1976 Horsham District Council election

The 1976 Horsham District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives won a majority of 9 on the council, gaining from Independent. In a number of seats, candidates who stood as an Independent in 1973, when these seats were last contested, stood again as a Conservative Party candidate. Residents' association won their first seat to the council, winning a seat in Henfield. The Liberal Party lost both of their seats from the previous election three years ago.

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23	17	2
Ind	Con	Lib

30	12	1
Con	Ind	RA

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	30	12	0	12	69.8	54.2	30,945	+19.0
Independent	12	0	11	11	27.9	20.3	11,607	-14.9
RA	1	1	0	1	2.3	2.4	1,342	+2.4
Labour	0	–	–		0.0	18.0	10,285	-3.4
Liberal	0	0	2	2	0.0	4.8	2,765	-10.3
National Party	0	–	–		0.0	0.3	180	+0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rowland T.	676	73.5	+2.0
	Liberal	Francis V.	244	26.5	+26.5
Turnout				42.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Longhurst K.	981	48.8
	Independent	Griffin C.	850	42.3
	National Party	Saunders D.	180	9.0
Turnout				36.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

1976 Horsham District Council election

Results summary

Ward results

Ashington & Washington

Billingshurst

Bramber & Upper Beeding

Broadbridge Heath

Cowfold

Henfield

Horsham South

Horsham West

Horsham North

Nuthurst

Pulborough & Coldwatham

Roffey

Rudgwick

Rusper

Shipley

Slinfold

Southwater

Steyning

Storrington

Sullington

Thakeham

Warnham

West Chiltington

West Grinstead

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Milburn M.	983	46.2	+46.2
	Independent	Sanford L.	765	35.9	+2.5
	Liberal	Callard P.	380	17.9	−8.8
Turnout				39.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	McGregor R.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Fowler S.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RA	Jones K.	832	30.7
	Conservative	Jones T.	811	30.0
	Conservative	Corp G.	750
	Conservative	Wright F.	633
	Independent	Bishop L. Ms.	537	19.8
	RA	Summarsell R.	510
	Independent	Rickard W.	329	12.2
	Liberal	Seymour E.	198	7.3
	Liberal	Tysoe F.	174
Turnout				45.2
	Residents’ association gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pinion G.	1,512	59.5	+17.7
	Conservative	Mauchel E. Ms.	1,503
	Conservative	Gould G.	1,458
	Conservative	Roberts W.	1,450
	Labour	O'Connor T.	1,029	40.5	+4.2
	Labour	Thurston J. Ms.	900
	Labour	Colville P.	892
	Labour	Clements R.	882
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Parsons W.	1,991	36.0	−2.7
	Conservative	Jeffries D.	1,794	32.3	+1.0
	Conservative	Collins M.	1,715
	Conservative	Moore B. Ms.	1,686
	Independent	Martin G.	987	17.9	−12.1
	Labour	Evenden R.	756	13.7	+13.7
Turnout				51.4
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Murrell A.	2,132	66.8	+29.3
	Conservative	Link C. Ms.	2,122
	Conservative	Miller E.	2,092
	Conservative	West H. Ms.	2,061
	Conservative	Taylor J.	1,065
	Labour	Lamb P.	1,059	33.2	+4.6
	Labour	Nevins R.	1,042
	Labour	Harris J.	1,033
	Labour	Battersby R.	1,007
	Labour	Prodger T.	949
Turnout				46.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mackenzie J.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cousins B.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Gocher H.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bosanquet D.	1,043	78.6
	Conservative	Sheppard A.	935
	Labour	Harris R. Ms.	284	21.4
	Labour	Ivatts J.	249
Turnout				38.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Steyning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dingemans M. Ms	1,121	40.6	−5.0
	Independent	Mimmack J.	755	27.3	−5.0
	Conservative	Foster P.	600	21.7	+21.7
	Liberal	Paice R.	286	10.4	−8.8
Turnout				51.1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Henderson P. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phelps A. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Keen D.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anderson A.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cheal J.	813	34.3	−2.3
	Independent	Charman M. Ms.	795	33.6	+1.3
	Independent	Charman E.	512	21.7	+21.7
	Independent	Francis R.	243	10.3	+10.3
Turnout				39.1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shepherd F.	979	49.6	+12.5
	Conservative	Tunnell R.	707
	Independent	Ellis L.	558	28.3	+28.3
	Liberal	Marlow D.	438	22.2	−15.1
	Liberal	Dean P.	245
Turnout				51.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rogers H.	406	58.8	−3.7
	Liberal	Donaldson P.	284	41.2	+3.7
Turnout				49.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenkins E.	366	66.7	+24.0
	Independent	Skinner H.	183	33.3	−24.0
Turnout				60.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hodgson A.	484	70.5
	Labour	Ward G.	203	29.5
Turnout				51.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gardner J.	677	84.3
	Liberal	Cleaver M. Ms.	126	15.7
Turnout				52.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Scragg J.	492	55.8
	Liberal	Pike D.	390	44.2
Turnout				50.9
	Independent hold		Swing

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