1976 Alnwick District Council election

1976 Alnwick District Council election

6 May 1976 (1976-05-06)
All 28 seats to Alnwick District Council 15 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Independent Labour Last election 25 3 Seats won 22 3 Seat change 3 Popular vote 15,582 4,161 Percentage 62.3% 16.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Conservative Liberal Last election new new Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 2,074 3,068 Percentage 8.3% 12.3%
Control of Council before election Independent Control of Council after election Independent

Elections to Alnwick District Council were held on 6 of May 1976 alongside other local elections for Non-metropolitan district councils across England. Unlike the election of 1973, which was mainly fought between Independent politicians with a few wards being contested by Labour candidates, there were a few wards contested by Conservative and Liberal candidates this time around.

Election result

Alnwick Local Election Result 1976

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	22	1	4	3	78.6	62.3	15,582	-19.7
	Labour	3	2	2		10.7	16.6	4,161	-1.4
	Conservative	2	2	0	2	7.1	8.3	2,074	new
	Liberal	1	1	0	1	3.6	12.3	3,068	new
	Ind. Labour Party	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	140	new

Ward results

The result for each ward was as follows:

Harbottle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J Coatsworth *	unopposed
	Independent hold

Longframlington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M Keen *	201	74.7	+19.6
	Independent	Ditcham	68	25.3
Majority			133	49.4
Turnout			269	50.0
Registered electors			538
	Independent hold

No. 1 (Alnwick) (7)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I Robertson *	1,547
	Independent	D Davidson *	1,126
	Independent	H Reavell *	1,121
	Liberal	R Simpson	1,104
	Independent	C Cookson	1,065
	Independent	C Oliver *	1,056
	Conservative	G Pope	930
	Independent	W Young	538
	Independent	Hopper	516
	Labour	J Wright	277
	Independent	Anderson	229
Majority			421
Turnout
Registered electors			5,711
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Liberal gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

No. 2 (Amble) (5)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T Straffen *	1,451	79.4	+30.1
	Independent	C Turnbull *	1,164	63.7	+22.2
	Conservative	A Rowell	1,144	62.6	+21.1
	Independent	J Johnstone	1,080	59.1
	Labour	W Mitchell *	1,037	56.7	+6.1
	Labour	J Gilgannon *	914	50.0	−0.8
	Liberal	Riddell	710	38.8
	Independent	Portersdon	546	29.9
	Labour	Laidler	456	24.9
	Labour	Shinwell	342	18.7
	Labour	Arries	296	16.2
Majority			287	15.7
Turnout			1,828	49.7
Registered electors			3,680
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Independent gain from Labour
	Labour hold

No. 3 (Lesbury) (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H Philipson *	663	78.8	+7.0
	Independent	J Baxter *	543	64.6	−2.5
	Liberal	W Robertson	267	31.7	−29.3
	Liberal	Nutt	208	24.7
Majority			120	14.3
Turnout			841	69.6
Registered electors			1,208
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

No. 4 (Embleton)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P Bridgeman *	362	56.1	+12.6
	Liberal	Gaunt	283	43.9
Majority			79	12.2
Turnout			645	61.0
Registered electors			1,058
	Independent hold

No. 5 (Longhoughton)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S Alexander	382	55.0
	Independent	R Huggins *	312	45.0	−7.8
Majority			70	10.1
Turnout			694	62.9
Registered electors			1,104
	Independent gain from Independent

No. 6 (Shilbottle) (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Tully *	485	86.6	−2.4
	Labour	W Dobbie	354	63.2
	Independent	W Tearney	140	25.0	−3.2
	Independent Labour	J Swordly *	140	25.0	−3.8
Majority			131	23.4
Turnout			560	45.1
Registered electors			1,242
	Labour gain from Independent
	Labour gain from Independent

No. 7 (Warkworth) (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A Curry *	unopposed
	Independent	A Curry	unopposed
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

No. 8 (Felton)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K Ainsley *	unopposed
	Independent hold

No. 9 (Edlingham)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M Hill *	unopposed
	Independent hold

No. 10 (Rothbury) (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S Bolam	578	58.7
	Independent	R Mackie	458	46.5
	Independent	J Miller *	346	35.2	−31.3
	Liberal	G France	317	32.2
	Liberal	Fairgrieve	179	18.2
	Independent	Chalk	90	9.1
Majority			120	12.2
Turnout			984	57.6
Registered electors			1,709
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

No. 11 (Whittingham)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R Smith *	unopposed
	Independent hold

No. 13 (Elsdon)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R Elliott *	unopposed
	Independent hold