1976 Alnwick District Council election

1976 Alnwick District Council election
All 28 seats; to Alnwick District Council; 15 seats needed for a majority
Control of Council before election; ; Independent	Control of Council after election ; ; Independent

Elections to Alnwick District Council were held on 6 of May 1976 alongside other local elections for Non-metropolitan district councils across England. Unlike the election of 1973, which was mainly fought between Independent politicians with a few wards being contested by Labour candidates, there were a few wards contested by Conservative and Liberal candidates this time around.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	22	1	4	3	78.6	62.3	15,582	-19.7
Labour	3	2	2		10.7	16.6	4,161	-1.4
Conservative	2	2	0	2	7.1	8.3	2,074	new
Liberal	1	1	0	1	3.6	12.3	3,068	new
Ind. Labour Party	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	140	new

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J Coatsworth *	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M Keen *	201	74.7	+19.6
	Independent	Ditcham	68	25.3
Majority			133	49.4
Turnout			269	50.0
Registered electors			538
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	I Robertson *	1,547
	Independent	D Davidson *	1,126
	Independent	H Reavell *	1,121
	Liberal	R Simpson	1,104
	Independent	C Cookson	1,065
	Independent	C Oliver *	1,056
	Conservative	G Pope	930
	Independent	W Young	538
	Independent	Hopper	516
	Labour	J Wright	277
	Independent	Anderson	229
Majority			421
Turnout
Registered electors			5,711
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Liberal gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T Straffen *	1,451	79.4	+30.1
	Independent	C Turnbull *	1,164	63.7	+22.2
	Conservative	A Rowell	1,144	62.6	+21.1
	Independent	J Johnstone	1,080	59.1
	Labour	W Mitchell *	1,037	56.7	+6.1
	Labour	J Gilgannon *	914	50.0	−0.8
	Liberal	Riddell	710	38.8
	Independent	Portersdon	546	29.9
	Labour	Laidler	456	24.9
	Labour	Shinwell	342	18.7
	Labour	Arries	296	16.2
Majority			287	15.7
Turnout			1,828	49.7
Registered electors			3,680
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Independent gain from Labour
	Labour hold

1976 Alnwick District Council election

Ward results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H Philipson *	663	78.8	+7.0
	Independent	J Baxter *	543	64.6	−2.5
	Liberal	W Robertson	267	31.7	−29.3
	Liberal	Nutt	208	24.7
Majority			120	14.3
Turnout			841	69.6
Registered electors			1,208
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P Bridgeman *	362	56.1	+12.6
	Liberal	Gaunt	283	43.9
Majority			79	12.2
Turnout			645	61.0
Registered electors			1,058
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S Alexander	382	55.0
	Independent	R Huggins *	312	45.0	−7.8
Majority			70	10.1
Turnout			694	62.9
Registered electors			1,104
	Independent gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Tully *	485	86.6	−2.4
	Labour	W Dobbie	354	63.2
	Independent	W Tearney	140	25.0	−3.2
	Independent Labour	J Swordly *	140	25.0	−3.8
Majority			131	23.4
Turnout			560	45.1
Registered electors			1,242
	Labour gain from Independent
	Labour gain from Independent

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	A Curry *	unopposed
Independent	A Curry	unopposed
Independent hold
Independent gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S Bolam	578	58.7
	Independent	R Mackie	458	46.5
	Independent	J Miller *	346	35.2	−31.3
	Liberal	G France	317	32.2
	Liberal	Fairgrieve	179	18.2
	Independent	Chalk	90	9.1
Majority			120	12.2
Turnout			984	57.6
Registered electors			1,709
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

v t e Council elections in Northumberland
Northumberland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2008 2013 2017 2021 2025
Alnwick District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Blyth Valley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Castle Morpeth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Tynedale District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Wansbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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