1976 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

1976 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 1975 6 May 1976 (1976-05-06) 1978 →
21 of 63 seats
to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Colin Warbrick Bert Pyper Cecil Fink
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader's seat Stretford Park Brooklands
Last election 21 seats,
56.1% 		1 seat,
22.2% 		0 seats,
21.3%
Seats before 42 13 8
Seats won 17 4 0
Seats after 47 12 4
Seat change Increase5 Decrease1 Decrease4
Popular vote 40,753 19,344 10,421
Percentage 57.4% 27.3% 14.7%
Swing Increase1.3% Increase5.1% Decrease6.6%
Map of results of 1976 election
Leader of the Council before election

Mike King
Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Colin Warbrick
Conservative

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]

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 40,753 (57.4%)
Increase 1.3 17 (81.0%)
17 / 21
 Increase 5 47 (74.6%)
47 / 63
Labour Party 19,344 (27.3%)
Increase 5.1 4 (19.0%)
4 / 21
 Decrease 1 12 (19.0%)
12 / 63
Liberal Party 10,421 (14.7%)
Decrease 6.6 0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
 Decrease 4 4 (6.3%)
4 / 63
Communist Party 263 (0.4%)
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
 Steady 0 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Independent 192 (0.3%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
↓
12 4 47

Ward results

No.1 (Altrincham South West)

Altrincham South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Catherine 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

No.2 (Altrincham East)

Altrincham East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Hall 2,209 54.5 +6.8
Liberal Glen Stuart 1,153 28.4 −8.9
Labour Robert 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

No.3 (Altrincham North)

Altrincham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Finch 1,610 54.3 +6.4
Liberal Eric Faulkner 719 24.3 −3.4
Labour Alan Hadley 635 21.4 −2.9
Majority 891 30.1 +9.9
Turnout 2,964 45.0 +0.9
Conservative hold Swing

No.4 (Timperley)

Timperley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Audrey Weedall 1,695 47.6 −0.3
Liberal Raymond 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

No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)

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

No.6 (St. Martin’s)

St. Martin's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter 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

No.7 (Sale Moor)

Sale Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. D. Turner 1,231 43.9 +1.5
Labour Barry 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

No.8 (St. Anne’s)

St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sutton 1,789 46.4 −0.9
Liberal John 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

No.9 (Brooklands)

Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. B. Ludlam 2,393 64.8 +6.8
Liberal Hilary 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

No.10 (Talbot North)

Talbot North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel 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

No.11 (Clifford)

Clifford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vincent Wynne* 1,355 49.6 +6.8
Conservative Edward 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

No.12 (Longford)

Longford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Olive Chandler* 2,033 53.5 +0.3
Labour Tony 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

No.13 (Stretford)

Stretford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin 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

No.14 (Park)

Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herber Pyper* 1,353 49.9 +8.3
Conservative William 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

No.15 (Bowdon)

Bowdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barbara Sutton 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

No.16 (Hale)

Hale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Godwin* 3,807 87.2 +5.9
Labour P. Scott 560 12.8 N/A
Majority 3,247 74.4 +23.4
Turnout 4,367 47.4 +3.8
Conservative hold Swing

No.17 (Partington)

Partington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John 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

No.18 (Urmston West East)

Urmston West East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ruth 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

No.19 (Flixton East Central)

Flixton East Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil 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

No.20 (Flixton West)

Flixton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. E. Williams* 2,432 60.4 +1.5
Labour Laura 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

No.21 (Davyhulme East)

Davyhulme East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank 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

By-elections between 1976 and 1978

No.4 (Timperley) By-Election 14 October 1976
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Holden 1,307 67.1 +19.5
Labour J. Gregory 640 32.9 +8.1
Majority 667 34.3 +11.5
Turnout 1,947 24.3 −20.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
No.3 (Altrincham North) By-Election 24 March 1977
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. G. Currie 1,183 56.7 +2.4
Liberal Eric Faulkner 579 27.7 −3.4
Labour P. B. Ayo 325 15.6 −5.8
Majority 604 28.9 −1.2
Turnout 2,087 31.7 −13.3
Conservative hold Swing
No.6 (St. Martin's) By-Election 24 March 1977
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. Almond 1,862 58.7 −8.1
Labour Barry Brotherton 744 23.5 −9.7
Liberal John Golding 566 17.8 +17.8
Majority 1,118 35.2 +1.5
Turnout 3,172 28.1 −10.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

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