1976 Corby District Council election

1976 UK local government election

1976 Corby District Council election^[1] ^[2]

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6 May 1976

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All 27 seats in the Corby District Council
14 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

52.8%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Independent Socialist
Seats won	16	10	1
Popular vote	7,483	6,526	626
Percentage	45.2%	39.4%

Map showing the results of the 1976 Corby District Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Conservative

The 1976 Corby District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Corby District Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. It was the first election be held under new ward boundaries.^[3] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party,^[1] for the first and only time in its history.^[4]

Ward-by-Ward Results

Central Ward (3 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: Central^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Perkins	914
	Conservative	H. Lear	874
	Labour	J. Thomson	846
	Labour	R. Evans	839
	Conservative	R. Garton	771
	Labour	T. Bayliffe	678
Turnout				43.4%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Danesholme Ward (3 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: Danesholme^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. Goodman	410
	Conservative	W. Carey	383
	Conservative	R. Gillett	381
	Labour	J. Wallace	319
	Labour	W. Stewart	280
	Labour	A. Portman	277
	Liberal	J. Wood	170
Turnout				47.8%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

East Ward (2 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Socialist	T. Sykes	626
	Conservative	A. Pitcher	447
	Labour	R. Hipkiss	432
	Labour	J. Sims	405
	Conservative	T. Drummond-Young	389
Turnout				56.4%
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hazelwood Ward (3 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: Hazelwood^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. McGowan	754
	Labour	W. Mawdsley	701
	Labour	K. Glendinning	699
	Conservative	L. Hallatt	554
	Communist	J. Reilly	149
Turnout				32.3%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Kingswood Ward (3 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: Kingswood^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Briggs	720
	Conservative	J. Campbell	708
	Conservative	G. Robertshaw	695
	Labour	J. Forshaw	615
	Labour	E. Donald	609
	Labour	G. Russell	554
	Liberal	F. Charge	199
	Communist	I. Merrilees	92
Turnout				34.0%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lloyds Ward (3 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: Lloyds^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Hindwood	1,299
	Labour	J. Kane	992
	Labour	E. Wright	753
	Labour	D. Moon	746
Turnout				53.2%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Lodge Park Ward (3 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: Lodge Park^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Wright	797
	Labour	P. Floody	742
	Conservative	B. Pitcher	657
	Conservative	M. Swinburn	650
	Labour	W. Kearney	635
	Conservative	S. Heggs	566
	Liberal	A. Haigh	492
	Independent	A. Greer	282
Turnout				46.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rural East Ward (1 seat)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: Rural East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Bodin	442
	Independent	K. Farnham	288
	Labour	G. Reed	281
Turnout				58.6%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rural North Ward (1 seat)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: Rural North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Ogilvie	257
	Conservative	G. Woolston	244
	Independent	J. Canning	180
Turnout				71.9%
	Labour win (new seat)

Rural West Ward (1 seat)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: Rural West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Webster	489
	Labour	R. Crawley	109
Turnout				58.6%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Shire Lodge Ward (2 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: Shire Lodge^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Sheridan	470
	Labour	G. McCart	450
	Conservative	H. Perry	443
	Labour	F. Smyth	414
	Communist	W. Clark	58
Turnout				63.1%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

West Ward (2 seats)

Corby District Council Elections 1976: West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Baker	837
	Conservative	F. Harris	811
	Labour	P. Huckle	674
	Labour	C. Keeney	618
Turnout				68.1%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

^ ^a ^b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1976. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 12.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1976". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
^ "The Borough of Corby (Electoral Changes) Order 1975".
^ "England council elections". BBC News. 10 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Corby Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Elections Centre.

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