Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1976

Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1976. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1980. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

	Seats	+/-
Conservative	47	+5
Labour	12	-1
Liberal	4	-4
Conservative hold

Ward results

Altrincham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. S. Gordon	1,373	53.5	+10.6
	Labour	E. Axon	687	26.8	-0.2
	Liberal	P. C. Feanhley	506	19.7	-10.4
Majority			686	26.7	+13.9
Turnout			2,566	40.3	-1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. S. Hall*	2,948	84.7	+12.8
	Labour	J. Wynne	534	15.3	+2.7
Majority			2,414	69.3	+13.0
Turnout			3,482	48.6	-1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. R. Finch	1,610	54.3	+6.4
	Liberal	E. H. Faulkner	719	24.3	-3.4
	Labour	A. J. Hadley	635	21.4	-2.9
Majority			891	30.1	+9.9
Turnout			2,964	45.0	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. B. Ludlam	2,393	64.8	+6.8
	Liberal	H. Hughes	1,302	35.2	+1.5
Majority			1,091	29.5	+5.3
Turnout			3,695	45.2	-0.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Bucklow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. D. Paul*	1,438	48.7	+2.1
	Conservative	M. E. Hindley	1,182	40.1	-6.7
	Communist	P. S. Gallagher	139	4.7	-1.9
	Independent	W. J. Graham	120	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	K. M. Stewart	72	2.4	+2.4
Majority			256	8.7	+8.5
Turnout			2,951	37.4	+9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. J. Wynne*	1,355	49.6	+6.8
	Conservative	E. J. Kelson	1,172	42.9	-14.3
	Liberal	R. N. Stott	206	7.5	+7.5
Majority			183	6.7	-7.6
Turnout			2,733	41.5	+6.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. H. Eadie*	1,348	59.9	+9.8
	Labour	M. F. Treadaway	685	30.4	+5.2
	Liberal	W. A. Munden	218	9.7	-15.0
Majority			663	29.5	+4.6
Turnout			2,251	41.4	-0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. E. Williams*	2,432	60.4	+1.5
	Labour	L. M. Seex	1,212	30.1	+3.6
	Liberal	D. J. Gilbert	384	9.5	-5.1
Majority			1,220	30.3	-2.0
Turnout			4,028	41.2	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flixton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. J. Fitzpatrick*	2,492	62.9	+8.4
	Labour	D. J. Watts	894	22.6	+3.0
	Liberal	M. G. Maxfield	575	14.5	-11.4
Majority			1,598	40.3	+11.7
Turnout			3,961	42.9	-4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Godwin*	3,807	87.2	+1.5
	Labour	P. Scott	560	12.8	+12.8
Majority			3,247	74.4	+46.9
Turnout			4,367	47.4	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Chandler*	2,033	53.5	+0.3
	Labour	A. J. Lloyd	1,319	34.7	+4.0
	Liberal	H. D. Locksley	446	11.7	-4.4
Majority			714	18.8	-3.7
Turnout			3,798	39.0	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mersey St. Marys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. H. Hurst*	2,451	60.8	+4.3
	Liberal	R. Elliott	1,184	29.4	-14.1
	Labour	R. A. Tully	393	9.8	+9.8
Majority			1,267	31.5	+18.4
Turnout			4,028	45.0	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Pyper*	1,353	49.9	+8.3
	Conservative	W. Matthews	1,282	47.3	+4.5
	Communist	M. A. Murray	75	2.8	+0.3
Majority			71	2.6	+1.4
Turnout			2,710	43.3	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. R. Sutton	1,789	46.4	-0.9
	Liberal	W. J. Golding*	1,208	31.3	-3.2
	Labour	J. K. Morgan	858	22.3	+4.1
Majority			581	15.1	+2.2
Turnout			3,855	45.3	+4.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. D. Turner	1,231	43.9	+1.5
	Labour	B. Brotherton	1,221	43.6	+9.5
	Liberal	B. Willshaw	301	10.7	-10.4
	Communist	V. T. Eddisford	49	1.7	-0.6
Majority			10	0.4	-4.7
Turnout			2,802	42.1	+2.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Martins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. A. G. Morgan Evans*	2,778	66.8	-2.3
	Labour	G. T. Pollitt	1,378	33.2	+2.3
Majority			1,400	33.7	-4.4
Turnout			4,156	38.2	+7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Warbrick*	1,587	64.4	+1.2
	Labour	G. R. Scott	698	28.3	+3.0
	Liberal	C. R. Hedley	181	7.3	-4.2
Majority			889	36.1	-1.8
Turnout			2,466	42.3	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Talbot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. F. Sullivan*	1,786	52.8	+7.2
	Conservative	T. W. Thompson	1,143	33.8	+3.0
	Liberal	T. A. Dixon	451	13.3	-10.3
Majority			643	19.0	+4.2
Turnout			3,380	37.9	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Hall	2,209	54.5	+6.8
	Liberal	G. K. Stuart	1,153	28.4	-8.9
	Labour	R. G. Coulthard	691	17.0	+2.0
Majority			1,056	26.1	+15.6
Turnout			4,053	42.6	-2.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. V. Royle-Higginson*	1,798	56.8	+2.3
	Labour	D. T. Taylor	763	24.1	+0.5
	Liberal	A. Scanlon	604	19.1	-2.8
Majority			1,035	32.7	+1.9
Turnout			3,165	37.6	-5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. R. Weedall	1,695	47.6	-0.3
	Liberal	R. Bowker*	983	27.6	+5.8
	Labour	J. Gregory	884	24.8	-5.4
Majority			712	20.0	+2.3
Turnout			3,562	44.5	+1.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

References

↑ "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 7 May 1976", Trafford M.B.C.(1976).

(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 Greater Manchester

Bolton	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

Bury	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

Manchester	1945 1946 1947 1949 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

Oldham	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

Rochdale	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

Salford	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

Stockport	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

Tameside	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

Trafford	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

Wigan	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

Greater Manchester	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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