1976_Reading_Borough_Council_election

1976 Reading Borough Council election

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The 1976 Reading Borough Council election was held on 6 May 1976, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. All 46 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election. The council remained under no overall control, but with the Conservatives becoming the largest party. The Conservative group leader, Deryck Morton, subsequently took the council's most senior political job as chairman of the policy committee, leading a Conservative minority administration.^[1]

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By-elections 1976–1979

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	Candidate	Votes
Labour	William George Mander (Bill Mander)	383
Conservative	Barclay Lane	373
Conservative	J. Pearson	369
Labour	R. Williams	339
Labour hold		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Reginald Harry Bristow (Joe Bristow)	894
Labour	Thomas Frank Wise (Frank Wise)	883
Conservative	M. Irwin	519
Conservative	J. Harper	515
Liberal	J. Dickson	146
Liberal	E. Dickson	143
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Robert J. Garnett (Bob Garnett)	1,028
Labour	Graham Anthony Rush	962
Labour	Antony William Page (Tony Page)	947
Conservative	E. Farmer	801
Conservative	P. Brigham	792
Conservative	B. Jones	773
Liberal	C. Milsom	440
Liberal	R. Harris	434
Liberal	J. Mennear	430
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Ronald William Jewitt (Ron Jewitt)	2,190
Conservative	George Frank Robinson	1,840
Conservative	Frederick Llywelyn Pugh (Fred Pugh)	1,812
Labour	T. Clifton	937
Labour	M. Johnson	891
Labour	A. Tolan	862
Independent	A. Freeman	277
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Marianne Jeanne Absolom	1,315
Labour	William Maurice John Huntley (John Huntley)	1,241
Labour	Nigel Webb	1,185
Conservative	R. Bishop	1,178
Conservative	R. Cox	1,172
Labour	H. Young	1,165
Conservative	C. Cross	1,147
Conservative	C. Hembrow	1,092
Liberal	H. Crichton	547
Liberal	D. O'Rourke	484
Liberal	N. James	422
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1976_Reading_Borough_Council_election

1976 Reading Borough Council election

Ward results

By-elections 1976–1979

Christchurch by-election 1977

Thames by-election April 1977

Thames by-election September 1977

Minster by-election 1977

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	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Geoffrey Robert Mander (Geoff Mander)	848
Labour	Margaret Stella Singh	765
Conservative	N. Rowberry	724
Conservative	J. Wilkins	655
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Adelina Ethel Baker (Lena Baker)	2,538
Conservative	Simon Christopher Coombs	2,516
Conservative	Geoffrey Gascoigne Lawrence	2,500
Conservative	Charles Frederick Sage	2,451
Conservative	Joyce A. Talbot	2,427
Conservative	Kenneth Loder (Ken Loder)	2,422
Labour	C. Bosley	1,828
Labour	D. Buckley	1,800
Labour	A. Knott	1,750
Labour	K. Davison	1,742
Labour	K. Diment	1,736
Labour	F. Silverthorne	1,699
Liberal	M. Clarke	688
Liberal	C. Bucke	659
Liberal	H. Goodacre	635
Liberal	D. Holmes	615
Liberal	P. Pratt	614
Liberal	D. Hobbs	600
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Leslie Basil Dunning (Basil Dunning)	1,711
Liberal	Terence James Francis (Terry Francis)	1,687
Liberal	John Freeman	1,657
Liberal	Geoffrey David Salisbury	1,633
Liberal	Peter Beard	1,626
Liberal	Dennis Hopkins	1,594
Conservative	P. Madges	1,519
Conservative	J. Pacey	1,504
Conservative	F. Rogers	1,475
Conservative	R. Hinckley	1,467
Conservative	G. Waite	1,458
Conservative	F. Rose	1,391
Labour	W. Gothard	1,072
Labour	F. Harris	1,059
Labour	H. Hathaway	1,033
Labour	H. Hinder	981
Labour	R. Smith	959
Labour	A. Pravda	934
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Douglas Alan Chilvers	1,333
Conservative	Veronica Horman	1,255
Conservative	Michael Francis	1,251
Labour	P. Jones	943
Labour	S. Harvey	904
Labour	B. Lyons	889
Liberal	N. Edwards	697
Liberal	M. Bliss	633
Liberal	A. Looker	606
Independent	V. Short	51
Independent	K. Pullen	45
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	John Michael Oliver	1,316
Conservative	John Derrick Lawford	1,277
Conservative	Martin Charles Lower	1,249
Liberal	V. Angell	1,151
Liberal	R. Brough	1,055
Liberal	S. Milano	999
Labour	P. Jones	455
Labour	V. Jones	406
Labour	G. Kennedy	406
Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Cyril William Aucock	2,906
Conservative	Kathleen Lucy Sage	2,900
Conservative	Eric Gordon Davies	2,884
Conservative	Deryck Mitchell Morton	2,701
Liberal	K. Gwinnell	951
Liberal	J. Green	933
Liberal	K. Elliott	838
Labour	P. Mander	686
Labour	K. Sainsbury	633
Labour	G. Lidbetter	599
Labour	R. Hammersley	569
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Ronald James Day (Jim Day)	2,475
Liberal	Frances Teresa Day (Paddy Day)	2,367
Liberal	Desmond A. Allen (Des Allen)	2,194
Liberal	George Henry Ford	2,175
Liberal	Michael Ingrey	2,122
Conservative	A. Davis	1,441
Conservative	M. Caseley	1,423
Conservative	S. Foley	1,323
Conservative	J. Stevens	1,315
Conservative	I. Grant	1,304
Labour	J. Cottee	821
Labour	D. Bull	777
Labour	A. Gothard	777
Labour	L. Hinder	772
Labour	M. Steele	748
Independent	M. White	60
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Michael Edward Orton (Mike Orton)	1,187
Labour	John Rees Price (Jack Price)	1,186
Labour	Doris Ellen Lawrence	1,185
Conservative	G. Matthews	797
Conservative	P. Wickens	623
Conservative	R. Woodroff	536
Liberal	B. Trussell	275
Liberal	M. Law	234
Liberal	H. Trussell	231
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Douglas (Bob) Cox	1,061	39.0	-2.9
	Labour	Maurice Dixon	1,023	37.6	-7.2
	Liberal	Max Thomas Heydeman	637	23.4	+10.1
Majority			38	1.4
Turnout			2,721
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Fowles	2,619	75.3
	Liberal	Katherine Gwinnell	485	13.9
	Labour	Pat Mander	373	10.7
Majority			2,134	61.4
Turnout			3,477	33
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thames By-Election 22 September 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stevens	2,121	74.1	-1.2
	Liberal	Katherine Gwinnell	387	13.5	-0.4
	Labour	Helen Kayes	354	12.4	+1.6
Majority			1,734	60.6	-0.8
Turnout			2,862	30	-3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.4

Minster By-Election 1 December 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roseanna Rowberry	1,911	57.1
	Labour	Bunty Nash	1,143	34.1
	Liberal	Janet Holmes	293	8.8
Majority			768	22.9
Turnout			3,347	29
	Conservative hold		Swing