1976 Maldon District Council election

1976 Maldon District Council election[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	26	20	9	0	9	66.7	52.5	21,439	+17.9
	Independent	12	7	0	4	4	23.3	14.0	5,714	–11.0
	Labour	13	1	0	3	3	3.3	19.0	7,768	+0.8
	Independent Labour	1	1	0	0		3.3	3.3	1,338	–0.7
	Ind. Conservative	1	1	1	0	1	3.3	1.0	424	N/A
	Liberal	9	0	0	3	3	0.0	10.2	4,154	–8.0

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

Cold Norton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B. Board*	400	67.2
	Conservative	R. Ledger	195	32.8
Majority			205	34.4
Turnout			595	61.9
Registered electors			964
	Independent hold		Swing

Goldhanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Frost*	379	56.1
	Liberal	S. Kelly	296	43.9
Majority			83	12.2
Turnout			675	65.2
Registered electors			1,037
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Totham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Anderson*	790	69.4
	Conservative	R. Bass*	789	69.3
	Independent	T. Lazell	368	32.3
Turnout			~1,138	56.4
Registered electors			2,018
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

No. 1 (Maldon) (7 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Daws*	1,858	55.4
	Conservative	C. Dowsett*	1,800	53.7
	Conservative	R. Pipe	1,632	48.7
	Conservative	D. Sewell*	1,622	48.4
	Conservative	K. Munnion	1,460	43.5
	Independent Labour	W. Hutchinson*	1,338	39.9
	Labour	G. Hughes*	1,315	39.2
	Conservative	C. Backus	1,234	36.8
	Conservative	K. Ward	1,207	36.0
	Labour	C. Tait	1,082	32.3
	Liberal	N. Smith*	978	29.2
	Labour	E. Bannister*	974	29.0
	Labour	P. Locke	807	24.1
	Labour	J. Lewis	758	22.6
	Labour	H. Salt	713	21.3
	Liberal	J. Finch	694	20.7
Turnout			~3,353	43.6
Registered electors			7,690
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal
	Independent Labour hold
	Labour hold

No. 2 (Heybridge) (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. May	554	37.9
	Conservative	D. Newell	498	34.0
	Conservative	R. Thomas	483	33.0
	Liberal	D. Scott	482	32.9
	Labour	P. Darney*	458	31.3
	Liberal	W. Fletcher	403	27.5
	Labour	A. Joyce	381	26.0
	Liberal	P. Mead	363	24.8
	Labour	D. Darney	335	22.9
Turnout			~1,463	50.6
Registered electors			2,892
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Liberal

No. 3 (Burnham-on-Crouch) (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Dowding*	1,174	51.7
	Independent	S. Hull	1,140	50.2
	Conservative	M. Wood	1,063	46.8
	Conservative	M. Freeman*	1,052	46.3
	Conservative	V. Cowperthwaite	768	33.8
	Conservative	A. Brown	565	24.9
	Independent	J. Sharp	558	24.6
	Independent	E. Samuel*	477	21.0
	Labour	J. Kendall	313	13.8
	Labour	E. Cottis	257	11.3
Turnout			~2,272	51.6
Registered electors			4,404
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Independent

No. 7 (Althorne & Mayland)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Abernethy*	451	52.8
	Conservative	A. Mayhew	403	47.2
Majority			48	5.6
Turnout			854	57.2
Registered electors			1,496
	Independent hold		Swing

No. 8 (Latchingdon)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Heritage*	372	56.5
	Independent	R. Cole	207	31.5
	Labour	J. Roberts	79	12.0
Majority			165	25.0
Turnout			658	60.2
Registered electors			1,100
	Conservative hold		Swing

Purleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. Barber*	334	62.2
	Liberal	J. De Grey Warter	203	37.8
Majority			131	24.4
Turnout			537	49.8
Registered electors			1,080
	Independent hold		Swing

Southminster (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	D. Fisher*	424	54.6
	Conservative	J. Cottam	397	51.1
	Liberal	C. Kelly*	373	48.0
Turnout			~776	36.0
Registered electors			2,156
	Ind. Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Liberal

St. Lawrence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Sennitt*	Unopposed
Registered electors			788
	Conservative gain from Independent

Tillingham & Bradwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Proctor	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,240
	Independent hold

Tollesbury (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Madden*	637	55.2
	Conservative	G. Butt*	535	46.4
	Labour	J. Young	296	25.6
Turnout			~904	51.3
Registered electors			1,763
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Tolleshunt D'Arcy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Peel*	454	78.4
	Independent	W. Bathe	125	21.6
Majority			329	56.8
Turnout			579	44.1
Registered electors			1,323
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickham Bishops

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Bass*	463	56.1
	Liberal	K. Spratley	362	43.9
Majority			101	12.2
Turnout			825	62.5
Registered electors			1,321
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Herrmann*	480	67.7
	Conservative	B. Chalk	229	32.3
Majority			251	35.4
Turnout			709	60.6
Registered electors			1,170
	Independent hold		Swing