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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.
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D Dunham* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chatteris East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R Heading* | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chatteris North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rita Goodge | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chatteris South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J Weller | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chatteris West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert German | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elm
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R Curston* | 546 | 45.5 | ||
Independent | Arthur Ingle* | 505 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Leverington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Salter* | unopposed | |||
Conservative | R Wallace* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Manea
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R Morris* | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
March East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
[edit]
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 |
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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.