1976 Uttlesford District Council election

1976 Uttlesford District Council election
← 1973 6 May 1976 1979 →
All 42 seats to Uttlesford District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1976 Uttlesford District Council election.
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

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

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1976 Uttlesford District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	37	30	7	1	8	71.4	55.5	12,621	+10.9
	Independent	10	5	0	4	5	11.9	7.6	1,727	–1.9
	Liberal	9	4	1	0	2	9.5	16.8	3,812	+9.9
	Labour	15	3	0	2	4	7.1	19.8	4,504	–19.2
	Ind. Conservative	9	0	0	1	1	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	W. Johnstone	Unopposed
Registered electors			738
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	D. Haggerwood	Unopposed
Registered electors			863
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	E. Abrahams	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,085
	Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hurwitz	360	69.0	+5.2
	Labour	R. Shaw	162	31.0	–5.2
Majority			198	37.8	+5.2
Turnout			522	60.3	+3.6
Registered electors			873
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.2

1976 Uttlesford District Council election

Summary

Election result

Ward results

Ashdon

Birchanger

Clavering

Elsenham

Felsted

Great Dunmow North

Great Dunmow South

Great Hallingbury

Hatfield Broad Oak

Hatfield Heath

Henham

Little Hallingbury

Littlebury

Newport

Rickling

Saffron Walden Audley

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Plantation

Saffron Walden Shire

Stansted Mountfitchet

Stebbing

Stort Valley

Takeley

Thaxted

The Canfields

The Chesterfords

The Eastons

The Rodings

The Sampfords

Wenden Lofts

Wimbish & Debden

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Millington-Smith	537	60.2	±0.0
	Conservative	W. Wright	483	54.2	+11.7
	Independent	J. Guthrie-Dow	410	46.0	+6.1
Turnout			~891	43.1	+16.3
Registered electors			2,068
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	J. Garrett	485	52.9
	Conservative	R. Davey	441	48.1
	Labour	D. Wright	440	48.0
	Conservative	M. Ulph	242	26.4
Turnout			~917	55.7
Registered electors			1,647
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Hopkins	543	57.7
	Liberal	N. Prowse	485	51.6
	Conservative	N. Howlett	479	50.9
Turnout			~941	41.3
Registered electors			2,278
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	A. Streeter	Unopposed
Registered electors			673
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Davies	332	65.7	+0.3
	Labour	B. Clark	98	19.4	–15.2
	Independent	R. Lumley	75	14.9	N/A
Majority			234	46.3	+15.9
Turnout			505	60.6	+16.1
Registered electors			834
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Delderfield	362	66.7	+16.3
	Labour	R. Howard	181	33.3	–4.8
Majority			181	33.2	+21.0
Turnout			543	52.7	±0.0
Registered electors			1,053
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.6

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	R. Glover	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,059
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Row	268	51.7	*N/A*
	Independent	M. Ardley	179	34.6	N/A
	Liberal	J. Wilkinson	71	13.7	N/A
Majority			89	17.1	N/A
Turnout			518	53.0	N/A
Registered electors			980
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. Menell	Unopposed
Registered electors			697
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	H. Pugh	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,147
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Castle (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Preece	570	57.1
	Labour	J. Dowsett	407	40.8
	Conservative	P. Hoare	314	31.5
	Conservative	M. Agley	281	28.2
	Liberal	S. Taylor	228	22.8
Turnout			~998	54.0
Registered electors			1,848
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Stansted Mountfitchet (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. Clark	1,023	59.6	+26.9
	Conservative	P. Jones	1,011	58.9	+34.1
	Conservative	G. Clarke	965	56.2	+34.7
	Conservative	V. Mercer	774	45.1	+28.1
	Liberal	R. Clifford	642	37.4	+19.9
Turnout			~1,718	49.4	–9.4
Registered electors			3,477
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

The Eastons
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Askew	346	63.6	–0.1
	Liberal	A. Proudley	198	36.4	+0.1
Majority			148	27.1	–0.2
Turnout			544	62.7	+2.4
Registered electors			887
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Wraith	243	50.9	+19.0
	Conservative	P. Wawn	234	49.1	+10.8
Majority			9	1.8	N/A
Turnout			477	66.9	+5.1
Registered electors			714
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Miller	657	58.3
	Conservative	S. Sutton-Foster	482	42.8
	Labour	D. Weaver	447	39.7
	Independent	A. Sermon	263	23.3
	Labour	A. Kemp	224	19.9
Turnout			~1,127	53.7
Registered electors			2,098
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Neville	432	57.6
	Conservative	D. Mensforth	328	43.8
	Labour	K. Wilson	261	34.8
	Liberal	W. Keep	168	22.4
	Labour	J. Pratt	157	20.9
Turnout			~750	44.2
Registered electors			1,696
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Green	559	49.0
	Conservative	R. Eastham	515	45.1
	Conservative	D. Kingston	469	41.1
	Liberal	G. Heathcock	340	29.8
	Labour	J. Evans	285	25.0
Turnout			~1,141	50.4
Registered electors			2,264
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	E. Kiddle	Unopposed
Registered electors			970
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	D. Collins	Unopposed
Registered electors			912
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	W. Dudgeon	Unopposed
	Conservative	P. MacPhail	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,072
	Independent hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Barnard	707	71.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	P. Latchford	573	57.6	*N/A*
	Labour	G. Fraenkel	388	39.0	–1.7
	Labour	A. Mussard	257	25.8	–4.3
Turnout			~995	57.3	+3.1
Registered electors			1,737
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Fidler	486	66.3	+28.4
	Independent	J. Chaplin	247	33.7	N/A
Majority			239	32.5	N/A
Turnout			733	59.8	+2.8
Registered electors			1,235
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. Moore	Unopposed
Registered electors			874
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	K. Tivendale	Unopposed
Registered electors			882
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Hughes	553	89.0	+49.5
	Labour	J. Smith	68	11.0	–0.9
Majority			485	78.0	+77.9
Turnout			621	55.5	–5.3
Registered electors			1,108
	Independent hold		Swing	25.2

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	B. Erith	Unopposed
Registered electors			908
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. Tomblin	Unopposed
Registered electors			957
	Conservative hold