1976_West_Dorset_District_Council_election
The 1976 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1976 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. This was the second election to the district council.
Quick Facts All 55 seats to West Dorset District Council 28 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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The 1976 election saw the Independent councillors maintain their majority control on the Council.
Beaminster
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Bugler * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | A. Hudson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,265 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Bothenhampton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Y. Skyrme | 501 | 67.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | B. Hammond | 245 | 32.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 256 | 34.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,347 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
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Bradford Abbas
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Garrett | 499 | 69.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Winder * | 224 | 31.0 | –19.9 | |
Majority | 275 | 38.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59.5 | +17.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,239 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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Bradpole
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Coatsworth | 332 | 48.7 | N/A | |
Independent | E. Kingsnorth | 214 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Cole | 136 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 118 | 17.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,291 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal |
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Bridport
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Norfolk * | 1,140 | – | N/A | |
Independent | C. Samways | 1,057 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Tiltman * | 1,018 | 34.0 | +6.7 | |
Labour | L. Dibden * | 834 | 27.9 | +1.6 | |
Independent | W. Hicks | 829 | – | N/A | |
Labour | H. Skevington * | 816 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 40.2 | –19.4 | |||
Registered electors | 5,142 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Broadmayne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | B. Course | 261 | 54.6 | N/A | |
Independent | W. White * | 217 | 45.4 | –10.7 | |
Majority | 44 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43.4 | +12.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,123 | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Broadwindsor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Coate * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 970 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Burton Bradstock
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Cheney * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,063 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Caundle Vale
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | N. White * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 984 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Cerne Valley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dione Digby, Lady Digby | 426 | 69.4 | N/A | |
Independent | T. Mills | 188 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 238 | 38.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 63.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 968 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
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Charminster
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Hanford * | 392 | 72.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | R. Goucher | 147 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 245 | 45.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,256 | ||||
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Charmouth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. McLellan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,171 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
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Chesil Bank
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,056 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Chickerell
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Bennett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | W. McCarthy * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,618 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Dorchester Central
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Phillips * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,058 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Dorchester East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Parsons * | 1,251 | – | ||
Independent | R. Collins * | 1,191 | – | ||
Conservative | P. Seaton | 1,178 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Enid Stella Jones * | 1,004 | 29.2 | –3.6 | |
Liberal | D. Smith | 923 | – | ||
Liberal | R. Brissenden * | 894 | – | ||
Independent | C. Worth | 846 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 50.6 | –17.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,239 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Dorchester West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Powell * | 1,304 | – | ||
Independent | H. Durrant * | 1,146 | – | ||
Liberal | David Trevor Jones * | 1,110 | 36.8 | +2.9 | |
Independent | C. Lucas | 1,105 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | E. Boothman | 1,018 | – | ||
Liberal | B. Clay | 992 | – | ||
Liberal | J. Sellingham | 865 | – | ||
Labour | G. Standfield | 604 | 20.0 | –3.6 | |
Labour | P. Gregory | 572 | – | ||
Turnout | 47.2 | –24.0 | |||
Registered electors | 5,098 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Frome Valley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | B. Bryant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 971 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Halstock
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,115 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Holnest
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Cockburn * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,085 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Loders
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Golding * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 894 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Lyme Regis
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Nuttall | 1,006 | – | N/A | |
Independent | J. Broom * | 891 | – | ||
Independent | E. Hallett * | 791 | – | ||
Independent | V. Homyer * | 506 | – | ||
Turnout | 52.7 | +30.0 | |||
Registered electors | 2,808 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Maiden Newton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | H. Haward * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,008 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Netherbury
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Poole | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,248 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
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Owermoigne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Symes | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,070 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
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Piddle Valley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Green * | 385 | 63.2 | –26.4 | |
Independent | M. Walker | 224 | 36.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 161 | 26.4 | –13.7 | ||
Turnout | 57.2 | +17.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,064 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Puddletown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Bown * | 355 | 81.6 | N/A | |
Independent | M. Fermor | 80 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 275 | 63.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 870 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Queen Thorne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Brewer * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,033 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Sherborne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. King * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | E. Dyke * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Charles | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Matson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | R. Farrant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 5,692 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Liberal hold | |||||
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Stinsford
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Coleman | 291 | 77.4 | N/A | |
Independent | I. Birchenhough | 85 | 22.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 206 | 54.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.6 | –18.1 | |||
Registered electors | 809 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
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Symondsbury
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Summers | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,182 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
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Thorncombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Atyeo * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,020 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Tolpuddle
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Kraft * | 314 | 78.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | P. Noble | 84 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 230 | 57.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 705 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Whitchurch Canonicorum
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. Fowell * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,069 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
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Winterborne St Martin
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Slade | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 946 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
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Yetminster
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Conservative | W. Anderson | 348 | 61.3 | N/A | |
Independent | F. Lawrence * | 220 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 128 | 22.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,113 | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Independent |
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- "West Dorset District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 21 April 2020.