1976 Bristol City Council election
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The 1976 Bristol City Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Labour retained overall control of the council despite losing 9 seats to the Conservatives.
Ward results
Avon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V Pople | 3,031 | |||
Labour | A Crowley | 2,911 | |||
Labour | T Thomas | 2,744 | |||
Conservative | R Chubb | 1,930 | |||
Conservative | J Henley | 1,632 | |||
Conservative | V Bath | 1,558 | |||
Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain | D Pratt | 315 | |||
Majority | |||||
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Bedminster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Hillman | 1,725 | |||
Labour | J Wood | 1,571 | |||
Labour | W Jenkins | 1,549 | |||
Conservative | C Hagen | 1,161 | |||
Conservative | L Vann | 1,113 | |||
Conservative | V Goodland | 1,107 | |||
Liberal | R Turner | 434 | |||
National Front | R Bale | 184 | |||
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Bishopston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D Topham | 2,214 | |||
Conservative | T Clarke | 2,100 | |||
Conservative | M Withers | 2,078 | |||
Labour | E Boney | 1,012 | |||
Labour | M Shotter | 982 | |||
Labour | J Wood | 961 | |||
Liberal | K Tucker | 684 | |||
Liberal | J McMahon | 656 | |||
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Bishopsworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L Smith | 2,364 | |||
Labour | A Munroe | 2,180 | |||
Labour | B B Richards | 2,121 | |||
Conservative | B D Richards | 1,127 | |||
Conservative | H Jones | 976 | |||
Conservative | P Paternoster | 911 | |||
Liberal | J Fletcher | 475 | |||
Liberal | P Ellis | 429 | |||
Liberal | P Bentley | 394 | |||
National Front | K Elliott | 287 | |||
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Brislington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K Legg | 2,320 | |||
Labour | R Flinn | 2,238 | |||
Conservative | O Patterson | 2,234 | |||
Labour | H Skeates | 2,190 | |||
Conservative | O Scantlebury | 2,165 | |||
Conservative | R Frankham | 2,049 | |||
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Cabot
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | G Ferguson | 1,353 | |||
Liberal | W Watts-Miller | 1,331 | |||
Liberal | G Beedell | 1,326 | |||
Conservative | P Muir | 1,134 | |||
Conservative | B Weedall | 1,092 | |||
Conservative | J Yarwood | 1,066 | |||
Labour | P McLaren | 750 | |||
Labour | J King | 737 | |||
Labour | L Aldridge | 705 | |||
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Clifton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J Lloyd-Kirk | 2,324 | |||
Conservative | H Lawson | 2,273 | |||
Conservative | W Blackmore | 2,242 | |||
Labour | M Hodkinson | 1,094 | |||
Labour | G Micklewright | 1,083 | |||
Labour | M Thomas | 1,033 | |||
Liberal | S Mercer | 990 | |||
Liberal | E Dunning | 973 | |||
Liberal | M Perkins | 972 | |||
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District
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | F Apperley | 1,612 | |||
Conservative | R Trench | 1,601 | |||
Conservative | J Bosdet | 1,525 | |||
Labour | K Bassett | 1,223 | |||
Labour | T Morgan | 1,133 | |||
Labour | M Wood | 1,061 | |||
Liberal | C Bolton | 848 | |||
Liberal | J Sansom | 729 | |||
Liberal | N Rigby | 721 | |||
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Durdham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G Palmer | 4,061 | |||
Conservative | M Veale | 3,880 | |||
Conservative | G Browne | 3,869 | |||
Labour | B Begley | 962 | |||
Labour | R Ritchie | 884 | |||
Labour | J Donovan | 882 | |||
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Easton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J Jones | 1,358 | |||
Labour | G Maggs | 1,134 | |||
Labour | R Morris | 1,050 | |||
Conservative | P Haines | 495 | |||
Conservative | J Gamlin | 463 | |||
Conservative | F Wookey | 418 | |||
Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain | N Carey | 131 | |||
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Eastville
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W Williams | 1,833 | |||
Labour | E Fothergill | 1,722 | |||
Labour | B Ross | 1,652 | |||
Conservative | R Wookey | 1,455 | |||
Conservative | G Woodhouse | 1,404 | |||
Conservative | J Fletcher | 1,280 | |||
Independent Liberal | A Chalmers | 512 | |||
Independent Liberal | B Clarke | 347 | |||
Independent Liberal | J Hale | 313 | |||
National Front | J Bale | 133 | |||
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Henbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J Fisk | 3,350 | |||
Conservative | W Stephens | 3,339 | |||
Conservative | D Barnwell | 3,173 | |||
Conservative | C Whitmore | 3,167 | |||
Labour | G Brass | 2,764 | |||
Labour | D Large | 2,633 | |||
Liberal | W Hurford | 660 | |||
Liberal | W Paver | 634 | |||
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Hengrove
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W Graves | 2,396 | |||
Labour | A Abrams | 2,219 | |||
Labour | M Houlihan | 1,924 | |||
Conservative | M Stamper | 1,046 | |||
Conservative | A Telling | 1,046 | |||
Conservative | G Bridcut | 995 | |||
Liberal | G Bentley | 276 | |||
Liberal | G Noel | 206 | |||
Liberal | V Noel | 204 | |||
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Hillfields
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C Draper | 1,811 | |||
Labour | G Robertson | 1,806 | |||
Labour | F Vyvyan-Jones | 1,659 | |||
Conservative | M Bessant | 1,342 | |||
Conservative | C Baker | 1,289 | |||
Conservative | A Thomas | 1,172 | |||
National Front | F Tanner | 165 | |||
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Horfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C Merrett | 2,245 | |||
Conservative | B Topham | 2,224 | |||
Labour | R Edwards | 2,175 | |||
Labour | C Boney | 2,056 | |||
Conservative | P Cutcher | 2,048 | |||
Conservative | R Russell | 2,030 | |||
Liberal | P Hurford | 596 | |||
Liberal | R Moon | 502 | |||
Liberal | V Hales | 483 | |||
National Front | P Thomas | 269 | |||
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Knowle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G Sprackling | 2,225 | |||
Conservative | E Wright | 2,051 | |||
Conservative | F Lawrence | 1,981 | |||
Labour | C Gardner | 1,102 | |||
National Front | R Dowler | 370 | |||
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Redland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G Hebblethwaite | 1,929 | |||
Conservative | C Hebblethwaite | 1,904 | |||
Conservative | G Keeley | 1,879 | |||
Liberal | R Kirkham | 1,074 | |||
Liberal | W Legg | 973 | |||
Liberal | W Tasker | 972 | |||
Labour | A May | 683 | |||
Labour | M Mason | 671 | |||
Labour | M Reiner | 664 | |||
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Somerset
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H Willcox | 1,617 | |||
Labour | D Jackson | 1,485 | |||
Labour | J Comerford | 1,413 | |||
Conservative | D Stevens | 1,017 | |||
Conservative | S Walker | 962 | |||
Conservative | H Little | 921 | |||
National Front | J Dowler | 189 | |||
Liberal | J Fletcher | 178 | |||
Liberal | I Adams | 138 | |||
Liberal | A Adams | 129 | |||
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Southmead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | F McGough | 3,047 | |||
Conservative | P Sidebottom | 2,748 | |||
Conservative | N Mearing-Smith | 2,686 | |||
Labour | J Hole | 2,523 | |||
Labour | R Bridle | 2,306 | |||
Labour | A Keefe | 2,229 | |||
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Southville
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H Harding | 1,302 | |||
Labour | M Young | 1,247 | |||
Labour | F Pidgeon | 1,245 | |||
Conservative | C Taylor | 1,226 | |||
Conservative | C Fox | 1,116 | |||
Conservative | M Jones | 1,104 | |||
Liberal | N Harrisson | 181 | |||
Liberal | E Ellis | 153 | |||
Liberal | A Havvock | 142 | |||
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St George East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L Rexworthy | 2,226 | |||
Labour | H Bloom | 2,222 | |||
Labour | D Beer | 2,188 | |||
Conservative | K Mountstephen | 2,076 | |||
Conservative | R King | 1,902 | |||
Conservative | C Woods | 1,817 | |||
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St George West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M Rea | 1,437 | |||
Labour | J McLaren | 1,417 | |||
Labour | I Rogers | 1,399 | |||
Conservative | C Avery | 1,108 | |||
Conservative | M Gardner | 956 | |||
Conservative | B Irwin | 881 | |||
National Front | R Pearce | 337 | |||
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St Paul
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D McLaren | 1,157 | |||
Labour | G Fowler | 1,047 | |||
Labour | P Korovilas | 1,012 | |||
Conservative | E Macdonald | 596 | |||
Conservative | K Rogers | 526 | |||
Conservative | J Seville | 483 | |||
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St Philip & Jacob
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I Knight | 820 | |||
Labour | J Britton | 750 | |||
Labour | D Tedder | 741 | |||
Conservative | G Edwards | 378 | |||
Conservative | S Watton | 351 | |||
Conservative | H Edwards | 344 | |||
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Stapleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T Whiteley | 3,075 | |||
Conservative | P Brook | 3,055 | |||
Conservative | H Williams | 3,000 | |||
Labour | C Gingell | 1,847 | |||
Labour | M McGrath | 1,847 | |||
Labour | B Payton | 1,772 | |||
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Stockwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E Wilsdon | 3,748 | |||
Conservative | B Love | 3,582 | |||
Conservative | S Williams | 3,444 | |||
Labour | G Easton | 2,948 | |||
Labour | V Bath | 2,750 | |||
Labour | B Barker | 2,706 | |||
Liberal | H Bryant | 784 | |||
Liberal | J Edwards | 654 | |||
Liberal | M Langley | 652 | |||
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Westbury-on-Trym
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D Poole | 6,371 | |||
Conservative | R Wall | 6,316 | |||
Conservative | C Alderson | 6,201 | |||
Liberal | L Edgell | 1,063 | |||
Liberal | G Davis | 1,016 | |||
Labour | J McLaren | 965 | |||
Liberal | M Hamilton | 918 | |||
Labour | D Evans | 917 | |||
Labour | S Andrews | 854 | |||
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Windmill Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | C Reid | 1,086 | |||
Labour | D Poole | 1,039 | |||
Labour | G Bee | 1,008 | |||
Conservative | E Cockrell | 592 | |||
Conservative | S Simmons | 565 | |||
Conservative | W Wardle | 544 | |||
Liberal | R Hopkins | 280 | |||
Liberal | E Mottart | 278 | |||
Liberal | C Slater | 248 | |||
National Front | R Jacklin | 178 | |||
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References
- ^ "Local Elections Handbook 1976". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2016.