1976 Leeds City Council election
Elections to Leeds City Council were held on 6 May 1976, with one third of the council up for election. In the interim between the seats first election in 1973, in addition to Labour's 1974 Burley gain, there had been a further three by-elections - and consequent successful defences of - Beeston & Holbeck and Burmantofts & Richmond Hill (Labour) and Headingley (Conservative).
The Conservatives managed to largely repeat their previous year's results, gaining a total of seven and winning control of the council. They gained three from Labour, in the wards of Morley South and Wortley, as well as winning back the aforementioned seat in Burley. The remaining four gains were from the Liberals in Horsforth, both of the Pudsey seats and Otley.[1]
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 18 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 56.2 | 48.1 | 97,312 | -1.7% | |
Labour | 12 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 37.5 | 33.9 | 68,673 | +2.4% | |
Liberal | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 6.2 | 15.4 | 31,155 | -2.1% | |
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1,910 | +0.9% | |
Ratepayers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1,266 | +0.6% | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 873 | +0.0% | |
style="background-color: Template:British National Party/meta/color" | | British National | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 487 | +0.2% |
Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 307 | +0.1% | |
Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 168 | +0.1% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 163 | -0.6% |
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Conservatives | 43 | 50 | ||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Labour | 41 | 38 | ||
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Liberals | 12 | 8 | ||
Total | 96 | 96 | |||
Working majority | 0 | 4 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Hutchinson | 5,544 | 56.4 | −5.0 | |
Labour | P. Jones | 2,635 | 26.8 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | B. Cleasby | 1,655 | 16.8 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 2,909 | 29.6 | −9.9 | ||
Turnout | 9,834 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. Wright | 3,012 | 40.5 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Michael McGowan | 2,462 | 33.1 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | J. Hastings | 1,611 | 21.7 | −3.5 | |
style="background-color: Template:British National Party/meta/color" | | British National | J. Drury | 226 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
Communist | P. Witton | 72 | 1.0 | −0.5 | |
National Front | Mabel Spink | 58 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 550 | 7.4 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,441 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Fenwick | 3,459 | 50.2 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | E. Lucas | 2,710 | 39.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | C. Coultas | 728 | 10.6 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 749 | 10.9 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,897 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Atkinson | 2,338 | 51.4 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | A. Mathers | 1,609 | 35.3 | −11.9 | |
Liberal | J. Spencer | 605 | 13.3 | +13.3 | |
Majority | 729 | 16.0 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,552 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Fletcher-Campbell | 1,798 | 51.6 | +0.6 | |
Labour | C. Buttery | 1,384 | 39.7 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | P. Sander | 171 | 4.9 | −2.7 | |
Communist | B. Jackson | 87 | 2.5 | −0.2 | |
National Front | Dorothy Waite | 46 | 1.3 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 414 | 11.9 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,486 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Sedler | 2,733 | 39.3 | −8.7 | |
Liberal | M. Clay | 2,385 | 34.3 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | G. Dimmock | 1,329 | 19.1 | −3.3 | |
style="background-color: Template:British National Party/meta/color" | | British National | Eddy Morrison | 211 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
National Front | C. Welsh | 182 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Communist | M. Monkman | 110 | 1.6 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 348 | 5.0 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,950 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Symonds | 4,334 | 63.1 | +0.9 | |
Labour | A. Baum | 1,911 | 27.8 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | J. Clay | 628 | 9.1 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 2,423 | 35.3 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,873 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Jenner | 2,173 | 52.2 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | T. Battersby | 1,218 | 29.3 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | D. Selby | 611 | 14.7 | −2.2 | |
Communist | J. Rodgers | 162 | 3.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 955 | 22.9 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,164 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Carter | 7,367 | 72.7 | +0.3 | |
Labour | I. Levy | 1,865 | 18.4 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | D. Leser | 895 | 8.8 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 5,502 | 54.3 | −3.5 | ||
Turnout | 10,127 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Ives | 5,191 | 64.5 | −1.0 | |
Labour | B. Selby | 2,556 | 31.7 | +5.6 | |
Ind. Conservative | G. Kite | 307 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 2,635 | 32.7 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,054 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Flatter | 3,200 | 53.6 | −26.9 | |
Conservative | A. Taylor | 2,491 | 41.7 | +35.4 | |
Liberal | N. Parnaby | 278 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 709 | 11.9 | −55.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,969 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -31.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Coward | 3,576 | 49.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | W. Buckland | 3,273 | 45.7 | +0.0 | |
National Front | B. Spink | 318 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 308 | 4.2 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,167 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Hyde | 4,494 | 71.3 | −1.0 | |
Labour | A. Maher | 1,640 | 26.0 | +5.3 | |
National Front | C. Dewar | 165 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 2,854 | 45.3 | −6.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,299 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Challenor | 5,014 | 69.0 | +1.7 | |
Labour | C. Say | 1,941 | 26.7 | +3.1 | |
National Front | Catherine Dewar | 309 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 3,073 | 42.3 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,264 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Pedley | 2,644 | 56.3 | +1.7 | |
Labour | A. Shires | 1,228 | 26.2 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | P. Holmes | 620 | 13.2 | −6.7 | |
Communist | B. Cooper | 202 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 1,416 | 30.2 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,694 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Foyston | 3,814 | 50.3 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | J. Stevens | 2,448 | 32.3 | −4.8 | |
Labour | H. Outhwaite | 1,045 | 13.8 | +3.4 | |
National Front | J. Duckenfield | 274 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 1,366 | 18.0 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,581 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | I. Lester | 2,904 | 44.4 | −3.7 | |
Labour | John Gunnell | 2,807 | 42.9 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | R. Blackburn | 565 | 8.6 | −3.3 | |
National Front | N. Griffiths | 214 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
style="background-color: Template:British National Party/meta/color" | | British National | S. Brown | 50 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
Majority | 97 | 1.5 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,540 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Atha | 2,906 | 50.8 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | A. Castle | 2,535 | 44.3 | −2.8 | |
Liberal | L. Keates | 282 | 4.9 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 371 | 6.5 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,723 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Kitchen | 2,443 | 59.8 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | C. Hallas | 1,036 | 25.3 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | L. Hirst | 510 | 12.5 | −3.5 | |
Communist | Daisy Triscott | 99 | 2.4 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 1,407 | 34.4 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,088 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K. Sibbald | 2,969 | 65.5 | −3.8 | |
Labour | G. Dickinson | 1,006 | 22.2 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | S. Walderberg | 388 | 8.6 | −2.9 | |
Ecology | K. Rushworth | 168 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 1,963 | 43.3 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,531 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B. Senior | 3,372 | 50.6 | −16.7 | |
Labour | K. Smith | 1,862 | 27.9 | −4.7 | |
Ratepayers | G. Jarratt | 1,266 | 19.0 | +19.0 | |
Independent | B. Morris | 163 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 1,510 | 22.7 | −11.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,266 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B. Broadbent | 2,571 | 50.1 | +14.7 | |
Labour | T. Hewitt | 2,562 | 49.9 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.2 | −6.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,133 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Hamilton | 2,029 | 54.9 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | S. Nelmes | 1,304 | 35.3 | −5.7 | |
National Front | L. Fella | 194 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | B. Stevenson | 167 | 4.5 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 725 | 19.6 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,694 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Francis | 3,765 | 44.4 | −2.4 | |
Liberal | G. Kirkland | 3,736 | 44.1 | +6.3 | |
Labour | D. Gagen | 916 | 10.8 | −4.6 | |
Communist | P. Punchard | 55 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 29 | 0.3 | −8.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,472 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Bashall | 3,170 | 45.5 | −5.2 | |
Liberal | J. Finnigan | 2,190 | 31.4 | +5.0 | |
Labour | D. Trafford | 1,606 | 23.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 980 | 14.1 | −10.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,966 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Fairhurst | 2,777 | 45.3 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | R. Fairbank | 1,876 | 30.6 | +6.8 | |
Labour | F. Wadwell | 1,474 | 24.1 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 901 | 14.7 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,127 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Benson | 3,594 | 44.1 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | M. Dyer | 2,333 | 28.6 | −3.1 | |
Liberal | P. Bower | 2,218 | 27.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1,261 | 15.5 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,145 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Stringer | 2,609 | 57.6 | +0.0 | |
Conservative | R. Ivey | 1,681 | 37.1 | −2.5 | |
National Front | K. Middleton | 150 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Communist | A. Dale | 86 | 1.9 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 928 | 20.5 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,526 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Mann | 2,315 | 52.0 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | K. Knapton | 1,561 | 35.1 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | A. Hillam | 575 | 12.9 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 754 | 16.9 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,451 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Sherwin | 3,763 | 71.7 | +0.9 | |
Labour | D. Brown | 908 | 17.3 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | G. Macolferson | 575 | 11.0 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 2,855 | 54.4 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,246 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | N. Brown | 6,936 | 74.7 | +2.8 | |
Labour | L. Adams | 1,304 | 14.0 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | D. Tunstall | 1,050 | 11.3 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 5,632 | 60.6 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,290 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Connah | 2,533 | 47.2 | −6.0 | |
Labour | W. Thurlow | 2,186 | 40.7 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | J. Nelson | 648 | 12.1 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 347 | 6.5 | −11.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,367 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -5.7 |