The 1976 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1976 to elect councillors to Cardiff District Council (later to become known as Cardiff City Council) in Cardiff, Wales. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. This was the second election to the district council.
The previous Cardiff City Council elections took place in 1973 and the next full elections took place in 1979.
The 1976 election saw the Labour Party lose their majority to the Conservative Party.
Background edit
206 Candidates from 6 parties ran. No party ran a full slate of candidates. The Conservative Party ran 73 candidates, the Labour Party ran 69 candidates, Plaid Cymru ran 33 candidates and the Liberal Party ran 21 candidates.[1]
Results edit
Contests took place in all except one of the wards at this election.[1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 44 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 58.7 | ||||
Labour | 29 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 38.7 | ||||
Ratepayers | 2 | +2 | 0 | +2 | 2.6 | ||||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 |
Results by ward edit
Adamsdown (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Evans | 1,116 | 59.9 | -14.3 | |
Labour | R. M. Costley | 996 | |||
Labour | I. Jones | 992 | |||
Conservative | B. Jones | 747 | 40.1 | +20.2 | |
Conservative | D. Jones | 586 | |||
Turnout | 33.4 | +8.1 | |||
Registered electors | 5,573 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Canton (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bella Brown | 1,901 | 62.4 | +12.8 | |
Conservative | Trevor Tyrell | 1,628 | |||
Conservative | D. Davey | 1,483 | |||
Labour | N. Jenkins | 1,146 | 37.6 | -12.8 | |
Labour | P. W. Thomas | 1,126 | |||
Labour | R. Bassett | 0 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Lee | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 42.8 | +8.0 | |||
Registered electors | 7,115 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Cathays (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Allinson | 1,529 | 30.4 | -14.2 | |
Conservative | L. Jones | 1,419 | 28.2 | +1.0 | |
Labour | John Charles Edwards | 1,390 | |||
Labour | J. Davies | 1,366 | |||
Conservative | M. Keigwyn | 1,329 | |||
Conservative | D. Thomas | 1,248 | |||
Ratepayers | R. Castle | 1,046 | 20.8 | N/A | |
Ratepayers | G. Parsons | 900 | |||
Ratepayers | V. Kempton | 834 | |||
Liberal | Mike German | 593 | 11.8 | -4.3 | |
Liberal | J. Roberts | 531 | |||
Liberal | G. Snell | 467 | |||
Plaid Cymru | T. O'Neill | 448 | 12.1 | -3.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | D. Thomas | 403 | |||
Plaid Cymru | B. Smith | 352 | |||
Turnout | 39.5 | +14.8 | |||
Registered electors | 9,268 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Central (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gordon William Fish | 1,010 | 37.5 | -24.7 | |
Labour | William Herbert | 1,209 | |||
Conservative | D. Marles | 946 | 35.2 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | G. Scott-Dickens | 928 | |||
Labour | David Seligman | 870 | |||
Conservative | C. Thomas | 850 | |||
Ratepayers | D. Guy | 487 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | D. O'Neill | 247 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | P. Davies | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | P. Riley | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Hopkins | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 47.9 | +14.5 | |||
Registered electors | 5,620 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Ely (6 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Carling | 2,362 | 53.0 | -14.3 | |
Labour | M. Buttle | 2,458 | |||
Labour | Reverend Robert H. Morgan | 2,402 | |||
Labour | Thomas Clifford Lee | 2,258 | |||
Labour | J. Sloman | 2,218 | |||
Labour | Charlie Gale | 2,218 | |||
Conservative | W. Clode | 1,745 | 36.9 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | A. Fitzpatrick | 1,602 | |||
Conservative | F. Phillips | 1,596 | |||
Conservative | M. Jones | 1,557 | |||
Conservative | M. Warren | 1,545 | |||
Conservative | R. Wheeler | 1,464 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Dowling | 479 | 10.1 | -0.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | J. Syms | 416 | |||
Plaid Cymru | E. J. Maynard | 346 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Storn | 333 | |||
Turnout | 32.9 | +8.7 | |||
Registered electors | 14,405 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gabalfa (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Kingwell | 2,184 | 33.8 | +12.1 | |
Labour | Michael Parry | 2,043 | 43.0 | -23.2 | |
Conservative | T. Merridew | 1,989 | |||
Labour | Emrys Pride | 1,971 | |||
Conservative | G. Tatham | 1,795 | |||
Labour | Arthur Brown | 1,736 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Doyle | 528 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | C. Schoen | 402 | |||
Turnout | 49.0 | +23.9 | |||
Registered electors | 9,707 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Grangetown (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. P. O'Reilly | 1,737 | 57.0 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | B. Moorcraft | 1,671 | |||
Conservative | Gwendoline Judd | 1,647 | |||
Labour | M. Matthewson | 1,309 | 43.0 | -9.0 | |
Labour | D. Lydiard | 1,280 | |||
Labour | Harold Bartlett | 1,233 | |||
Turnout | 41.8 | +8.7 | |||
Registered electors | 7,279 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons (1 seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. H. Davies | 1,127 | 88.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | C. Mitchell | 144 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 41.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,735 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llandaff (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B. Jones | 2,998 | 67.1 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | J. Hermer | 2,922 | |||
Conservative | H. Jones | 2,838 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Anne-Marie Petty | 760 | 20.1 | -3.1 | |
Labour | A. Saunders | 711 | 15.9 | -5.0 | |
Labour | J. Leno | 702 | |||
Turnout | 49.1 | +15.7 | |||
Registered electors | 9,099 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llanishen (6 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeffrey Sainsbury | 3,660 | 35.4 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Ronald Watkiss | 3,652 | |||
Conservative | D. O'Neill | 3,648 | |||
Conservative | Lionel Pugh | 3,636 | |||
Conservative | N. Morgan | 3,476 | |||
Ratepayers | C. Milsom | 3,339 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Barraby | 3,318 | |||
Liberal | O. Langdon | 1,307 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Morris | 1,173 | 11.3 | -14.1 | |
Labour | M. Walker | 1,122 | |||
Labour | P. Phillips | 1,113 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Edwards | 856 | 8.3 | -2.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | S. Doyle | 807 | |||
Turnout | 78.1 | +28.4 | |||
Registered electors | 13,239 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Ratepayers gain from Conservative | Swing |
Penylan (6 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stefan Terlezki | 7,244 | 65.3 | +15.3 | |
Conservative | L. Gower | 6,974 | |||
Conservative | M. Newman | 6,893 | |||
Conservative | A. Austin | 6,886 | |||
Conservative | G. A. S. Turnbull | 6,876 | |||
Conservative | A. Thomas | 6,571 | |||
Liberal | T. Thomas | 1,570 | 14.1 | -19.2 | |
Labour | M. Jones | 1,551 | 14.0 | -2.7 | |
Labour | P. Wing | 1,541 | |||
Labour | K. O'Brien | 1,528 | |||
Labour | R. Pound | 1,491 | |||
Labour | G. Bayliss | 1,477 | |||
Labour | K. Gaskell | 1,152 | |||
Liberal | P. Lindsey | 1,129 | |||
Liberal | R. Crowley | 1,106 | |||
Liberal | B. Jones | 1,063 | |||
Liberal | D. Hill | 970 | |||
Liberal | R. Ashford | 924 | |||
Plaid Cymru | K. Bush | 733 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | E. Bush | 731 | |||
Plaid Cymru | A. Couch | 730 | |||
Plaid Cymru | H. Phillips | 712 | |||
Plaid Cymru | P. Cravos | 704 | |||
Plaid Cymru | S. Price | 672 | |||
Turnout | 48.6 | +7.9 | |||
Registered electors | 22,826 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Plasmawr (6 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Huish | 2,068 | 39.4 | -18.0 | |
Conservative | W. Hall | 2,047 | 39.0 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | F. Lloyd | 2,017 | |||
Labour | H. Davies | 1,996 | |||
Conservative | D. Pepler | 1,993 | |||
Labour | M. Phillips | 1,976 | |||
Labour | F. Tyrrell | 1,958 | |||
Conservative | L. Skye | 1,908 | |||
Conservative | B. Pearce | 1,888 | |||
Labour | J. Leonard | 1,878 | |||
Conservative | D. McIntyre | 1,870 | |||
Labour | B. Shorten | 1,859 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Davies | 1,131 | 21.6 | +4.0 | |
Turnout | 37.2 | +12.4 | |||
Registered electors | 14,094 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Plasnewydd (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Watkins | 1,901 | 40.2 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | S. James | 1,874 | |||
Conservative | D. J. Evans | 1,807 | |||
Labour | P. Norton | 897 | 25.7 | -2.2 | |
Labour | J. Truran | 857 | |||
Labour | J. Bonar | 809 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Owen John Thomas | 674 | 17.6 | -0.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | M. Coughlin | 611 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Griffiths | 571 | |||
Liberal | G. German | 260 | 6.8 | -9.0 | |
Liberal | P. Jarman | 239 | |||
Liberal | A. Verma | 188 | |||
Communist | J. Roxburgh | 92 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 46.2 | -0.3 | |||
Registered electors | 8,275 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Radyr, St Fagans, Tongwynlais (2 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | L. B. Clarke | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | G. W. Millard | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,590 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rhiwbina (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John A. Bain | 3,372 | 58.8 | +18.1 | |
Conservative | Martin Davies | 3,359 | |||
Conservative | G. Jones | 3,222 | |||
Liberal | H. J. O'Brien | 986 | 17.2 | -15.1 | |
Liberal | O. Davies | 793 | |||
Plaid Cymru | K. Davies | 694 | 14.7 | -2.6 | |
Labour | C. Beech | 678 | 11.8 | -0.5 | |
Liberal | G. White | 676 | |||
Labour | E. Woolfe | 628 | |||
Plaid Cymru | B. Williams | 582 | |||
Labour | R. Armstrong | 572 | |||
Plaid Cymru | N. Davies | 552 | |||
Turnout | 54.7 | +8.2 | |||
Registered electors | 10,482 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Riverside (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K. Davies | 1,565 | 39.6 | -8.1 | |
Ratepayers | L. Mathias | 1,254 | 31.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | S. Doxsey | 1,253 | |||
Conservative | Alec Johnson | 1,150 | |||
Ratepayers | P. Powell | 941 | |||
Labour | A. Dixon | 746 | 18.9 | -10.6 | |
Labour | D. Toogood | 588 | |||
Labour | K. Mullins | 573 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Petty | 392 | 9.0 | -0.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | J. Kuczy's | 337 | |||
Turnout | 54.4 | +12.0 | |||
Registered electors | 7,276 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Ratepayers gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Roath (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | N. Lloyd-Edwards | 3,062 | 59.0 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Gerald Brinks | 2,706 | |||
Conservative | R. Richards | 1,636 | |||
Labour | T. Tucker | 886 | 17.1 | ±0.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | G. Bowman | 645 | 12.4 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | J. McWilliam | 594 | 11.5 | -13.7 | |
Liberal | P. Verma | 318 | |||
Turnout | 42.0 | +6.2 | |||
Registered electors | 10,348 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rumney (6 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Llewellyn | 2,980 | 52.7 | +6.3 | |
Labour | V. Jones | 2,843 | |||
Labour | Alun Michael | 2,747 | |||
Labour | John Randall Phillips | 2,693 | |||
Labour | John Reynolds | 2,685 | |||
Labour | F. Yeomans | 2,681 | |||
Conservative | C. Nicholson | 2,513 | 31.5 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | R. Mitchell | 2,502 | |||
Ratepayers | R. Potter | 2,497 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | L. Quinn | 2,409 | |||
Conservative | J. Wright | 2,397 | |||
Conservative | L. Hunt | 2,366 | |||
Turnout | 42.0 | +15.3 | |||
Registered electors | 19,033 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
South (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Smith | 1,387 | 56.1 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Philip Dunleavy | 1,363 | |||
Labour | P. H. Bowen | 1,230 | |||
Conservative | E. Williams | 1,084 | 43.9 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | E. Canning | 1,061 | |||
Conservative | S. Cooper | 1,033 | |||
Turnout | 38.3 | +1.0 | |||
Registered electors | 6,447 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Splott (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Ormonde | 1,483 | 41.9 | -24.0 | |
Labour | C. Williams | 1,325 | |||
Labour | L. Bonar | 1,136 | |||
Conservative | T. Kelly | 1,015 | 28.7 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | F. Chichester | 968 | |||
Ratepayers | R. Warburton | 887 | 25.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | K. Wilcox | 876 | |||
Communist | S. Garrett-Jones | 151 | 4.3 | -2.4 | |
Turnout | 47.5 | +15.0 | |||
Registered electors | 7,437 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Whitchurch (3 seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Purnell | 3,688 | 50.3 | ±0.0 | |
Conservative | Victor Riley | 3,526 | |||
Conservative | T. Davies | 3,429 | |||
Labour | G. Howell | 1,432 | 19.5 | -30.2 | |
Labour | R. Bowler | 1,388 | |||
Plaid Cymru | E. Ogwen | 1,366 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Labour | P. Owen | 1,360 | |||
Liberal | S. Davies | 846 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | S. Sofia | 492 | |||
Turnout | 70.3 | +19.9 | |||
Registered electors | 10,437 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |