1976_Bristol_City_Council_election

1976 Bristol City Council election
All 84 seats to Bristol City Council; 43 seats needed for a majority
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1976 Bristol City Council election

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The 1976 Bristol City Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Labour retained overall control of the council despite losing 9 seats to the Conservatives.

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"Local Elections Handbook 1976". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V Pople	3,031
	Labour	A Crowley	2,911
	Labour	T Thomas	2,744
	Conservative	R Chubb	1,930
	Conservative	J Henley	1,632
	Conservative	V Bath	1,558
	Communist	D Pratt	315
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A Hillman	1,725
	Labour	J Wood	1,571
	Labour	W Jenkins	1,549
	Conservative	C Hagen	1,161
	Conservative	L Vann	1,113
	Conservative	V Goodland	1,107
	Liberal	R Turner	434
	National Front	R Bale	184
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Topham	2,214
	Conservative	T Clarke	2,100
	Conservative	M Withers	2,078
	Labour	E Boney	1,012
	Labour	M Shotter	982
	Labour	J Wood	961
	Liberal	K Tucker	684
	Liberal	J McMahon	656
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L Smith	2,364
	Labour	A Munroe	2,180
	Labour	B B Richards	2,121
	Conservative	B D Richards	1,127
	Conservative	H Jones	976
	Conservative	P Paternoster	911
	Liberal	J Fletcher	475
	Liberal	P Ellis	429
	Liberal	P Bentley	394
	National Front	K Elliott	287
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K Legg	2,320
	Labour	R Flinn	2,238
	Conservative	O Patterson	2,234
	Labour	H Skeates	2,190
	Conservative	O Scantlebury	2,165
	Conservative	R Frankham	2,049
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1976_Bristol_City_Council_election

1976 Bristol City Council election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	G Ferguson	1,353
	Liberal	W Watts-Miller	1,331
	Liberal	G Beedell	1,326
	Conservative	P Muir	1,134
	Conservative	B Weedall	1,092
	Conservative	J Yarwood	1,066
	Labour	P McLaren	750
	Labour	J King	737
	Labour	L Aldridge	705
Majority
	Liberal hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Liberal hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Liberal hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Lloyd-Kirk	2,324
	Conservative	H Lawson	2,273
	Conservative	W Blackmore	2,242
	Labour	M Hodkinson	1,094
	Labour	G Micklewright	1,083
	Labour	M Thomas	1,033
	Liberal	S Mercer	990
	Liberal	E Dunning	973
	Liberal	M Perkins	972
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F Apperley	1,612
	Conservative	R Trench	1,601
	Conservative	J Bosdet	1,525
	Labour	K Bassett	1,223
	Labour	T Morgan	1,133
	Labour	M Wood	1,061
	Liberal	C Bolton	848
	Liberal	J Sansom	729
	Liberal	N Rigby	721
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G Palmer	4,061
	Conservative	M Veale	3,880
	Conservative	G Browne	3,869
	Labour	B Begley	962
	Labour	R Ritchie	884
	Labour	J Donovan	882
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J Jones	1,358
	Labour	G Maggs	1,134
	Labour	R Morris	1,050
	Conservative	P Haines	495
	Conservative	J Gamlin	463
	Conservative	F Wookey	418
	Communist	N Carey	131
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W Williams	1,833
	Labour	E Fothergill	1,722
	Labour	B Ross	1,652
	Conservative	R Wookey	1,455
	Conservative	G Woodhouse	1,404
	Conservative	J Fletcher	1,280
	Independent Liberal	A Chalmers	512
	Independent Liberal	B Clarke	347
	Independent Liberal	J Hale	313
	National Front	J Bale	133
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J Fisk	3,350
	Conservative	W Stephens	3,339
	Conservative	D Barnwell	3,173
	Conservative	C Whitmore	3,167
	Labour	G Brass	2,764
	Labour	D Large	2,633
	Liberal	W Hurford	660
	Liberal	W Paver	634
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W Graves	2,396
	Labour	A Abrams	2,219
	Labour	M Houlihan	1,924
	Conservative	M Stamper	1,046
	Conservative	A Telling	1,046
	Conservative	G Bridcut	995
	Liberal	G Bentley	276
	Liberal	G Noel	206
	Liberal	V Noel	204
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C Draper	1,811
	Labour	G Robertson	1,806
	Labour	F Vyvyan-Jones	1,659
	Conservative	M Bessant	1,342
	Conservative	C Baker	1,289
	Conservative	A Thomas	1,172
	National Front	F Tanner	165
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C Merrett	2,245
	Conservative	B Topham	2,224
	Labour	R Edwards	2,175
	Labour	C Boney	2,056
	Conservative	P Cutcher	2,048
	Conservative	R Russell	2,030
	Liberal	P Hurford	596
	Liberal	R Moon	502
	Liberal	V Hales	483
	National Front	P Thomas	269
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G Sprackling	2,225
	Conservative	E Wright	2,051
	Conservative	F Lawrence	1,981
	Labour	C Gardner	1,102
	National Front	R Dowler	370
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G Hebblethwaite	1,929
	Conservative	C Hebblethwaite	1,904
	Conservative	G Keeley	1,879
	Liberal	R Kirkham	1,074
	Liberal	W Legg	973
	Liberal	W Tasker	972
	Labour	A May	683
	Labour	M Mason	671
	Labour	M Reiner	664
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H Willcox	1,617
	Labour	D Jackson	1,485
	Labour	J Comerford	1,413
	Conservative	D Stevens	1,017
	Conservative	S Walker	962
	Conservative	H Little	921
	National Front	J Dowler	189
	Liberal	J Fletcher	178
	Liberal	I Adams	138
	Liberal	A Adams	129
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F McGough	3,047
	Conservative	P Sidebottom	2,748
	Conservative	N Mearing-Smith	2,686
	Labour	J Hole	2,523
	Labour	R Bridle	2,306
	Labour	A Keefe	2,229
Majority
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H Harding	1,302
	Labour	M Young	1,247
	Labour	F Pidgeon	1,245
	Conservative	C Taylor	1,226
	Conservative	C Fox	1,116
	Conservative	M Jones	1,104
	Liberal	N Harrisson	181
	Liberal	E Ellis	153
	Liberal	A Havvock	142
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L Rexworthy	2,226
	Labour	H Bloom	2,222
	Labour	D Beer	2,188
	Conservative	K Mountstephen	2,076
	Conservative	R King	1,902
	Conservative	C Woods	1,817
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M Rea	1,437
	Labour	J McLaren	1,417
	Labour	I Rogers	1,399
	Conservative	C Avery	1,108
	Conservative	M Gardner	956
	Conservative	B Irwin	881
	National Front	R Pearce	337
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D McLaren	1,157
	Labour	G Fowler	1,047
	Labour	P Korovilas	1,012
	Conservative	E Macdonald	596
	Conservative	K Rogers	526
	Conservative	J Seville	483
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	I Knight	820
	Labour	J Britton	750
	Labour	D Tedder	741
	Conservative	G Edwards	378
	Conservative	S Watton	351
	Conservative	H Edwards	344
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T Whiteley	3,075
	Conservative	P Brook	3,055
	Conservative	H Williams	3,000
	Labour	C Gingell	1,847
	Labour	M McGrath	1,847
	Labour	B Payton	1,772
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E Wilsdon	3,748
	Conservative	B Love	3,582
	Conservative	S Williams	3,444
	Labour	G Easton	2,948
	Labour	V Bath	2,750
	Labour	B Barker	2,706
	Liberal	H Bryant	784
	Liberal	J Edwards	654
	Liberal	M Langley	652
Majority
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Poole	6,371
	Conservative	R Wall	6,316
	Conservative	C Alderson	6,201
	Liberal	L Edgell	1,063
	Liberal	G Davis	1,016
	Labour	J McLaren	965
	Liberal	M Hamilton	918
	Labour	D Evans	917
	Labour	S Andrews	854
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C Reid	1,086
	Labour	D Poole	1,039
	Labour	G Bee	1,008
	Conservative	E Cockrell	592
	Conservative	S Simmons	565
	Conservative	W Wardle	544
	Liberal	R Hopkins	280
	Liberal	E Mottart	278
	Liberal	C Slater	248
	National Front	R Jacklin	178
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}