This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (April 2021) |
The 1976 Fenland District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Fenland District Council in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as the other local elections. The Conservative Party achieved a majority on the council.
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Ward results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D Dunham* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chatteris East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | R Heading* | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chatteris North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Rita Goodge | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chatteris South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | J Weller | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chatteris West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Albert German | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elm edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R Curston* | 546 | 45.5 | ||
Independent | Arthur Ingle* | 505 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Leverington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald Salter* | unopposed | |||
Conservative | R Wallace* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Manea edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R Morris* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
March East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Fred Clark* | 1,088 | 53.2 | ||
Conservative | H Aveling* | 959 | 46.8 | ||
Labour | Don Cherry* | 899 | |||
Labour | M Boon | 882 | |||
Conservative | D Billingsby | 776 | |||
Turnout | 81.8 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
March North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | G Campbell* | 970 | 46.5 | ||
Labour | D Dagless* [2] | 956 | |||
Conservative | G Brewin | 801 | 38.4 | ||
Labour | B Chapman | 792 | |||
Conservative | G Taylor | 716 | |||
Conservative | H Smith | 602 | |||
Liberal | B Fox | 314 | 15.1 | ||
Liberal | J Longley | 216 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
March West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Freddie Grounds* | 1,028 | 64.0 | ||
Conservative | P Skoulding* | 991 | |||
Conservative | D Fleming* | 962 | |||
Labour | C Bennett | 579 | 36.0 | ||
Labour | J Rose | 488 | |||
Labour | F Wilkinson | 455 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Newton and Tydd St Giles edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Palmer | 362 | 55.7 | ||
Independent | G Cragg | 171 | 26.3 | ||
Independent | A Cater* | 117 | 18.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Outwell and Upwell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R Hannam | unopposed |
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Peter Barnes* | 668 | 34.1 | ||
Liberal | Ellis Plumb | 592 | 30.2 | ||
Conservative | P Ward | 530 | 27.0 | ||
Independent | Neil Payne* | 524 | |||
Independent | D Barnes | 170 | |||
Labour | G Owen | 170 | 8.7 | ||
Independent | Clifford Edwards | 73 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing |
Whittlesey Bassenhally edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Geoffrey Shelton | 324 | 72.5 | ||
Labour | C Wroath | 123 | 27.5 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 1,619 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Whittlesey East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P Dennis | 259 | 53.2 | ||
Liberal | G Spenceley | 228 | 46.8 |
Whittlesey Kingsmoor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Albert Hannington* | 220 | 55.8 | ||
Conservative | L Hart | 174 | 44.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Wimblington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E Morris* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Wisbech East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Bob Lake* | 588 | 58.9 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Slaymaker | 559 | |||
Labour | P Pomeroy | 410 | 41.1 | ||
Labour | L Purt | 380 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Whittlesey Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Hinton* | unopposed |
Whittlesey South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Raymond Whitwell | unopposed |
Whittlesey West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harold Lilley* | unopposed |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | unopposed |
Wisbech North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Potter | 819 | 64.0 | ||
Labour | Ken Williams* | 735 | |||
Labour | D Perry* | 712 | |||
Conservative | S Marshall | 460 | 36.0 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wisbech North East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Beryl Petts* | 610 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | Michael Osborn* | 591 | |||
Labour | T Morley | 482 | |||
Labour | Ron Harris | 548 | 47.3 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Wisbech South West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | June Bond | 1,317 | 49.6 | ||
Conservative | L Rands* | 977 | |||
Conservative | T Piggott* | 835 | |||
Liberal | P Coulten | 831 | 31.3 | ||
C Rolfe | 506 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1976. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 13.
- ^ "Misery for Mayors". Fenland Advertiser. 9 May 1979. p. 5.