1976 Bracknell District Council election

1976 Bracknell District Council election
All 31 seats to Bracknell District Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 1976 Bracknell District Council election took place on 6 May 1976, to elect all 31 members in 16 wards for Bracknell District Council in England. The election was held on the same day as other local elections as part of the 1976 United Kingdom local elections. The Conservative Party ousted the one-term Labour Party council, winning all but 4 of the seats, with Labour group leader Bill Lindop losing his seat of Wildridings. The Liberal Party were able to hold onto their solitary seat in Crowthorne & Easthampstead.^[2] Despite leading the Conservative group into the election, Dorothy Benwell would be replaced by newly elected Tim Wood, who subsequently became leader of the council.^[3]

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	27	18	0	18	87.1	52.8	11,791
Labour	3	0	14	14	9.7	32.3	7,217
Liberal	1	0	0	0	3.2	14.0	3,130
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	179

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benwell M. Ms.*	1,193	57.4	−6.9
	Conservative	Jackson R.	1,077
	Conservative	Evans D.	935
	Liberal	Trower R.	584	28.1	New
	Labour	Cripps G. Ms	301	14.5	−21.2
	Labour	Tyler J.	291
	Labour	Draper R.	247
Turnout				52.7	+24.1
Registered electors			3,945
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lees D. Ms.	801	86.1	+12.9
	Labour	Jones E.	129	13.9	−12.9
Turnout				46.8	+20.8
Registered electors			1,994
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Grant J.	1,186	40.4	+13.8
	Conservative	Dale E.	1,159
	Conservative	Elford D.	1,123
	Labour	Dellar A.	1,097	37.4	−24.5
	Labour	Kirk T. Ms.	1,090
	Labour	Shillcock A. Ms.*	1,087
	Liberal	Malvern K.	471	16.1	New
	Liberal	Tottingham D.	451
	Liberal	Stotesbury P.	447
	Independent Labour	Rimple C.	179	6.1	New
Turnout				51.9	+19.8
Registered electors			5,648
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fanthorpe T.	1,148	44.4	+12.2
	Conservative	Fleming R.	1,143
	Conservative	Gennery B.	1,141
	Labour	Pearce T.*	1,045	40.4	−6.3
	Labour	Mason S.	1,036
	Labour	Wheaton T.	1,002
	Liberal	Campbell R.	392	15.2	−5.8
	Liberal	Salisbury R.	389
	Liberal	Maxwell D.	280
Turnout				46.3	+2.6
Registered electors			5,579
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1976 Bracknell District Council election

Ward results

Ascot

Binfield

Bracknell (Great Hollands)

Bracknell (Old Bracknell)

Bullbrook

College Town

Cranbourne

Crowthorne & Easthampstead

Garth

Harmanswater

Little Sandhurst

Priestwood

Sandhurst

St. Marys

Warfield

Wildridings

Footnotes

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Strong P. Ms.	1,264	57.0	+13.7
	Conservative	Dowdall C.	1,255
	Conservative	Padley R.	1,225
	Labour	Delbridge J.*	953	43.0	−13.7
	Labour	Darke P.	920
	Labour	Checkley A.*	862
Turnout				43.9	+4.3
Registered electors			5,053
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Marshall J.^{[n 1]}**	470	69.8	*New*
	Labour	Gardener A.	203	30.2	New
Turnout				41.8	N/A
Registered electors			1,713
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Creech F.*	325	70.8	+8.0
	Labour	Andrews T. Ms.	134	29.2	−8.0
Turnout				41.2	+6.5
Registered electors			1,141
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brown W.*	1,152	47.3	−52.7
	Conservative	Cheney A.	985	40.4	−59.6
	Conservative	Finnie J.	935
	Conservative	Worrall D.*	810
	Labour	Hall A.	300	12.3	New
	Labour	Johnston S. Ms.	286
Turnout				55.8	N/A
Registered electors			4,366
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moylan C.*	659	54.1	−9.3
	Labour	Pocknee J.*	645
	Conservative	Brown M.	558	45.9	+9.3
	Conservative	Coombs M. Ms.	555
Turnout				45.5	+11.6
Registered electors			2,674
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wood T.	723	49.9	+15.7
	Conservative	Brydon D.	704
	Labour	Smyth G.	518	35.8	−6.6
	Labour	Lavender G.*	511
	Liberal	Crean T.	207	14.3	−9.1
	Liberal	White P.	197
Turnout				49.7	+11.3
Registered electors			2,912
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steel A.	856	72.1	+35.1
	Conservative	Burton J.	773
	Labour	Urqhart C.	332	27.9	+9.0
	Labour	Wood R.	283
Turnout				46.5	+11.0
Registered electors			2,556
	Conservative gain from Residents		Swing
	Conservative gain from Residents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cain F.*	560	50.4	−8.0
	Conservative	Mosses R.	551	49.6	+8.0
	Conservative	Harbor P. Ms.	538
	Labour	Mountjoy T.*	534
Turnout				36.8	+4.2
Registered electors			3,016
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rimes G.	537	56.3	+36.6
	Labour	Dancy K. Ms.	417	43.7	+5.7
Turnout				51.2	+13.4
Registered electors			1,930
	Conservative gain from Residents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rose P.*	371	85.5	+25.5
	Labour	Drukker M.	63	14.5	−25.5
Turnout				45.8	+0.6
Registered electors			972
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay J. Ms.*	417	73.8	+4.2
	Labour	Stewart R.	148	26.2	−4.2
Turnout				45.8	+10.2
Registered electors			1,265
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mattick J.	406	37.3	+5.4
	Conservative	Wreglesworth N.	368
	Labour	Lindop W.*	358	32.9	−35.2
	Liberal	Mullarky P.	324	29.8	New
	Labour	Mihell D.*	320
	Liberal	Spain K.	318
Turnout				51.2	+12.8
Registered electors			2,123
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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