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The 1976 Maldon District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Maldon District Council in Essex, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
| 1976 Maldon District Council election [2] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 26 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 66.7 | 52.5 | 21,439 | +17.9 | ||
| Independent | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 23.3 | 14.0 | 5,714 | –11.0 | ||
| Labour | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.3 | 19.0 | 7,768 | +0.8 | ||
| Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1,338 | –0.7 | ||
| Ind. Conservative | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 424 | N/A | ||
| Liberal | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 4,154 | –8.0 | ||
Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | B. Board* | 400 | 67.2 | ||
| Conservative | R. Ledger | 195 | 32.8 | ||
| Majority | 205 | 34.4 | |||
| Turnout | 595 | 61.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 964 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. Frost* | 379 | 56.1 | ||
| Liberal | S. Kelly | 296 | 43.9 | ||
| Majority | 83 | 12.2 | |||
| Turnout | 675 | 65.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,037 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. Anderson* | 790 | 69.4 | ||
| Conservative | R. Bass* | 789 | 69.3 | ||
| Independent | T. Lazell | 368 | 32.3 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,138 | 56.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,018 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Daws* | 1,858 | 55.4 | ||
| Conservative | C. Dowsett* | 1,800 | 53.7 | ||
| Conservative | R. Pipe | 1,632 | 48.7 | ||
| Conservative | D. Sewell* | 1,622 | 48.4 | ||
| Conservative | K. Munnion | 1,460 | 43.5 | ||
| Independent Labour | W. Hutchinson* | 1,338 | 39.9 | ||
| Labour | G. Hughes* | 1,315 | 39.2 | ||
| Conservative | C. Backus | 1,234 | 36.8 | ||
| Conservative | K. Ward | 1,207 | 36.0 | ||
| Labour | C. Tait | 1,082 | 32.3 | ||
| Liberal | N. Smith* | 978 | 29.2 | ||
| Labour | E. Bannister* | 974 | 29.0 | ||
| Labour | P. Locke | 807 | 24.1 | ||
| Labour | J. Lewis | 758 | 22.6 | ||
| Labour | H. Salt | 713 | 21.3 | ||
| Liberal | J. Finch | 694 | 20.7 | ||
| Turnout | ~3,353 | 43.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,690 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | |||||
| Independent Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. May | 554 | 37.9 | ||
| Conservative | D. Newell | 498 | 34.0 | ||
| Conservative | R. Thomas | 483 | 33.0 | ||
| Liberal | D. Scott | 482 | 32.9 | ||
| Labour | P. Darney* | 458 | 31.3 | ||
| Liberal | W. Fletcher | 403 | 27.5 | ||
| Labour | A. Joyce | 381 | 26.0 | ||
| Liberal | P. Mead | 363 | 24.8 | ||
| Labour | D. Darney | 335 | 22.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,463 | 50.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,892 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | J. Dowding* | 1,174 | 51.7 | ||
| Independent | S. Hull | 1,140 | 50.2 | ||
| Conservative | M. Wood | 1,063 | 46.8 | ||
| Conservative | M. Freeman* | 1,052 | 46.3 | ||
| Conservative | V. Cowperthwaite | 768 | 33.8 | ||
| Conservative | A. Brown | 565 | 24.9 | ||
| Independent | J. Sharp | 558 | 24.6 | ||
| Independent | E. Samuel* | 477 | 21.0 | ||
| Labour | J. Kendall | 313 | 13.8 | ||
| Labour | E. Cottis | 257 | 11.3 | ||
| Turnout | ~2,272 | 51.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,404 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | D. Abernethy* | 451 | 52.8 | ||
| Conservative | A. Mayhew | 403 | 47.2 | ||
| Majority | 48 | 5.6 | |||
| Turnout | 854 | 57.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,496 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Heritage* | 372 | 56.5 | ||
| Independent | R. Cole | 207 | 31.5 | ||
| Labour | J. Roberts | 79 | 12.0 | ||
| Majority | 165 | 25.0 | |||
| Turnout | 658 | 60.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,100 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | G. Barber* | 334 | 62.2 | ||
| Liberal | J. De Grey Warter | 203 | 37.8 | ||
| Majority | 131 | 24.4 | |||
| Turnout | 537 | 49.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,080 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind. Conservative | D. Fisher* | 424 | 54.6 | ||
| Conservative | J. Cottam | 397 | 51.1 | ||
| Liberal | C. Kelly* | 373 | 48.0 | ||
| Turnout | ~776 | 36.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,156 | ||||
| Ind. Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Sennitt* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 788 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | W. Proctor | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,240 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Madden* | 637 | 55.2 | ||
| Conservative | G. Butt* | 535 | 46.4 | ||
| Labour | J. Young | 296 | 25.6 | ||
| Turnout | ~904 | 51.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,763 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. Peel* | 454 | 78.4 | ||
| Independent | W. Bathe | 125 | 21.6 | ||
| Majority | 329 | 56.8 | |||
| Turnout | 579 | 44.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,323 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L. Bass* | 463 | 56.1 | ||
| Liberal | K. Spratley | 362 | 43.9 | ||
| Majority | 101 | 12.2 | |||
| Turnout | 825 | 62.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,321 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | P. Herrmann* | 480 | 67.7 | ||
| Conservative | B. Chalk | 229 | 32.3 | ||
| Majority | 251 | 35.4 | |||
| Turnout | 709 | 60.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,170 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||