The 1976 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1976 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. 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.
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The 1976 election saw the Independent councillors maintain their majority control on the Council.
Ward results edit
Beaminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Bugler * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | A. Hudson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,265 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Bothenhampton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Y. Skyrme | 501 | 67.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | B. Hammond | 245 | 32.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 256 | 34.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,347 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Bradford Abbas edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Garrett | 499 | 69.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Winder * | 224 | 31.0 | –19.9 | |
Majority | 275 | 38.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59.5 | +17.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,239 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
Bradpole edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Coatsworth | 332 | 48.7 | N/A | |
Independent | E. Kingsnorth | 214 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Cole | 136 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 118 | 17.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,291 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal |
Bridport edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Norfolk * | 1,140 | – | N/A | |
Independent | C. Samways | 1,057 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Tiltman * | 1,018 | 34.0 | +6.7 | |
Labour | L. Dibden * | 834 | 27.9 | +1.6 | |
Independent | W. Hicks | 829 | – | N/A | |
Labour | H. Skevington * | 816 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 40.2 | –19.4 | |||
Registered electors | 5,142 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Broadmayne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | B. Course | 261 | 54.6 | N/A | |
Independent | W. White * | 217 | 45.4 | –10.7 | |
Majority | 44 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43.4 | +12.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,123 | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing |
Broadwindsor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Coate * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 970 | ||||
Independent hold |
Burton Bradstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Cheney * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,063 | ||||
Independent hold |
Caundle Vale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | N. White * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 984 | ||||
Independent hold |
Cerne Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dione Digby, Lady Digby | 426 | 69.4 | N/A | |
Independent | T. Mills | 188 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 238 | 38.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 63.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 968 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Charminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Hanford * | 392 | 72.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | R. Goucher | 147 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 245 | 45.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,256 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charmouth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. McLellan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,171 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Chesil Bank edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,056 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Bennett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | W. McCarthy * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,618 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Dorchester Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Phillips * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,058 | ||||
Independent hold |
Dorchester East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Parsons * | 1,251 | – | ||
Independent | R. Collins * | 1,191 | – | ||
Conservative | P. Seaton | 1,178 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Enid Stella Jones * | 1,004 | 29.2 | –3.6 | |
Liberal | D. Smith | 923 | – | ||
Liberal | R. Brissenden * | 894 | – | ||
Independent | C. Worth | 846 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 50.6 | –17.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,239 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Dorchester West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Powell * | 1,304 | – | ||
Independent | H. Durrant * | 1,146 | – | ||
Liberal | David Trevor Jones * | 1,110 | 36.8 | +2.9 | |
Independent | C. Lucas | 1,105 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | E. Boothman | 1,018 | – | ||
Liberal | B. Clay | 992 | – | ||
Liberal | J. Sellingham | 865 | – | ||
Labour | G. Standfield | 604 | 20.0 | –3.6 | |
Labour | P. Gregory | 572 | – | ||
Turnout | 47.2 | –24.0 | |||
Registered electors | 5,098 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Frome Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | B. Bryant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 971 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,115 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Cockburn * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,085 | ||||
Independent hold |
Loders edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Golding * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 894 | ||||
Independent hold |
Lyme Regis edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Nuttall | 1,006 | – | N/A | |
Independent | J. Broom * | 891 | – | ||
Independent | E. Hallett * | 791 | – | ||
Independent | V. Homyer * | 506 | – | ||
Turnout | 52.7 | +30.0 | |||
Registered electors | 2,808 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Maiden Newton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | H. Haward * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,008 | ||||
Independent hold |
Netherbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Poole | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,248 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Owermoigne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Symes | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,070 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Piddle Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Green * | 385 | 63.2 | –26.4 | |
Independent | M. Walker | 224 | 36.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 161 | 26.4 | –13.7 | ||
Turnout | 57.2 | +17.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,064 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Puddletown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Bown * | 355 | 81.6 | N/A | |
Independent | M. Fermor | 80 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 275 | 63.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 870 | ||||
Independent hold |
Queen Thorne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Brewer * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,033 | ||||
Independent hold |
Sherborne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. King * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | E. Dyke * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Charles | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Matson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | R. Farrant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 5,692 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal gain from Independent | |||||
Independent hold |
Stinsford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Coleman | 291 | 77.4 | N/A | |
Independent | I. Birchenhough | 85 | 22.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 206 | 54.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.6 | –18.1 | |||
Registered electors | 809 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Symondsbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Summers | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,182 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Thorncombe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Atyeo * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,020 | ||||
Independent hold |
Tolpuddle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Kraft * | 314 | 78.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | P. Noble | 84 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 230 | 57.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 705 | ||||
Independent hold |
Whitchurch Canonicorum edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. Fowell * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,069 | ||||
Independent hold |
Winterborne St Martin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Slade | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 946 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Yetminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Conservative | W. Anderson | 348 | 61.3 | N/A | |
Independent | F. Lawrence * | 220 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 128 | 22.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,113 | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Independent |