Leeds City Council election, 1976

Elections to Leeds City Council were held on 6 May 1976, with one third of the council up for election. In the interim between the seats first election in 1973, in addition to Labour's 1974 Burley gain, there had been a further three by-elections - and consequent successful defences of - Beeston & Holbeck and Burmantofts & Richmond Hill (Labour) and Headingley (Conservative).

The Conservatives managed to largely repeat their previous year's results, gaining a total of seven and winning control of the council. They gained three from Labour, in the wards of Morley South and Wortley, as well as winning back the aforementioned seat in Burley. The remaining four gains were from the Liberals in Horsforth, both of the Pudsey seats and Otley.^[1]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1976
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	18	7	0	+7	56.2	48.1	97,312	-1.7%
	Labour	12	0	3	-3	37.5	33.9	68,673	+2.4%
	Liberal	2	0	4	-4	6.2	15.4	31,155	-2.1%
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	1,910	+0.9%
	Ratepayers Association	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	1,266	+0.6%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	873	+0.0%
	British National	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	487	+0.2%
	Independent Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	307	+0.1%
	Ecology	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	168	+0.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	163	-0.6%

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	43	50
	Labour	41	38
	Liberals	12	8
Total		96	96
Working majority		0	4

Ward results

Aireborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hutchinson	5,544	56.4	-5.0
	Labour	P. Jones	2,635	26.8	+4.9
	Liberal	B. Cleasby	1,655	16.8	+0.0
Majority			2,909	29.6	-9.9
Turnout			9,834
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.9

Armley and Castleton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Wright	3,012	40.5	+3.0
	Labour	M. McGowan	2,462	33.1	-2.8
	Conservative	J. Hastings	1,611	21.7	-3.5
	British National	J. Drury	226	3.0	+3.0
	Communist	P. Witton	72	1.0	-0.5
	National Front	Mabel Spink	58	0.8	+0.8
Majority			550	7.4	+5.7
Turnout			7,441
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.9

Beeston and Holbeck^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Fenwick	3,459	50.2	+2.5
	Conservative	E. Lucas	2,710	39.3	+2.4
	Liberal	C. Coultas	728	10.6	-4.9
Majority			749	10.9	+0.1
Turnout			6,897
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.0

Bramley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Atkinson	2,338	51.4	-1.4
	Conservative	A. Mathers	1,609	35.3	-11.9
	Liberal	J. Spencer	605	13.3	+13.3
Majority			729	16.0	+10.4
Turnout			4,552
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

Burley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Fletcher-Campbell	1,798	51.6	+0.6
	Labour	C. Buttery	1,384	39.7	+3.9
	Liberal	P. Sander	171	4.9	-2.7
	Communist	B. Jackson	87	2.5	-0.2
	National Front	Dorothy Waite	46	1.3	-1.7
Majority			414	11.9	-3.2
Turnout			3,486
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-1.6

Burmantofts and Richmond Hill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Sedler	2,733	39.3	-8.7
	Liberal	M. Clay	2,385	34.3	+6.3
	Conservative	G. Dimmock	1,329	19.1	-3.3
	British National	Eddy Morrison	211	3.0	+3.0
	National Front	C. Welsh	182	2.6	+2.6
	Communist	M. Monkman	110	1.6	+0.0
Majority			348	5.0	-15.1
Turnout			6,950
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.5

Chapel Allerton and Scott Hall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Symonds	4,334	63.1	+0.9
	Labour	A. Baum	1,911	27.8	+5.2
	Liberal	J. Clay	628	9.1	-4.6
Majority			2,423	35.3	-4.2
Turnout			6,873
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.1

City and Woodhouse^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Jenner	2,173	52.2	+1.2
	Conservative	T. Battersby	1,218	29.3	+0.8
	Liberal	D. Selby	611	14.7	-2.2
	Communist	J. Rodgers	162	3.9	+0.2
Majority			955	22.9	+0.3
Turnout			4,164
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

Cookridge and Weetwood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Carter	7,367	72.7	+0.3
	Labour	I. Levy	1,865	18.4	+3.9
	Liberal	D. Leser	895	8.8	-4.2
Majority			5,502	54.3	-3.5
Turnout			10,127
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.8

Garforth #1 (Garforth North and Barwick)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Ives	5,191	64.5	-1.0
	Labour	B. Selby	2,556	31.7	+5.6
	Independent Conservative	G. Kite	307	3.8	+3.8
Majority			2,635	32.7	-6.6
Turnout			8,054
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.3

Garforth #2 (Kippax and Swillington)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Flatter	3,200	53.6	-26.9
	Conservative	A. Taylor	2,491	41.7	+35.4
	Liberal	N. Parnaby	278	4.7	+4.7
Majority			709	11.9	-55.4
Turnout			5,969
	Labour hold		Swing	-31.1

Gipton and Whinmoor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Coward	3,576	49.9	+2.6
	Conservative	W. Buckland	3,273	45.7	+0.0
	National Front	B. Spink	318	4.4	+4.4
Majority			308	4.2	+2.6
Turnout			7,167
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

Halton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Hyde	4,494	71.3	-1.0
	Labour	A. Maher	1,640	26.0	+5.3
	National Front	C. Dewar	165	2.6	+2.6
Majority			2,854	45.3	-6.3
Turnout			6,299
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.1

Harehills and Roundhay^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Challenor	5,014	69.0	+1.7
	Labour	C. Say	1,941	26.7	+3.1
	National Front	Catherine Dewar	309	4.3	+4.3
Majority			3,073	42.3	-1.5
Turnout			7,264
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.7

Headingley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Pedley	2,644	56.3	+1.7
	Labour	A. Shires	1,228	26.2	+0.7
	Liberal	P. Holmes	620	13.2	-6.7
	Communist	B. Cooper	202	4.3	+4.3
Majority			1,416	30.2	+1.0
Turnout			4,694
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

Horsforth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Foyston	3,814	50.3	-2.3
	Liberal	J. Stevens	2,448	32.3	-4.8
	Labour	H. Outhwaite	1,045	13.8	+3.4
	National Front	J. Duckenfield	274	3.6	+3.6
Majority			1,366	18.0	+2.5
Turnout			7,581
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.2

Hunslet East and West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	I. Lester	2,904	44.4	-3.7
	Labour	J. Gunnell	2,807	42.9	+3.0
	Conservative	R. Blackburn	565	8.6	-3.3
	National Front	N. Griffiths	214	3.3	+3.3
	British National	S. Brown	50	0.8	+0.8
Majority			97	1.5	-6.7
Turnout			6,540
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.3

Kirkstall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Atha	2,906	50.8	+5.4
	Conservative	A. Castle	2,535	44.3	-2.8
	Liberal	L. Keates	282	4.9	-2.6
Majority			371	6.5	+4.8
Turnout			5,723
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.1

Middleton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Kitchen	2,443	59.8	+3.8
	Conservative	C. Hallas	1,036	25.3	+0.2
	Liberal	L. Hirst	510	12.5	-3.5
	Communist	Daisy Triscott	99	2.4	-0.5
Majority			1,407	34.4	+3.5
Turnout			4,088
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Moortown^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Sibbald	2,969	65.5	-3.8
	Labour	G. Dickinson	1,006	22.2	+3.0
	Liberal	S. Walderberg	388	8.6	-2.9
	Ecology	K. Rushworth	168	3.7	+3.7
Majority			1,963	43.3	-6.8
Turnout			4,531
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.4

Morley #1 (Morley North)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Senior	3,372	50.6	-16.7
	Labour	K. Smith	1,862	27.9	-4.7
	Ratepayers Association	G. Jarratt	1,266	19.0	+19.0
	Independent	B. Morris	163	2.4	+2.4
Majority			1,510	22.7	-11.9
Turnout			1,266
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.0

Morley #2 (Morley South)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Broadbent	2,571	50.1	+14.7
	Labour	T. Hewitt	2,562	49.9	+7.4
Majority			9	0.2	-6.9
Turnout			5,133
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.6

Osmondthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Hamilton	2,029	54.9	+1.9
	Conservative	S. Nelmes	1,304	35.3	-5.7
	National Front	L. Fella	194	5.3	+5.3
	Liberal	B. Stevenson	167	4.5	-1.4
Majority			725	19.6	+7.5
Turnout			3,694
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

Otley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Francis	3,765	44.4	-2.4
	Liberal	G. Kirkland	3,736	44.1	+6.3
	Labour	D. Gagen	916	10.8	-4.6
	Communist	P. Punchard	55	0.6	+0.6
Majority			29	0.3	-8.7
Turnout			8,472
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	-4.3

Pudsey North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Bashall	3,170	45.5	-5.2
	Liberal	J. Finnigan	2,190	31.4	+5.0
	Labour	D. Trafford	1,606	23.1	+0.2
Majority			980	14.1	-10.2
Turnout			6,966
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	-5.1

Pudsey South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Fairhurst	2,777	45.3	-0.7
	Liberal	R. Fairbank	1,876	30.6	+6.8
	Labour	F. Wadwell	1,474	24.1	-6.1
Majority			901	14.7	-1.1
Turnout			6,127
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	-3.7

Rothwell^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Benson	3,594	44.1	+3.0
	Conservative	M. Dyer	2,333	28.6	-3.1
	Liberal	P. Bower	2,218	27.2	+0.1
Majority			1,261	15.5	+6.1
Turnout			8,145
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Seacroft^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Stringer	2,609	57.6	+0.0
	Conservative	R. Ivey	1,681	37.1	-2.5
	National Front	K. Middleton	150	3.3	+3.3
	Communist	A. Dale	86	1.9	-0.8
Majority			928	20.5	+2.6
Turnout			4,526
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Stanningley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Mann	2,315	52.0	+9.5
	Conservative	K. Knapton	1,561	35.1	-0.4
	Liberal	A. Hillam	575	12.9	-9.0
Majority			754	16.9	+9.8
Turnout			4,451
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Talbot^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Sherwin	3,763	71.7	+0.9
	Labour	D. Brown	908	17.3	+2.3
	Liberal	G. Macolferson	575	11.0	-3.2
Majority			2,855	54.4	-1.4
Turnout			5,246
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.7

Wetherby^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Brown	6,936	74.7	+2.8
	Labour	L. Adams	1,304	14.0	+5.0
	Liberal	D. Tunstall	1,050	11.3	-5.3
Majority			5,632	60.6	+5.3
Turnout			9,290
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.1

Wortley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Connah	2,533	47.2	-6.0
	Labour	W. Thurlow	2,186	40.7	+5.5
	Liberal	J. Nelson	648	12.1	+0.6
Majority			347	6.5	-11.5
Turnout			5,367
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-5.7

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 "District results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post. 7 May 1976. Scans: 1 and 2.

(1975 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1976 (→ 1977)

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

District councils (England)	Adur Allerdale Alnwick Amber Valley Arun Ashfield Ashford Aylesbury Vale Babergh Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bassetlaw Bath Beaconsfield Berwick-upon-Tweed Beverley Blaby Blackburn Blackpool Blyth Valley Bolsover Boothferry Boston Bournemouth Bracknell Braintree Breckland Brentwood Bridgnorth Brighton Bristol Broadland Bromsgrove Broxbourne Broxtowe Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Canterbury Caradon Carlisle Carrick Castle Morpeth Castle Point Charnwood Chelmsford Cheltenham Cherwell Chesterfield Chester-le-Street Chester Chichester Chiltern Chorley Christchurch Cleethorpes Colchester Congleton Copeland Corby Cotswold Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Dacorum Darlington Dartford Daventry Derby Derwentside Dover Durham Easington East Cambridgeshire East Devon East Hampshire East Hertfordshire East Lindsey East Northamptonshire East Staffordshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Eden Ellesmere Port Elmbridge Epping Forest Epsom and Ewell Erewash Exeter Fareham Fenland Forest Heath Forest of Dean Fylde Gedling Gillingham Glanford Gloucester Gosport Gravesham Great Yarmouth Grimsby Guildford Halton Hambleton Harborough Harlow Harrogate Hartlepool Hart Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere High Peak Hinckley and Bosworth Holderness Horsham Hove Hull Huntingdon Hyndburn Ipswich Kennet Kerrier Kettering Kingswood Lancaster Langbaurgh Leicester Leominster Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Maldon Malvern Hills Mansfield Medina Medway Melton Mendip Mid Bedfordshire Mid Suffolk Mid Sussex Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Mole Valley New Forest Newbury Newark Newcastle-under-Lyme North Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North East Derbyshire North Hertfordshire North Kesteven North Norfolk North Shropshire North Warwickshire North West Leicestershire North Wiltshire North Wolds Northampton Northavon Norwich Nottingham Nuneaton Oadby and Wigston Oswestry Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Restormel Ribble Valley Richmondshire Rochford Rossendale Rother Rugby Runnymede Rushcliffe Rushmoor Rutland Ryedale Salisbury Scarborough Scunthorpe Sedgefield Sedgemoor Selby Sevenoaks Shepway Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough Spelthorne South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Derbyshire South Hams South Herefordshire South Holland South Lakeland South Kesteven South Norfolk South Northamptonshire South Oxfordshire South Ribble South Shropshire South Staffordshire South Wight Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans St Edmundsbury Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Suffolk Coastal Surrey Heath Swale Tamworth Tandridge Taunton Deane Teesdale Teignbridge Tendring Test Valley Tewkesbury Thamesdown Thanet The Wrekin Three Rivers Thurrock Tiverton Tonbridge and Malling Torbay Torridge Tunbridge Wells Tynedale Uttlesford Vale of White Horse Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Warrington Warwick Watford Waveney Waverley Wealden Wear Valley Wellingborough Welwyn Hatfield West Derbyshire West Devon West Dorset West Lancashire West Lindsey West Norfolk West Oxfordshire West Somerset West Wiltshire Weymouth and Portland Wimborne Windsor and Maidenhead Winchester Woking Wokingham Woodspring Worcester Worthing Wychavon Wycombe Wyre Wyre Forest Yeovil York

District councils (Wales)	Aberconwy Afan Alyn and Deeside Anglesey - Ynys Môn Arfon Blaenau Gwent Brecknock Cardiff Carmarthen Ceredigion Colwyn Cynon Valley Delyn Dinefwr Dwyfor Glyndŵr Islwyn Llanelli Lliw Valley Meirionnydd Merthyr Tydfil Monmouth Montgomery Neath Newport Ogwr Preseli Radnor Rhondda Rhuddlan Rhymney Valley South Pembrokeshire Swansea Taff-Ely Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham Maelor

Council elections in West Yorkshire

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Leeds City Council	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

West Yorkshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

West Riding County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, December 06, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.