
Turnout 6,897
Labour hold Swing +0.0
Bramley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Atkinson2,33851.4-1.4
Conservative A. Mathers1,60935.3-11.9
Liberal J. Spencer60513.3+13.3
Majority72916.0+10.4
Turnout 4,552
Labour hold Swing +5.2
Burley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Fletcher-Campbell1,79851.6+0.6
Labour C. Buttery1,38439.7+3.9
Liberal P. Sander1714.9-2.7
Communist B. Jackson872.5-0.2
National Front Dorothy Waite461.3-1.7
Majority41411.9-3.2
Turnout 3,486
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -1.6
Burmantofts and Richmond Hill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Sedler2,73339.3-8.7
Liberal Margaret Clay2,38534.3+6.3
Conservative G. Dimmock1,32919.1-3.3
British National Eddy Morrison 2113.0+3.0
National Front C. Welsh1822.6+2.6
Communist M. Monkman1101.6+0.0
Majority3485.0-15.1
Turnout 6,950
Labour hold Swing -7.5
Chapel Allerton and Scott Hall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Symonds4,33463.1+0.9
Labour A. Baum1,91127.8+5.2
Liberal J. Clay6289.1-4.6
Majority2,42335.3-4.2
Turnout 6,873
Conservative hold Swing -2.1
City and Woodhouse [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Jenner2,17352.2+1.2
Conservative T. Battersby1,21829.3+0.8
Liberal D. Selby61114.7-2.2
Communist J. Rodgers1623.9+0.2
Majority95522.9+0.3
Turnout 4,164
Labour hold Swing +0.2
Cookridge and Weetwood [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Carter7,36772.7+0.3
Labour I. Levy1,86518.4+3.9
Liberal D. Leser8958.8-4.2
Majority5,50254.3-3.5
Turnout 10,127
Conservative hold Swing -1.8
Garforth #1 (Garforth North and Barwick) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Ives5,19164.5-1.0
Labour B. Selby2,55631.7+5.6
Ind. Conservative G. Kite3073.8+3.8
Majority2,63532.7-6.6
Turnout 8,054
Conservative hold Swing -3.3
Garforth #2 (Kippax and Swillington) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Flatter3,20053.6-26.9
Conservative A. Taylor2,49141.7+35.4
Liberal N. Parnaby2784.7+4.7
Majority70911.9-55.4
Turnout 5,969
Labour hold Swing -31.1
Gipton and Whinmoor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Coward3,57649.9+2.6
Conservative W. Buckland3,27345.7+0.0
National Front B. Spink3184.4+4.4
Majority3084.2+2.6
Turnout 7,167
Labour hold Swing +1.3
Halton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Hyde4,49471.3-1.0
Labour A. Maher1,64026.0+5.3
National Front C. Dewar1652.6+2.6
Majority2,85445.3-6.3
Turnout 6,299
Conservative hold Swing -3.1
Harehills and Roundhay [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Challenor5,01469.0+1.7
Labour C. Say1,94126.7+3.1
National Front Catherine Dewar3094.3+4.3
Majority3,07342.3-1.5
Turnout 7,264
Conservative hold Swing -0.7
Headingley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Pedley2,64456.3+1.7
Labour A. Shires1,22826.2+0.7
Liberal P. Holmes62013.2-6.7
Communist B. Cooper2024.3+4.3
Majority1,41630.2+1.0
Turnout 4,694
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Horsforth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Foyston3,81450.3-2.3
Liberal J. Stevens2,44832.3-4.8
Labour H. Outhwaite1,04513.8+3.4
National Front J. Duckenfield2743.6+3.6
Majority1,36618.0+2.5
Turnout 7,581
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.2
Hunslet East and West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ivan Lester2,90444.4-3.7
Labour John Gunnell 2,80742.9+3.0
Conservative R. Blackburn5658.6-3.3
National Front N. Griffiths2143.3+3.3
British National S. Brown500.8+0.8
Majority971.5-6.7
Turnout 6,540
Liberal hold Swing -3.3
Kirkstall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Atha 2,90650.8+5.4
Conservative A. Castle2,53544.3-2.8
Liberal L. Keates2824.9-2.6
Majority3716.5+4.8
Turnout 5,723
Labour hold Swing +4.1
Middleton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Kitchen2,44359.8+3.8
Conservative C. Hallas1,03625.3+0.2
Liberal L. Hirst51012.5-3.5
Communist Daisy Triscott992.4-0.5
Majority1,40734.4+3.5
Turnout 4,088
Labour hold Swing +1.8
Moortown [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative K. Sibbald2,96965.5-3.8
Labour G. Dickinson1,00622.2+3.0
Liberal S. Walderberg3888.6-2.9
Ecology K. Rushworth1683.7+3.7
Majority1,96343.3-6.8
Turnout 4,531
Conservative hold Swing -3.4
Morley #1 (Morley North) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B. Senior3,37250.6-16.7
Labour K. Smith1,86227.9-4.7
Ratepayers G. Jarratt1,26619.0+19.0
Independent B. Morris1632.4+2.4
Majority1,51022.7-11.9
Turnout 1,266
Conservative hold Swing -6.0
Morley #2 (Morley South) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B. Broadbent2,57150.1+14.7
Labour T. Hewitt2,56249.9+7.4
Majority90.2-6.9
Turnout 5,133
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.6
Osmondthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Hamilton2,02954.9+1.9
Conservative S. Nelmes1,30435.3-5.7
National Front L. Fella1945.3+5.3
Liberal B. Stevenson1674.5-1.4
Majority72519.6+7.5
Turnout 3,694
Labour hold Swing +3.8
Otley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Francis3,76544.4-2.4
Liberal G. Kirkland3,73644.1+6.3
Labour D. Gagen91610.8-4.6
Communist P. Punchard550.6+0.6
Majority290.3-8.7
Turnout 8,472
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -4.3
Pudsey North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Bashall3,17045.5-5.2
Liberal J. Finnigan2,19031.4+5.0
Labour D. Trafford1,60623.1+0.2
Majority98014.1-10.2
Turnout 6,966
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -5.1
Pudsey South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Fairhurst2,77745.3-0.7
Liberal R. Fairbank1,87630.6+6.8
Labour F. Wadwell1,47424.1-6.1
Majority90114.7-1.1
Turnout 6,127
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -3.7
Rothwell [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Benson3,59444.1+3.0
Conservative M. Dyer2,33328.6-3.1
Liberal P. Bower2,21827.2+0.1
Majority1,26115.5+6.1
Turnout 8,145
Labour hold Swing +3.0
Seacroft [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Stringer2,60957.6+0.0
Conservative R. Ivey1,68137.1-2.5
National Front K. Middleton1503.3+3.3
Communist A. Dale861.9-0.8
Majority92820.5+2.6
Turnout 4,526
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Stanningley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Mann2,31552.0+9.5
Conservative K. Knapton1,56135.1-0.4
Liberal A. Hillam57512.9-9.0
Majority75416.9+9.8
Turnout 4,451
Labour hold Swing +4.9
Talbot [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Sherwin3,76371.7+0.9
Labour D. Brown90817.3+2.3
Liberal G. Macolferson57511.0-3.2
Majority2,85554.4-1.4
Turnout 5,246
Conservative hold Swing -0.7
Wetherby [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative N. Brown6,93674.7+2.8
Labour L. Adams1,30414.0+5.0
Liberal D. Tunstall1,05011.3-5.3
Majority5,63260.6+5.3
Turnout 9,290
Conservative hold Swing -1.1
Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Connah2,53347.2-6.0
Labour W. Thurlow2,18640.7+5.5
Liberal J. Nelson64812.1+0.6
Majority3476.5-11.5
Turnout 5,367
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -5.7

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