1976 Uttlesford District Council election

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All 42 seats to Uttlesford District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Independent Liberal Seats won 30 5 4 Seat change 8 5 2 Popular vote 12,621 1,727 3,812 Percentage 55.5% 7.6% 16.8% Swing 10.9% 1.9% 9.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Ind. Conservative Seats won 3 0 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 4,504 N/A Percentage 19.8% N/A Swing 19.2% N/A
Winner of each seat at the 1976 Uttlesford District Council election.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1976 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in Essex, England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

• Summary
• Election result
• Ward results
• Ashdon
• Birchanger
• Clavering
• Elsenham
• Felsted
• Great Dunmow North
• Great Dunmow South
• Great Hallingbury
• Hatfield Broad Oak
• Hatfield Heath
• Henham
• Little Hallingbury
• Littlebury
• Newport
• Rickling
• Saffron Walden Audley
• Saffron Walden Castle
• Saffron Walden Plantation
• Saffron Walden Shire
• Stansted Mountfitchet
• Stebbing
• Stort Valley
• Takeley
• Thaxted
• The Canfields
• The Chesterfords
• The Eastons
• The Rodings
• The Sampfords
• Wenden Lofts
• Wimbish & Debden
• References

Summary

Election result

1976 Uttlesford District Council election [2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	37	30	7	1	8	71.4	55.5	12,621	+10.9
	Independent	10	5	0	4	5	11.9	7.6	1,727	–1.9
	Liberal	9	4	1	0	2	9.5	16.8	3,812	+9.9
	Labour	15	3	0	2	4	7.1	19.8	4,504	–19.2
	Ind. Conservative	9	0	0	1	1	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ward results

Elsenham

Elsenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hurwitz	360	69.0	+5.2
	Labour	R. Shaw	162	31.0	–5.2
Majority			198	37.8	+5.2
Turnout			522	60.3	+3.6
Registered electors			873
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.2

Hatfield Broad Oak

Hatfield Broad Oak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Davies	332	65.7	+0.3
	Labour	B. Clark	98	19.4	–15.2
	Independent	R. Lumley	75	14.9	N/A
Majority			234	46.3	+15.9
Turnout			505	60.6	+16.1
Registered electors			834
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.8

Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Delderfield	362	66.7	+16.3
	Labour	R. Howard	181	33.3	–4.8
Majority			181	33.2	+21.0
Turnout			543	52.7	±0.0
Registered electors			1,053
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.6

Rickling

Rickling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Wraith	243	50.9	+19.0
	Conservative	P. Wawn	234	49.1	+10.8
Majority			9	1.8	N/A
Turnout			477	66.9	+5.1
Registered electors			714
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	4.1

The Eastons

The Eastons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Askew	346	63.6	–0.1
	Liberal	A. Proudley	198	36.4	+0.1
Majority			148	27.1	–0.2
Turnout			544	62.7	+2.4
Registered electors			887
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

The Sampfords

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Hughes	553	89.0	+49.5
	Labour	J. Smith	68	11.0	–0.9
Majority			485	78.0	+77.9
Turnout			621	55.5	–5.3
Registered electors			1,108
	Independent hold		Swing	25.2

References