1976 Babergh District Council election

1976 Babergh District Council election[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	22	17	9	0	9	44.7	44.4	11,873	+17.1
	Independent	23	15	2	6	4	42.1	16.0	4,265	–19.8
	Labour	16	4	0	7	7	10.5	28.8	7,686	–8.1
	Liberal	2	1	1	0	1	2.6	7.6	2,036	N/A
	Residents	2	1	1	0	1	0.0	3.2	860	N/A

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Alton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Rundall	379	54.5
	Labour	R. Cook*	316	45.5
Majority			63	9.1
Turnout			695	63.0
Registered electors			1,073
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Berners

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Pollard*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,280
	Independent hold

Bildeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	O. Simpson*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,196
	Independent hold

Boxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Clark*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,400
	Independent hold

Brantham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Manning*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,437
	Independent hold

Brett Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Green	286	50.1
	Independent	H. Hardy	285	49.9
Majority			1	0.2
Turnout			571	48.9
Registered electors			1,138
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Brookvale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Baxter*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,509
	Independent hold

Bures St. Mary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Engleheart*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,150
	Conservative hold

Capel & Wenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Pearce*	485	50.4
	Conservative	W. Robertson	477	49.6
Majority			8	0.8
Turnout			962	49.1
Registered electors			1,951
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadacre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Ince*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,455
	Independent hold

Copdock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Moore*	382	53.7
	Labour	T. Carey	208	29.2
	Independent	R. Hitchcock	132	18.5
Majority			174	24.5
Turnout			712	58.7
Registered electors			1,213
	Independent hold		Swing

Dodnash (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Wake-Walker*	Unopposed
	Independent	T. Goodchild*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,724
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Elmsett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Crockatt*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,175
	Independent hold

Glemsford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Goodwin	528	66.4
	Labour	D. Chatters	274	34.5
Majority			254	31.9
Turnout			795	50.1
Registered electors			1,587
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Great Cornard North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Curran	342	49.7
	Conservative	S. Byham	334	48.5
	Labour	T. Macdonald	318	46.2
	Conservative	N. Scofield	277	40.3
Turnout			~688	32.0
Registered electors			2,150
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Great Cornard South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Eady*	684	27.7
	Labour	E. Chaplin*	557	22.6
	Conservative	Peter Beer	548	22.2
	Labour	J. Blackie	500	20.3
Turnout			~1,240	49.3
Registered electors			2,501
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Hadleigh (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Brown*	923	22.6
	Independent	J. Osborne	733	18.0
	Independent	M. Crabtree	607	14.9
	Independent	C. Durrant	579	14.2
	Labour	N. Slade	510	12.5
	Labour	J. Whitehead*	506	12.4
	Conservative	C. Anstruther	378	9.3
	Conservative	J. Goad	307	7.5
Turnout			~1,513	40.4
Registered electors			4,024
	Labour hold
	Independent gain from Labour
	Independent gain from Labour

Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Godley*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,234
	Independent hold

Lavenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Griffin	423	60.9
	Independent	L. Spraggins*	272	39.1
Majority			151	21.8
Turnout			695	54.5
Registered electors			1,254
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Leavenheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. York*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,271
	Conservative hold

Long Melford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Kemp*	1,152	45.3
	Residents	J. Abbott	622	24.5
	Independent	C. Kingston*	490	19.3
Turnout			~1,132	25.5
Registered electors			2,551
	Liberal gain from Independent
	Residents gain from Independent

Nayland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Mitchell	364	57.8
	Independent	P. Hetherington*	266	42.2
Majority			98	15.6
Turnout			630	64.7
Registered electors			916
	Independent hold		Swing

No. 1 (Sudbury) (5 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Barker*	1,544	38.0
	Conservative	A. Moore	1,291	31.8
	Conservative	R. Playford*	1,278	31.5
	Conservative	G. Parker	992	24.4
	Conservative	H. Singh	948	23.4
	Liberal	J. Hewitt	884	21.8
	Labour	H. Banham*	765	18.8
	Labour	P. Moulton*	700	17.2
	Labour	S. Gargiulo	509	12.5
	Labour	R. Tanner	476	11.7
Turnout			~4,059	59.3
Registered electors			6,847
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

North Cosford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Hodge*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,145
	Independent hold

Polstead & Layham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Esler	326	67.8
	Independent	C. Stewart	97	20.2
	Independent	C. Edmunds	58	12.1
Majority			229	47.6
Turnout			481	52.8
Registered electors			968
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shotley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Lloyd*	239	50.1
	Residents	J. Green	238	49.9
Majority			1	0.2
Turnout			477	38.0
Registered electors			1,254
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Waldingfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Spence	634	68.1
	Labour	D. King	297	31.9
Majority			337	36.2
Turnout			931	46.1
Registered electors			1,970
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

West Samford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Wedgwood*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,147
	Conservative hold