1976 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

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1976 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
Coat of arms of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.png
  1975 6 May 1976 (1976-05-06) 1978  

21 of 63 seats
to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderColin WarbrickBert PyperCecil Fink
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader's seat Stretford Park Brooklands
Last election21 seats,
56.1%
1 seat,
22.2%
0 seats,
21.3%
Seats before42138
Seats won1740
Seats after47124
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote40,75319,34410,421
Percentage57.4%27.3%14.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.3%Increase2.svg5.1%Decrease2.svg6.6%

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Map of results of 1976 election

Leader of the Council before election

Mike King
Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Colin Warbrick
Conservative

Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1976. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1980. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council. [1]

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Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Conservative Party 40,753 (57.4%)
Increase2.svg 1.317 (81.0%)
17 / 21
Increase2.svg 547 (74.6%)
47 / 63
Labour Party 19,344 (27.3%)
Increase2.svg 5.14 (19.0%)
4 / 21
Decrease2.svg 112 (19.0%)
12 / 63
Liberal Party 10,421 (14.7%)
Decrease2.svg 6.60 (0.0%)
0 / 21
Decrease2.svg 44 (6.3%)
4 / 63
Communist Party 263 (0.4%)
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
Steady2.svg 00 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Independent 192 (0.3%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
12447

Ward results

No.1 (Altrincham South West)

Altrincham South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. S. Gordon1,37353.5+10.6
Labour E. Axon68726.8-0.2
Liberal P. C. Feanhley50619.7-10.4
Majority68626.7+13.9
Turnout 2,56640.3-1.3
Conservative hold Swing

No.2 (Altrincham East)

Altrincham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Hall2,20954.5+6.8
Liberal Glen Stuart1,15328.4-8.9
Labour Robert Coulthard69117.0+2.0
Majority1,05626.1+15.6
Turnout 4,05342.6-2.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.3 (Altrincham North)

Altrincham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Finch1,61054.3+6.4
Liberal Eric Faulkner71924.3-3.4
Labour Alan Hadley63521.4-2.9
Majority89130.1+9.9
Turnout 2,96445.0+0.9
Conservative hold Swing

No.4 (Timperley)

Timperley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Audrey Weedall1,69547.6-0.3
Liberal Raymond Bowker*98327.6+5.8
Labour J. Gregory88424.8-5.4
Majority71220.0+2.3
Turnout 3,56244.5+1.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)

Mersey-St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivor Hurst*2,45160.8+4.3
Liberal R. Elliott1,18429.4-14.1
Labour Raymond Tully3939.8+9.8
Majority1,26731.5+18.4
Turnout 4,02845.0+3.6
Conservative hold Swing

No.6 (St. Martin’s)

St. Martin's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Morgan Evans*2,77866.8-2.3
Labour G. T. Pollitt1,37833.2+2.3
Majority1,40033.7-4.4
Turnout 4,15638.2+7.8
Conservative hold Swing

No.7 (Sale Moor)

Sale Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. D. Turner1,23143.9+1.5
Labour Barry Brotherton1,22143.6+9.5
Liberal B. Willshaw30110.7-10.4
Communist V. T. Eddisford491.7-0.6
Majority100.4-4.7
Turnout 2,80242.1+2.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

No.8 (St. Anne’s)

St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sutton1,78946.4-0.9
Liberal John Golding*1,20831.3-3.2
Labour J. K. Morgan85822.3+4.1
Majority58115.1+2.2
Turnout 3,85545.3+4.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.9 (Brooklands)

Brooklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. B. Ludlam2,39364.8+6.8
Liberal Hilary Hughes1,30235.2+1.5
Majority1,09129.5+5.3
Turnout 3,69545.2-0.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.10 (Talbot North)

Talbot North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Sullivan*1,78652.8+7.2
Conservative T. W. Thompson1,14333.8+3.0
Liberal T. A. Dixon45113.3-10.3
Majority64319.0+4.2
Turnout 3,38037.9+3.0
Labour hold Swing

No.11 (Clifford)

Clifford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour V. J. Wynne*1,35549.6+6.8
Conservative Edward Kelson1,17242.9-14.3
Liberal R. N. Stott2067.5+7.5
Majority1836.7-7.6
Turnout 2,73341.5+6.6
Labour hold Swing

No.12 (Longford)

Longford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Olive Chandler*2,03353.5+0.3
Labour Tony Lloyd 1,31934.7+4.0
Liberal H. D. Locksley44611.7-4.4
Majority71418.8-3.7
Turnout 3,79839.0+3.4
Conservative hold Swing

No.13 (Stretford)

Stretford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Warbrick*1,58764.4+1.2
Labour G. R. Scott69828.3+3.0
Liberal C. R. Hedley1817.3-4.2
Majority88936.1-1.8
Turnout 2,46642.3+3.3
Conservative hold Swing

No.14 (Park)

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herber Pyper*1,35349.9+8.3
Conservative William Matthews1,28247.3+4.5
Communist M. A. Murray752.8+0.3
Majority712.6+1.4
Turnout 2,71043.3+3.3
Labour hold Swing

No.15 (Bowdon)

Bowdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Sutton Hall*2,94884.7+12.8
Labour J. Wynne53415.3+2.7
Majority2,41469.3+13.0
Turnout 3,48248.6-1.3
Conservative hold Swing

No.16 (Hale)

Hale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Godwin*3,80787.2+5.9
Labour P. Scott56012.8N/A
Majority3,24774.4+23.4
Turnout 4,36747.4+3.8
Conservative hold Swing

No.17 (Partington)

Partington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Paul*1,43848.7+2.1
Conservative M. E. Hindley1,18240.1-6.7
Communist P. S. Gallagher1394.7-1.9
Independent W. J. Graham1204.1+4.1
Independent K. M. Stewart722.4+2.4
Majority2568.7+8.5
Turnout 2,95137.4+9.8
Labour hold Swing

No.18 (Urmston West East)

Urmston West East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ruth Royle-Higginson*1,79856.8+2.3
Labour D. T. Taylor76324.1+0.5
Liberal A. Scanlon60419.1-2.8
Majority1,03532.7+1.9
Turnout 3,16537.6-5.7
Conservative hold Swing

No.19 (Flixton East Central)

Flixton East Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Fitzpatrick*2,49262.9+8.4
Labour D. J. Watts89422.6+3.0
Liberal M. G. Maxfield57514.5-11.4
Majority1,59840.3+11.7
Turnout 3,96142.9-4.7
Conservative hold Swing

No.20 (Flixton West)

Flixton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. E. Williams*2,43260.4+1.5
Labour Laura Seex1,21230.1+3.6
Liberal D. J. Gilbert3849.5-5.1
Majority1,22030.3-2.0
Turnout 4,02841.2-1.8
Conservative hold Swing

No.21 (Davyhulme East)

Davyhulme East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Eadie*1,34859.9+9.8
Labour M. F. Treadaway68530.4+5.2
Liberal W. A. Munden2189.7-15.0
Majority66329.5+4.6
Turnout 2,25141.4-0.2
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 1976 and 1978

No.4 (Timperley) By-Election 14 October 1976
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Holden1,30767.1+19.5
Labour J. Gregory64032.9+8.1
Majority66734.3+11.5
Turnout 1,94724.3-20.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
No.3 (Altrincham North) By-Election 24 March 1977
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M. G. Currie1,18356.7+2.4
Liberal Eric Faulkner57927.7-3.4
Labour P. B. Ayo32515.6-5.8
Majority60428.9-1.2
Turnout 2,08731.7-13.3
Conservative hold Swing
No.6 (St. Martin's) By-Election 24 March 1977
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Almond1,86258.7-8.1
Labour Barry Brotherton74423.5-9.7
Liberal John Golding56617.8+17.8
Majority1,11835.2+1.5
Turnout 3,17228.1-10.1
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 7 May 1976", Trafford M.B.C.(1976).