1976 Runnymede District Council election

Map showing the parties of the candidates with the most votes in each ward.

Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 6 May 1976. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1973. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council and increased their majority to 31 out of 42 seats.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 31
• Labour 7
• Residents Association 3
• Liberal 1

Election result

1976 Runnymede District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	37	31			8	73.8	58.5	33,064
	Labour	26	7			8	16.7	25.7	14,516
	Residents	3	3			1	7.1	5.8	3,266
	Liberal	14	1			1	2.4	9.1	5,150
	Independent	1	0			0	0.0	1.0	552

Ward results

Addlestone Bourneside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Brunger	652	45.7
	Conservative	A. Read	644
	Conservative	P. Quaife	635
	Labour	L. Taylor	533	37.3
	Labour	G. Honeyball	520
	Labour	G. Tucker	519
	Liberal	M. Beal	243	17.0
	Liberal	B. Cain	231
	Liberal	H. Fotheringham	213
Majority			119	8.3
Turnout				34.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Addlestone North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Birchall	752	52.0
	Conservative	R. Taylor	729
	Conservative	Ann Widdecombe	695
	Labour	S. Allen	401	27.7
	Labour	T. Finn	399
	Labour	J. Keene	388
	Liberal	Geoffrey Pyle	294	20.3
Majority			328	24.3
Turnout				38.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Addlestone St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Cunningham	809	42.4
	Liberal	K. Lloyd	798	41.8
	Conservative	D. Tuckwood	790
	Conservative	G. Quaife	774
	Liberal	A. Brentnall	572
	Liberal	D. Hopwood	555
	Labour	C. Watts	301	15.8
Majority			11	0.6
Turnout				50.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chertsey Meads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Lowther	1,352	44.6
	Conservative	W. Collett	1,255	41.4
	Conservative	D. Wyke	1,226
	Conservative	G. Paris	1,166
	Labour	B. Harris	894
	Labour	A. Anderson	832
	Liberal	R. Benfield	421	13.9
Majority			97	3.2
Turnout				60.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chertsey St. Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Light	699	43.5
	Labour	D. Hughes	655
	Labour	R. Plamer	642
	Conservative	B. Harmer	532	33.1
	Conservative	M. Anderson	525
	Conservative	J. Williams	508
	Liberal	J. Elfer	375	23.3
Majority			167	10.4
Turnout				46.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Egham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Elliott	1,262	50.2
	Conservative	R. Try	1,120
	Conservative	A. Collins	1,076
	Independent	S. Oliver	552	22.0
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	442	17.6
	Labour	Joy Capper	442
	Labour	R. Jones	348
	Liberal	M. Brooks	255	10.2
Majority			710	28.3
Turnout				56.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Englefield Green East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Barry	1,100	78.6
	Conservative	C. Clarke	1,062
	Conservative	D. Head	1,047
	Labour	J. Hawkes	300	21.4
Majority			800	57.1
Turnout				44.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Englefield Green West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Ellison	761	49.9
	Conservative	R. Thompson	733
	Conservative	R. Wykeham	717
	Labour	L. Carey	569	37.3
	Labour	J. Holder	505
	Labour	T. Reddy	505
	Liberal	S. Thatcher	195	12.8
	Liberal	P. Deane	193
Majority			192	12.6
Turnout				44.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Foxhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Jarvis	1,018	67.7
	Conservative	G. Tollett	934
	Conservative	J. Walbridge	788
	Liberal	C. Boyde	486	32.3
Majority			532	35.4
Turnout				44.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Capper	813	60.0
	Labour	E. Austin	808
	Labour	D. Baker	801
	Conservative	M. Fox	541	40.0
Majority			272	20.1
Turnout				27.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

New Haw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Blowers	1,032	48.6
	Conservative	J. Weedon	875
	Conservative	D. Clarke	801
	Liberal	J. Graham	621	29.3
	Labour	J. Taylor	469	22.1
Majority			411	19.4
Turnout				58.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	J. Smith	1,168	63.2
	Residents	A. Wreglesworth	1,066
	Residents	Eiry Price	1,032
	Labour	A. Sandey	233	16.6
Majority			935	66.7
Turnout				40.8
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Virginia Water

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Passmore	1,181	89.1
	Conservative	J. Allen	1,168
	Conservative	R. Hervey	1,141
	Labour	N. Williams	145	10.9
Majority			1,036	78.1
Turnout				36.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Woodham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Hicks	1,027	67.4
	Conservative	M. Heard	1,002
	Conservative	E. Hargreaves	986
	Liberal	R. Morrall	496	32.6
Majority			531	34.9
Turnout				39.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

• Ward results