1976 Rochford District Council election

1976 Rochford District Council election
All 40 seats to Rochford District Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 1976 Rochford District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Rochford District Council in Essex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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1976 Rochford District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	40	29	12	2	10	72.5	56.3	23,586	+12.6
	Independent	9	5	1	2	1	12.5	7.4	3,096	–3.7
	Residents	3	3	1	0	1	7.5	4.4	1,865	+1.0
	Liberal	17	2	1	0	1	5.0	12.4	5,182	+11.2
	Labour	26	1	0	11	11	2.5	19.5	8,183	–21.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Boothby	343	41.7
	Liberal	B. Crick*	316	38.4
	Conservative	E. Quincy	303	36.8
	Liberal	N. Drayton-Thomas	184	22.4
	Independent	B. Banfield	144	17.5
	Labour	F. Denny	119	14.5
	Labour	R. Marshall	117	14.2
Turnout			~823	41.8
Registered electors			1,968
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Appleyard	347	59.7
	Labour	M. Cowen*	234	40.3
Majority			113	19.4
Turnout			581	53.9
Registered electors			1,084
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Wood*	486	68.6
	Conservative	O. Perry	222	31.4
Majority			264	37.3
Turnout			708	45.4
Registered electors			1,605
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Ives*	940	75.3
	Conservative	L. Cope	922	73.8
	Liberal	N. Chitty	280	22.4
	Liberal	T. Jones	273	21.9
Turnout			~1,249	53.1
Registered electors			2,353
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

1976 Rochford District Council election

Election result

Ward results

Ashingdon

Barling & Sutton

Canewdon

Downhall

Foulness & Great Wakering East

Grange & Rawreth

Great Wakering Central

Great Wakering West

Hawkwell East

Hawkwell West

Hockley Central

Hockley East

Hockley West

Hullbridge Riverside

Hullbridge South

Lodge

Rayleigh Central

Rochford Eastwood

Rochford Roche

Rochford St Andrews

Trinity

Wheatley

Whitehouse

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Humby*	235	37.8
	Labour	W. Lay	208	33.5
	Conservative	J. Rundlett	178	28.7
Majority			27	4.3
Turnout			621	54.3
Registered electors			1,158
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Heath	895	56.9
	Conservative	P. Philpot	895	56.9
	Conservative	M. Anderson	851	54.1
	Labour	C. Gowlett*	596	37.9
	Labour	R. McCamley*	575	36.6
	Labour	R. Needham*	520	33.1
Turnout			~1,572	49.4
Registered electors			3,183
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Warner*	367	59.8
	Conservative	R. Pearson	247	40.2
Majority			120	19.5
Turnout			614	53.7
Registered electors			1,161
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	E. Adcock*	262	49.9
	Conservative	F. Jopson	146	27.8
	Labour	D. Lay	117	22.3
Majority			116	22.1
Turnout			525	50.4
Registered electors			1,046
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Maton*	974	64.7
	Conservative	A. Harvey*	973	64.7
	Conservative	J. Sheaf	963	64.0
	Independent	J. Nokes	278	18.5
	Labour	C. Spearman	272	18.1
	Labour	A. Schofield	256	17.0
	Labour	J. Chittenden	249	16.5
	Liberal	M. Clark	217	14.4
Turnout			~1,505	38.5
Registered electors			3,910
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Tate*	749	67.4
	Conservative	R. Fawell	713	64.1
	Liberal	C. Pohl	208	18.7
	Labour	H. Horsman	175	15.7
	Labour	G. Tasker	173	15.6
Turnout			~1,112	39.9
Registered electors			2,787
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Kennaugh*	335	58.2
	Liberal	P. Homer	241	41.8
Majority			94	16.3
Turnout			576	41.2
Registered electors			1,449
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	J. Browning*	772	67.2
	Residents	S. Barnard*	762	66.3
	Conservative	E. Hopkins	345	30.0
	Conservative	R. Frith	340	29.6
Turnout			~1,149	38.1
Registered electors			3,017
	Residents hold
	Residents hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Jones	476	85.2
	Liberal	J. Ralph	83	14.8
Majority			393	70.3
Turnout			559	44.0
Registered electors			1,308
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. Hunt	529	48.8
	Conservative	G. Gilbert	503	46.4
	Labour	M. Madden*	496	45.8
	Labour	C. Morgan*	464	46.4
Turnout			~1,083	44.5
Registered electors			2,433
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Lodge (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Clayton	1,027	51.6
	Conservative	C. Bright	1,026	51.6
	Conservative	J. Foster	1,019	51.2
	Labour	L. Campbell	475	23.9
	Liberal	P. Hann	435	21.9
	Liberal	C. Holt	430	21.6
	Liberal	E. Maloney	420	21.1
	Labour	H. Stichbury	393	19.8
	Labour	J. Clinkscales	388	19.5
Turnout			~1,989	47.7
Registered electors			4,170
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whitehouse (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Fletcher*	682	66.7
	Conservative	L. Fudge*	652	63.7
	Liberal	M. Hunnable	281	27.5
	Liberal	D. Fraser	253	24.7
Turnout			~1,023	38.9
Registered electors			2,630
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Campbell-Carter*	569	61.1
	Residents	L. Davey	331	35.6
	Independent	E. Long	154	16.5
	Labour	G. Madden	146	15.7
	Conservative	J. Steward	141	15.1
	Conservative	R. Blower	135	14.5
	Labour	G. Young*	122	13.1
Turnout			~931	45.8
Registered electors			2,032
	Independent hold
	Residents gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S. Silva	535	41.8
	Conservative	R. Foster	530	41.4
	Conservative	P. Stanton*	493	38.5
	Independent	R. Hendry	433	33.8
	Labour	S. Andre	211	16.5
	Liberal	W. Bartlett	102	8.0
Turnout			~1,280	49.3
Registered electors			2,597
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Oldbury*	410	58.4
	Labour	E. Spearman	292	41.6
Majority			118	16.8
Turnout			702	54.2
Registered electors			1,322
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Heard	352	51.0
	Labour	C. Stephenson*	338	49.0
Majority			14	2.0
Turnout			690	56.3
Registered electors			1,236
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Mears	559	53.4
	Conservative	M. Garlick	539	51.5
	Labour	R. Blackburn*	445	42.5
	Labour	W. Tracey*	435	41.5
Turnout			~1,047	42.2
Registered electors			2,481
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Fowler*	704	53.2
	Liberal	R. Boyd	621	46.9
	Conservative	N. Grove*	597	45.1
	Liberal	M. Rapley	502	37.9
Turnout			~1,323	51.1
Registered electors			2,589
	Conservative hold
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Holman	780	69.1
	Conservative	B. Lovett	751	66.5
	Liberal	H. Kilpatrick	336	29.8
Turnout			~1,129	47.3
Registered electors			2,387
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

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