1976 Breckland District Council election
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1976 English local government election
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The 1976 Breckland District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Breckland District Council in Norfolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Election result
| 1976 Breckland District Council election[2] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Independent | 31 | 22 | 5 | 3 |  2 |
35.3 | 26.6 | 11,367 | +2.0 | |
| Conservative | 24 | 19 | 3 | 4 |  1 |
45.1 | 38.9 | 16,638 | –0.7 | |
| Labour | 26 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
17.6 | 32.0 | 13,688 | –2.5 | |
| Residents | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2.0 | 1.9 | 800 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0.0 | 0.6 | 245 | +0.4 | |
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0.0 | N/A | N/A | –0.8 | |
Ward results
Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.
All Saints
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | A. Harvey* | 467 | 70.9 | ||
| Labour | F. Towell | 192 | 29.1 | ||
| Majority | 275 | 41.8 | |||
| Turnout | 659 | 51.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,282 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Beetley & Gressenhall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | I. Howard* | 447 | 76.3 | ||
| Liberal | A. Perry | 139 | 23.7 | ||
| Majority | 308 | 52.6 | |||
| Turnout | 586 | 48.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,205 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Buckenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | E. Macro* | 327 | 57.3 | ||
| Residents | W. Barnes | 244 | 42.7 | ||
| Majority | 83 | 14.6 | |||
| Turnout | 571 | 53.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,061 | ||||
| Independent gain from Ind. Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conifer
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | W. Emms* | 365 | 56.0 | ||
| Independent | R. Shropshire | 287 | 44.0 | ||
| Majority | 78 | 12.0 | |||
| Turnout | 652 | 45.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,428 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
East Guiltcross
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | G. Aldridge* | 258 | 53.3 | ||
| Independent | L. Harrison | 129 | 26.7 | ||
| Independent | F. Riches | 97 | 20.0 | ||
| Majority | 129 | 26.6 | |||
| Turnout | 484 | 43.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,108 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Eynsford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Hatley* | 528 | 77.6 | ||
| Labour | A. Bradley | 152 | 22.4 | ||
| Majority | 376 | 55.2 | |||
| Turnout | 680 | 65.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,040 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Haggard De Toni
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | H. Wells-Cole* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,388 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Harling
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | E. Bulkeley | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,253 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Heathlands
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | R. Musker* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,071 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Hermitage
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Birkbeck* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,182 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Launditch
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | R. Butler-Stoney* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,089 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Mattishall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | B. Barnes | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,541 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Mid Forest
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. Steward* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 963 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Nar Valley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | M. Boddy* | 486 | 51.3 | ||
| Conservative | J. Burton | 461 | 48.7 | ||
| Majority | 25 | 2.6 | |||
| Turnout | 947 | 57.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,659 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Necton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L. Bengeyfield* | 528 | 70.8 | ||
| Labour | A. Rosenberg | 218 | 29.2 | ||
| Majority | 310 | 41.6 | |||
| Turnout | 746 | 64.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,152 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
No. 26 (Attleborough)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | H. Underwood* | 761 | 41.0 | ||
| Conservative | G. Alston* | 757 | 40.8 | ||
| Independent | E. West* | 684 | 36.9 | ||
| Conservative | F. Hornegold | 578 | 31.2 | ||
| Labour | G. Gillan | 336 | 18.1 | ||
| Labour | W. Tidy | 293 | 15.8 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,857 | 43.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,228 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
No. 5 (East Dereham)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | O. Jarvis* | 1,914 | 38.4 | ||
| Conservative | M. Turnbull | 1,741 | 35.0 | ||
| Conservative | J. Duigan* | 1,721 | 34.6 | ||
| Conservative | M. Duigan* | 1,721 | 34.6 | ||
| Labour | L. Potter* | 1,719 | 34.5 | ||
| Conservative | R. Shelton* | 1,566 | 31.5 | ||
| Conservative | G. Whitworth | 1,413 | 28.4 | ||
| Independent | M. Fanthorpe | 1,352 | 27.1 | ||
| Labour | R. Potter | 1,109 | 22.3 | ||
| Labour | R. Thompson | 1,082 | 21.7 | ||
| Labour | A. Harvey | 820 | 16.5 | ||
| Labour | E. Guymer | 772 | 15.5 | ||
| Labour | I. Dent | 750 | 15.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~4,985 | 61.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,161 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
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| Labour hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Peddars Way
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | H. Baker* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,268 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Shipworth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Searle | 415 | 49.9 | ||
| Labour | R. Hibbett | 239 | 28.7 | ||
| Independent | E. Harvey | 178 | 21.4 | ||
| Majority | 176 | 21.2 | |||
| Turnout | 832 | 51.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,622 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Springvale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Wright* | 410 | 85.1 | ||
| Labour | E. Newson | 72 | 14.9 | ||
| Majority | 338 | 70.2 | |||
| Turnout | 482 | 41.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,170 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Swaffham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | T. Wilding | 1,040 | 38.1 | ||
| Independent | J. Sampson* | 994 | 36.4 | ||
| Independent | P. Ison* | 959 | 35.1 | ||
| Labour | B. Marjoram* | 699 | 25.6 | ||
| Turnout | ~2,731 | 75.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,632 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Swanton Morley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | J. Johnson* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,299 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Taverner
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | E. Stangroom | 357 | 56.0 | ||
| Conservative | A. Spinks* | 157 | 24.6 | ||
| Independent | P. Edwards | 123 | 19.3 | ||
| Majority | 200 | 31.4 | |||
| Turnout | 637 | 61.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,029 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Templar
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Bouwens | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 677 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Thetford Abbey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H. Crampton* | 484 | 57.7 | ||
| Labour | M. Page | 405 | 48.3 | ||
| Conservative | W. Greenfield | 355 | 42.3 | ||
| Turnout | ~839 | 33.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,482 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Thetford Barnham Cross
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. Armes | 620 | 68.1 | ||
| Labour | J. Ramm | 587 | 64.5 | ||
| Independent | F. Wilkes | 291 | 31.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~910 | 35.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,564 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Thetford Guildhall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | W. Crisp | 865 | 72.9 | ||
| Independent | T. Lamb* | 805 | 67.9 | ||
| Labour | W. Nunn | 322 | 27.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,189 | 39.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,047 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Thetford Saxon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | F. Room* | 623 | 65.2 | ||
| Labour | J. Sweeney* | 560 | 58.6 | ||
| Conservative | L. Hardwick | 333 | 34.8 | ||
| Turnout | ~956 | 36.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,634 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Two Rivers
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Abbs | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,360 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Upper Wensum
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | G. Kerrison* | 561 | 84.4 | ||
| Labour | J. Bantoft | 104 | 15.6 | ||
| Majority | 457 | 68.8 | |||
| Turnout | 665 | 49.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,354 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Upper Yare
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | L. Brown* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,240 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Watton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | A. Neaves | 566 | 41.1 | ||
| Independent | C. Cadman | 495 | 35.9 | ||
| Labour | F. Mayhew | 317 | 23.0 | ||
| Independent | G. Mitchell* | 309 | 22.4 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,378 | 40.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,444 | ||||
| Residents gain from Independent | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Wayland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. Bailey* | 410 | 64.9 | ||
| Independent | D. Thornhill | 222 | 35.1 | ||
| Majority | 188 | 29.8 | |||
| Turnout | 632 | 57.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,091 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Weeting
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | N. Parrott* | 481 | 81.9 | ||
| Liberal | R. Green | 106 | 18.1 | ||
| Majority | 375 | 63.8 | |||
| Turnout | 587 | 56.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,047 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
West Guiltcross
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | M. Mansbridge* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,250 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Wissey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. Johnson | 553 | 63.6 | ||
| Labour | A. Markham | 317 | 36.4 | ||
| Majority | 236 | 27.2 | |||
| Turnout | 870 | 52.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,648 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Breckland District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. pp. 4–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
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