1976 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

1976 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	30	4	0	4	68.2	47.9	9,817	+4.7
	Labour	20	9	0	2	2	20.5	35.5	7,269	–4.1
	Independent	11	5	0	1	1	11.4	10.5	2,158	–0.2
	Liberal	5	0	0	0		0.0	5.4	1,115	+0.5
	Ind. Socialist	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	131	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	N/A	N/A	–1.7

11 Conservatives and 4 Independents were elected unopposed.

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

Barningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Hatten*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,324
	Conservative hold

Barrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. English*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,397
	Conservative hold

This result was missing from the source document.^[1]

Bury St. Edmunds: Eastgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Jennings*	589	50.5
	Conservative	R. Self*	588	50.4
	Liberal	F. Gane	304	26.0
	Labour	R. Nowak	274	23.5
	Liberal	J. Williams	188	16.1
Turnout			~1,135	57.2
Registered electors			1,984
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bury St. Edmunds: Northgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Steele*	576	40.8
	Conservative	E. Spooner*	561	39.8
	Labour	R. Impey	374	26.5
	Independent	F. Baxter	274	19.4
Turnout			~1,227	45.1
Registered electors			2,721
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Bury St. Edmunds: Risbygate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Marsh*	Unopposed
	Conservative	A. Davies*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,021
	Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative
	Conservative hold

Bury St. Edmunds: Sextons (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Knight*	848	68.1
	Conservative	M. Lacey	746	59.9
	Labour	A. Bumpstead	397	31.9
Turnout			~1,232	51.4
Registered electors			2,397
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bury St. Edmunds: Southgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Elliott*	723	54.9
	Conservative	L. Sewell*	722	54.8
	Independent	F. Harley	595	45.1
Turnout			~1,308	39.1
Registered electors			3,345
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bury St. Edmunds: St. Olaves (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Wormleighton*	500	54.7
	Labour	W. Cownley	394	43.1
	Conservative	W. Hawes	283	31.0
	Ind. Socialist	A. Miller	131	14.3
Turnout			~922	35.0
Registered electors			2,635
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bury St. Edmunds: Westgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Crickitt*	905	79.9
	Conservative	W. Cutting*	824	72.8
	Labour	S. Morgan	228	20.1
Turnout			~1,133	47.5
Registered electors			2,480
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Cavendish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Rabett*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,251
	Independent hold

Chevington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Roberts*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,349
	Conservative hold

Clare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Soulsby*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,323
	Independent hold

Fornham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Warren*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,432
	Conservative hold

Great Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Winsor*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,224
	Conservative hold

Haverhill: Cangle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Esteal	628	38.7
	Conservative	J. Savage	611	37.7
	Labour	K. Poltock	574	35.4
	Liberal	R. Lifshack	382	23.6
Turnout			~1,480	36.6
Registered electors			4,044
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Haverhill: Castle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Elkins*	321	68.2
	Labour	J. Hartley*	302	64.1
	Liberal	J. Collis	150	31.8
Turnout			~520	27.5
Registered electors			1,891
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Haverhill: Clements (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Eves	451	64.2
	Labour	M. Perry	449	64.0
	Independent	N. Kells	161	22.9
	Liberal	M. Beith	91	13.0
Turnout			~721	34.5
Registered electors			2,089
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Haverhill: St. Marys & Helions (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Blake*	576	68.8
	Labour	E. Elkins*	261	31.2
	Labour	D. Hartley	174	20.8
Turnout			~796	39.6
Registered electors			2,009
	Independent hold
	Labour hold

Honington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Starling*	388	65.9
	Labour	J. Cooper	201	34.1
Majority			187	31.8
Turnout			589	51.4
Registered electors			1,153
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horringer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Roth*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,827
	Conservative hold

Hundon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Williams	311	52.6
	Independent	K. Wilkin	222	37.6
	Independent	P. O'Garvaigh	58	9.8
Majority			89	15.0
Turnout			591	50.7
Registered electors			1,167
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ixworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Cross*	382	67.6
	Labour	P. Jenkins	183	32.4
Majority			199	35.2
Turnout			565	59.2
Registered electors			954
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kedington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Kiddy*	368	52.7
	Labour	R. Messer	330	47.3
Majority			38	5.4
Turnout			698	56.8
Registered electors			1,230
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pakenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. Whitwell*	Unopposed
Registered electors			867
	Independent hold

Risby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Conran*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,262
	Conservative hold

Rougham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. May*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,373
	Independent hold

Stanton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Rudge	518	54.8
	Labour	A. Jones*	427	45.2
Majority			91	9.6
Turnout			945	66.0
Registered electors			1,445
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Troston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Ruffles	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,134
	Conservative hold

Whelnetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Green*	434	65.9
	Labour	N. Plumb	225	34.1
Majority			209	31.8
Turnout			659	48.5
Registered electors			1,368
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickhambrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Long	404	59.8
	Independent	A. Hicks	272	40.2
Majority			132	19.6
Turnout			676	48.4
Registered electors			1,411
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Withersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Mowbray*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,226
	Conservative hold