1976 Waveney District Council election

1976 Waveney District Council election[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	49	39	17	0	17	68.4	50.4	45,132	+6.7
	Labour	49	13	1	15	14	22.8	42.5	38,124	–3.1
	Liberal	11	4	1	2	1	7.0	6.1	5,455	–1.3
	Residents	1	1	0	0		1.8	0.7	655	–0.1
	Independent	1	0	0	2	2	0.0	0.3	243	–2.2

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

Beccles: North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Hartley	551	39.2
	Conservative	D. Wilson	453	32.2
	Labour	G. Westwood	426	30.3
	Labour	A. Dean	330	23.5
Turnout			~1,406	67.6
Registered electors			2,080
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Beccles: South (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Ellwood	1,138	50.7
	Conservative	C. Richardson	1,105	49.3
	Labour	E. Crisp	1,030	46.0
	Labour	C. Andrew	961	42.9
	Conservative	F. Sabberton	959	42.8
	Labour	A. Hutchinson	888	39.7
	Conservative	H. Fuller	868	38.8
	Conservative	A. Block	859	38.4
Turnout			~1,627	35.9
Registered electors			4,529
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Blundeston (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Prettyman	752	53.5
	Conservative	J. Paul	693	49.3
	Liberal	P. Coleby	581	41.3
	Labour	A. Owen	228	16.2
	Labour	O. Dillon	214	15.2
Turnout			~1,407	51.4
Registered electors			2,738
	Conservative gain from Liberal
	Conservative hold

Brampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Trevitt	386	61.6
	Labour	F. Thirtle	241	38.4
Majority			145	23.2
Turnout			627	63.3
Registered electors			992
	Conservative hold

Bungay (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Richardson	965	54.4
	Labour	M. Mayne	798	45.0
	Conservative	T. Nursey	664	37.4
	Labour	G. Young	663	37.4
	Conservative	P. Bradley	622	35.1
	Conservative	M. Catling	608	34.3
Turnout			~1,775	55.8
Registered electors			3,181
	Liberal hold
	Labour gain from Liberal
	Conservative hold

Carlton Colville (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Dyer	678	57.9
	Conservative	A. Neville	577	49.3
	Labour	R. Beales	545	46.6
Turnout			~1,170	44.3
Registered electors			2,641
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Halesworth (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Niblett	864	53.6
	Conservative	E. Griffin	751	46.6
	Labour	H. Holzer	704	43.7
	Labour	E. Leverett	703	43.6
Turnout			~1,611	58.8
Registered electors			2,740
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Holton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Wykes-Sneyd	412	62.9
	Independent	E. Woodard	243	37.1
Majority			169	25.8
Turnout			658	59.7
Registered electors			1,103
	Conservative hold

Ilketshall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Bartram	485	78.9
	Labour	W. Wegg	130	21.1
Majority			355	57.8
Turnout			615	58.4
Registered electors			1,038
	Conservative hold

Kessingland (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Farmiloe	573	57.6
	Liberal	E. Martin	463	46.6
	Conservative	R. Stout	433	43.6
Turnout			~994	34.7
Registered electors			2,863
	Conservative hold
	Liberal gain from Labour

Lowestoft: Carlton (6 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Scarles	1,536	54.7
	Conservative	D. Mellor	1,467	52.2
	Conservative	A. Savage	1,439	51.2
	Conservative	D. Booth	1,419	50.5
	Conservative	C. Jones	1,415	50.3
	Conservative	J. Pugh	1,400	49.8
	Labour	S. Bostock	1,272	45.3
	Labour	D. Durrant	1,253	44.6
	Labour	P. Meades	1,240	44.1
	Labour	T. Kelly	1,230	43.7
	Labour	L. Davies	1,205	42.8
	Labour	G. Mallett	1,157	41.1
Turnout			~2,941	37.1
Registered electors			7,926
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Lowestoft: Central & Waveney (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Sparham	734	40.3
	Residents	H. Kirby	655	36.0
	Liberal	A. Shepherd	622	34.2
	Labour	B. Thompson	432	23.7
	Labour	D. Baldwin	428	23.5
	Labour	D. Nichols	409	22.5
Turnout			~1,283	39.3
Registered electors			3,266
	Liberal hold
	Residents hold
	Liberal hold

Lowestoft: Gunton (5 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Cullum	1,548	52.5
	Conservative	N. Brighouse	1,510	51.2
	Conservative	V. Beales	1,432	48.6
	Conservative	J. Aldous	1,423	48.3
	Conservative	W. Harvey	1,395	47.4
	Labour	H. Chamberlain	1,010	34.2
	Labour	D. Mathew	986	33.4
	Labour	R. Ford	881	29.9
	Labour	A. Jurd	869	29.5
	Labour	H. Porter	853	28.9
	Liberal	A. Moles	391	13.3
Turnout			~2,783	44.1
Registered electors			6,315
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Lowestoft: Kirkley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Ellis	887	50.5
	Labour	C. Myhill	803	45.7
	Conservative	L. Neave	666	37.9
	Conservative	L. Billups	657	37.4
	Liberal	M. Charlton	204	11.6
Turnout			~1,754	54.3
Registered electors			3,231
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Lowestoft: Oulton Broad (5 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wren	2,026	46.1
	Conservative	M. Barnard	1,882	42.8
	Conservative	G. Harwood	1,869	42.5
	Conservative	H. Turner	1,842	41.9
	Conservative	A. Leedham	1,787	40.6
	Labour	T. Chipperfield	1,569	35.7
	Labour	B. Hunter	1,546	35.1
	Labour	A. Hale	1,325	30.1
	Labour	S. McIntosh	1,172	26.7
	Labour	D. Scu6er	1,158	26.4
	Liberal	K. Pointon	798	18.2
Turnout			~3,697	46.9
Registered electors			7,884
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Lowestoft: Pakefield (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Lark	1,133	47.9
	Conservative	L. Cook	963	40.7
	Conservative	E. Clarke	960	40.6
	Conservative	M. Richardson	928	39.2
	Labour	A. Martin	918	38.8
	Labour	J. Reynolds	866	36.6
	Liberal	B. Dobney	271	11.4
Turnout			~2,215	50.1
Registered electors			4,422
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Lowestoft: Roman Hill (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hunt	503	69.5
	Labour	J. Plant	466	64.4
	Liberal	B. Pointon	221	30.6
Turnout			~784	30.6
Registered electors			2,564
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Lowestoft: St. Johns (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Carter	441	44.1
	Labour	P. Ramm	430	43.0
	Conservative	H. Boyd	414	41.4
	Liberal	C. Shade	205	20.5
Turnout			~1,001	37.6
Registered electors			2,662
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Lowestoft: St. Margarets (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Reynolds	556	50.5
	Conservative	J. Allen	552	50.1
	Labour	A. Jeffreys	421	38.2
Turnout			~1,101	44.3
Registered electors			2,485
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Reydon (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Kent	765	63.3
	Conservative	S. Simpson	639	52.9
	Labour	P. Gerrell	444	36.7
	Labour	L. English	439	36.3
Turnout			~1,333	56.5
Registered electors			2,359
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Southelmham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Stacey	Unopposed
Registered electors			970
	Conservative hold

Southwold (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Chapman	Unopposed
	Conservative	G. Cockerill	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,766
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Worlingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Do6	593	80.4
	Labour	R. Squires	145	19.6
Majority			448	60.8
Turnout			738	50.5
Registered electors			1,543
	Conservative hold

Wrentham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Hurn	Unopposed
Registered electors			947
	Conservative gain from Independent