1976 Ceredigion District Council election

The second election to Ceredigion District Council was held in May 1976.^[1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1979 election. On the same day there were elections to the other district and community councils in Wales.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Glyn Griffiths Herbert*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	B. Davies	522	57.0
	Plaid Cymru	J. Davies	393	43.0
Majority				14.0
Turnout				71.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J.L. Davies*	928	77.5
	Plaid Cymru	T.M. George	269	22.5
Majority				55.1
Turnout				67.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Griffith Eric Hughes	1,354
	Independent	B. Davies*	1,280
	Independent Labour	Gareth Ellis*	1,280
	Labour	G. Edwards*	1,061
	Plaid Cymru	T. Edwards	652
	Labour	W.J. Eden	541
	Labour	Owen Henry Jones*	401
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Miss K.A. Jones*	626
	Plaid Cymru	Robert Davies	315
	Labour	Peter James Goodman	304
	Plaid Cymru	Norman Fitter	296
	Labour	S. Blowers	234
Turnout				54.1
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	M. Jones*	1,074
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Griffiths Evans	895
	Liberal	D. Davies	654
Turnout				67.6
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Jones	498	72.8
	Independent	T. Jones	186	27.2
Majority				45.6
Turnout				75.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Thomas Kinsey Raw-Rees*	723	87.7
	Labour	J. Vincent	101	12.3
Majority				75.5
Turnout				61.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Rees*	462	69.1
	Plaid Cymru	A. Jones	207	30.9
Majority				38.1
Turnout				68.5
	Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	W. Jenkins*	unopposed
Independent	O.M. Owen*	unopposed
Independent	I.J.C. Radley	unopposed
Liberal hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Lewis*	301	66.3
	Liberal	E. Griffiths	153	33.7
Majority				32.6
Turnout				76.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M.B. Roberts*	371	57.3
	Plaid Cymru	Millicent Gregory	139	21.5
	Independent	C. Morgan	137	21.2
Majority				35.9
Turnout				73.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W.A. Jones*	Unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J.R. Evans	705
	Independent	J. Roberts	506
	Liberal	Mrs C.P. Barton*	453
	Plaid Cymru	B. Parry	377
Turnout				93.9
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S. Thomas	542	61.3
	Independent	B. Jenkins*	342	38.7
Majority				22.6
Turnout				84.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangrannog and Penbryn 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Y. Brown	454	50.6
	Independent	E.T. Jenner	403	44.9
	Independent	G. Hutton	40	4.5
Majority				5.7
Turnout				69.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J.E. Raw-Rees
	Independent	G. Aaron
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	D. Beynon	196
	Independent	I. James	130
	Independent	C. Richards	105
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas John Jones*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Johnny Williams*	550
	Plaid Cymru	G. Joen-Lewis	318
Majority				26.7
Turnout				80.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ll.D. Jones	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	W.G. Bennett*	711	80.1
	Plaid Cymru	I. Williams	177	19.9
Majority				60.1
Turnout				73.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I.J. Griffiths*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Richard Edwards	342	57.6
	Independent	D. Davies	252	42.4
Majority				15.2
Turnout				74.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J.E. Evans	307	38.7
	Independent	T. Jones*	205	25.9
	Independent	T. Davies	138	17.4
	Plaid Cymru	Cynog Davies	120	15.1
	Independent	H. Jones	23	2.9
Majority				12.9
Turnout				80.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Lloyd Evans*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Aberaeron (one seat)

Aberbanc (one seat)

Aberporth (one seat)

Aberystwyth Ward One (four seats)

Aberystwyth Ward Two (two seats)

Aberystwyth Ward Three (two seats)

Aeron (one seat)

Borth (one seat)

Bow Street (one seat)

Cardigan (three seats)

Cwmrheidol and Devils' Bridge (one seat)

Faenor Upper (one seat)

Felinfach (one seat)

Lampeter (two seats)

Llanarth (one seat)

Llanbadarn Fawr (one seat)

Llandygwydd (one seat)

Llandysul North (one seat)

Llandysul South (one seat)

Llanfair and Llanwnen (one seat)

Llanfarian (one seat)

Llanfihangel and Llanilar (one seat)

Llangeitho and Caron Isclawdd (one seat)

Llangoedmor (one seat)

Llangrannog and Penbryn (one seat)

Llanilar and Llanrhystud (one seat)

Llanllwchaiarn and Llandysiliogogo (one seat)

Llansantffraid and Cilcennin (one seat)

Llanwenog (one seat)

Lledrod, Strata Florida and Ysbyty Ystwyth (one seat)

Nantcwnlle, Llanddewi Brefi and Llangeitho (one seat)

New Quay (one seat)

Taliesin and Talybont (one seat)

Trefeurig and Goginan (one seat)

Troedyraur (one seat)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	E. Williams*	453	51.5
	Independent	Hannah Marion Jones	426	48.5
Majority				3.0
Turnout				83.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I.C. Pursey*	293	56.3	+22.3
	Plaid Cymru	J. Evans	124	23.8
	Independent	W. Thomas	103	19.8
Majority				32.5
Turnout				83.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Rowland Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Jones*	462	69.1
	Plaid Cymru	A. Griffiths	207	30.9
Majority				38.2
Turnout				65.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S Idris Evans	354	54.0
	Independent	H. Jones*	301	46.0
Majority				8.0
Turnout				73.3
	Independent hold		Swing