Hyndburn Borough Council election, 1976

Local election results in Hyndburn May 1976 from Council records.^[1]

Results

Hyndburn Local Election Result 1976
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14		10		29.2%	29.77%
	Conservative	33	12			68.8%	60.24%
	Liberal	1		2		2.1%	6.92%
	National Front						1.47%
	Independent						1.31%
	Communist						0.29%

By ward

… * denotes sitting councillor defeated

Accrington West (2 seats - electorate 2518)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyllis Hargreaves	687
	Labour	Basil Whitham	519
	Conservative	George Granville Broadhurst	407
	Conservative	Richard Harwood	270
	...	spoilt votes	5	...
Majority			280
Majority			112
Turnout			1,057
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington Central (1 seat- electorate 1454)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wallace Haines	367
	Conservative	Mary Mortimer	263
	...	spoilt votes	5	...
Majority			104
Turnout			630
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington North (4 seats - electorate 5426)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Josephine Pratt	1,290
	Conservative	Jessie Hughes	1,192
	Conservative	Raymond Duckworth	1,103
	Conservative	Herbert Taylor	1,093
	Liberal	Fredrick Maurice Ellison	596
	Liberal	Aldan Unwin	555
	National Front	Kenneth Ian Dobson	436
	...	spoilt votes	19	...
Majority			694
Majority			596
Majority			507
Majority			497
Turnout			1,959
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Accrington Peel Park (2 seats - electorate 2907)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alice Owens	595
	Labour	Gerald David Smith	489
	Conservative	'Peter Vincent Favell	478
	Labour	Robert Eddleston	422
	National Front	David Andrew Riley	245
	Independent	Robert Rigg	192
	...	spoilt votes	8	...
Majority			117
Majority			11
Turnout			1,301
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Accrington East (2 seats electorate 2068)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Parkinson	485
	Conservative	Alan Benson	473
	Labour	Ann Elizabeth Sudders *	438
	...	spoilt votes	0	...
Majority			47
Majority			35
Turnout			862
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Accrington South (3 seats electorate 4,532)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kenneth John Marsden	861
	Conservative	Velma Rennison	791
	Conservative	Brian Fairley	785
	Liberal	Margaret Martin	772
	Liberal	Alan Dinwoodle Lund *	678
	Liberal	Alan Thomas Leeming	594
	National Front	Dave Cronshaw	373
	...	spoilt votes	11	...
Majority			89
Majority			19
Majority			13
Turnout			1,837
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Higher Antley (2 seats electorate 2,200)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary-Lou Cleak	509
	Labour	Kenneth Curtis	492
	Conservative	Patricia Harwood	464
	Labour	Dave Walter Keeley	427
	...	spoilt votes	8	...
Majority			45
Majority			28
Turnout			994
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Spring Hill (4 seats electorate 4,464)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Dillon	923
	Labour	John Pickup	918
	Labour	Thomas Bramley	777
	Conservative	Elizabeth Court	774
	Labour	Clifford Westell *	763
	Conservative	Alfred Jameson	683
	Liberal	Henry Batty	556
	Liberal	David O'Hanlon	549
	...	spoilt votes	6	...
Majority			160
Majority			155
Majority			14
Majority			11
Turnout			1,935
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Huncoat

Huncoat (2 seats electorate 1,965)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Grant	525
	Labour	Walter Farrimond	475
	Conservative	Douglas John Deakin	449
	Conservative	Joseph Anthony Hindley	448
	...	spoilt votes	1	...
Majority			76
Majority			26
Turnout			1.005
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Church St. James (1 seat electorate 1,039)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Dickinson	270
	Conservative	Raymond Prestage	146
	...	spoilt votes	3	...
Majority			124
Turnout			416
	Labour hold		Swing

Church Chapel & Elmfield (1 seat electorate ??)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Grime	Uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Church Dill Hall (1 seat electorate 1,235)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Riley	423
	Labour	Christina Rogan	213
	Liberal	Harold Stuttard	64
	...	spoilt votes	1	...
Majority			124	30.0%
Turnout			700
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Clayton-Le-Moors

Clayton-Le-Moors & Altham (4 seats electorate 5,506)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hoyle	1,789
	Conservative	Philip Gilbraith	1,737
	Conservative	Jennie Jackson	1,606
	Conservative	John Clifton Downing	1,583
	Labour	Arthur Lewis	894
	Labour	Margaret Muriel Sims	851
	...	spoilt votes	6	...
Majority			895
Majority			843
Majority			712
Majority			689
Turnout			2,580
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Harwood

Great Harwood North & West (4 seats electorate 4,418)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessie Marie Hall	1,406
	Conservative	William Birch Sumner	1,338
	Conservative	Keith Owen	1,284
	Conservative	Terrence Owen	1,220
	Labour	Thomas Lambert	829
	Labour	James Hocking	793
	Labour	Francis Livesey	750
	Labour	Jean Ann Sunner	682
	...	spoilt votes	6	...
Majority			577
Majority			509
Majority			455
Majority			391
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Harwood East & South (3 seats electorate 3,892)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wyn Frankland	915
	Conservative	Angela Margaret Hanson	912
	Labour	George Slynn	879
	Conservative	Maurice Kezler	872
	Labour	Joseph Hayhurst *	840
	Labour	Anthony Tattersall *	779
	...	spoilt votes	8	...
Majority			43
Majority			40
Majority			7
Turnout			1,930
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle St Michael's & St Paul's (4 seats electorate 5,305)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Finch	1,228
	Conservative	Monica Margaret Browning	1,206
	Conservative	Doris Clegg	1,173
	Conservative	Thomas Leslie Rushton	1,134
	Labour	Alfred Newsham *	958
	Independent	Clifford Walsh	745
	Liberal	Ian Raymond Thorpe	504
	...	spoilt votes	9	...
Majority			270
Majority			248
Majority			215
Majority			176
Turnout			=2,324
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Oswaldtwistle Foxhill Bank & St Oswalds (4 seats electorate 5,634)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Kenneth Hargreaves	1,330
	Conservative	Bessie Margaret Sandiford	1,263
	Conservative	Edward Francis Hill	1,234
	Conservative	Thomas Wilfred Renshaw	1,187
	Labour	John Malcolm Farmer	808
	Communist	Thomas Marshall	205
	...	spoilt votes	6	...
Majority			522
Majority			455
Majority			426
Majority			379
Turnout			2,127
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Rishton

Rishton (4 seats electorate 4,597)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald John McNeil	1,362
	Labour	Allan Critchlow	1,323
	Conservative	Edward Edmondson	1,146
	Conservative	Peter John Rushton	1,171
	Conservative	Anthony William Davies	1,058
	Labour	Fredrick Beck Parkinson *	855
	Labour	Robert Harry Peel	748
	Labour	John James Palmer	632
	...	spoilt votes	9	...
Majority			304
Majority			265
Majority			88
Majority			113
Turnout			2,362
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

↑ "Hyndburn Council election records". Hyndburn Council election records. May 1976. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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