1976 Fylde Borough Council election

1976 Fylde Borough Council election

6 May 1976 (1976-05-06)
All 47 seats to Fylde Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Independent Last election 30 2 19 Seats won 25 1 20 Seat change 5 1 1 Popular vote 27,711 2,038 3,712   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberal Residents Ind. Conservative Last election 0 Seats won 5 7 2 Seat change 5 5 2 Popular vote 5,701 8,199 457
Leader before election Conservative Leader after election Conservative

The 1976 Fylde Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1976. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Election result

1976 Fylde Borough Council
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	36	25	2	7	5			27,711
	Labour	4	1	0	0	1			2,038
	Independent	10	7	1	2	1			3,712
	Liberal	7	5	1	0	1			5,701
	Residents	8	7	5	0	5			8,199
	Ind. Conservative	2	2	2	0	2			457

Ward Results

Ansdell

Ansdell (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tavernor J.	1,027	30.6
	Liberal	Woodhouse P.	893	26.6
	Residents	Fletcher E.	788	23.5
	Conservative	Gibson M. Ms.	756
	Conservative	Nicholson S.	729
	Independent	Baron J.	652	19.4
Turnout			4,845	57.7
	Conservative hold
	Liberal hold
	Residents gain from Conservative

Ashton

Ashton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Sturrock U. Ms.	1,013	51.8
	Conservative	Nicoll P.	942	48.2
	Conservative	Dobson H.	877
	Conservative	Nuttall H.	716
Turnout			3,548	51.8
	Residents gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bryning With Warton

Bryning With Warton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Howorth D.	Unopposed
	Independent	Rigby W.	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Liberal hold
	Independent hold

Central

Central (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jordan F.	886	40.5
	Conservative	Middleton A. Ms.	856
	Conservative	Utley N.	773
	Residents	Hoyle F.	753	34.5
	Liberal	Barnes M.	546	25.0
Turnout			3,814	43.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Clifton

Clifton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thompson W.	979	34.6
	Conservative	Hodgson C. Ms.	914
	Residents	Henshall D.	884	31.2
	Liberal	Warren W.	749	26.4
	Conservative	Fulford-Brown R.	701
	National Front	Thompson E.	220	7.8
Turnout			4,447	53.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Residents gain from Conservative

Elswick & Little Eccleston

Elswick & Little Eccleston (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Glover R.	281	63.3
	Independent	Rock S.	163	36.7
Turnout			444	59.3
	Independent hold

Fairhaven

Fairhaven (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cartmell H.	1,047	50.4
	Residents	Wilding J. Ms.	1,030	49.6
	Conservative	Gouldbourn J.	882
	Conservative	Caldwell G.	761
Turnout			3,720	48.0
	Conservative hold
	Residents gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Freckleton East

Freckleton East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Payne J.	589	66.4
	Conservative	Spencer R.	586
	Independent	Dowling M. Ms.	298	33.6
Turnout			1,473	54.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Freckleton West

Freckleton West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Whittle B.	644	43.2
	Independent	Rigby L.	526	35.3
	Independent	Baxter B.	348
	Labour	Garth H.	320	21.5
	Conservative	Gee R.	312
	Independent	Burgess Y. Ms.	74
Turnout			2,224	60.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Heyhouses

Heyhouses (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Bennett A.	1,294	41.9
	Liberal	Greene W.	1,076	34.9
	Conservative	Mason J. Ms.	716	23.2
	Conservative	Knight A.	684
	Conservative	Williamson R.	612
Turnout			4,382	48.8
	Residents gain from Conservative
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Kilnhouse

Kilnhouse (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Lane J.	1,764	53.9
	Conservative	Joyce R.	936	28.6
	Conservative	Cowburn H.	729
	Conservative	Boothroyd J. Ms.	568
	Labour	Horridge N.	441	13.5
	Labour	Mobbs M. Ms.	433
	National Front	Kay J. Ms.	129	3.9
Turnout			5,000	60.0
	Residents win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kirkham North

Kirkham North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Fisher R.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Aiken O.	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Residents win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kirkham South

Kirkham South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	Bennett J.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Hall P.	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Ind. Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Medlar-With-Wesham

Medlar-With-Wesham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bamber G.	Unopposed
	Independent	Bamber G.	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Newton & Treales

Newton & Treales (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hall M. Ms.	778	60.1
	Conservative	Braithwaite J.	730
	Independent	Allan N.	517	39.9
Turnout			2,025	58.3
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Independent

Park

Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Woodhouse J. Ms.	1,047	52.4
	Conservative	Hickman A.	952	47.6
	Conservative	Jealous A.	877
	Conservative	Barnes S. Ms.	871
Turnout			3,747	51.6
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ribby With Wrea

Ribby With Wrea (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Warbrick G.	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Independent hold

Singleton & Greenhalgh

Singleton & Greenhalgh (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Loftus W.	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Independent win (new seat)

St. Johns

St. Johns (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lloyd J.	876	36.6
	Labour	Callow W.	844	35.3
	Conservative	Bamber E.	784
	Residents	Byrom E. Ms.	673	28.1
	Conservative	Hayhurst M. Ms.	642
Turnout			3,819	56.9
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

St. Leonards

St. Leonards (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Crossland J.	802	35.0
	Independent	White H.	783	34.2
	Liberal	Jenkins T.	705	30.8
	Liberal	Blackwood D. Ms.	685
	Conservative	Stephens J.	628
	Conservative	Tetlock C.	549
Turnout			4,152	48.9
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Liberal hold

Staining

Staining (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stott C.	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Independent hold

Weeton & Westby

Weeton & Westby (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	Bradley G.	457	86.7
	Independent	Kirkham D.	70	13.3
Turnout			527	50.2
	Ind. Conservative win (new seat)