1976 Fenland District Council election

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1976 Fenland District Council election^[1]

← 1973 6 May 1976 1979 →
All 40 seats in the Fenland District Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Seats won 27 8 1 Popular vote ? ? ? Percentage 46.7 27.5 13.9   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 4 Popular vote ? Percentage 9.1%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1976 Fenland District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Fenland District Council in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. This was on the same day as the other local elections. The Conservative Party achieved a majority on the council.

Benwick and Doddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D Dunham*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatteris East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R Heading*	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chatteris North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rita Goodge	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chatteris South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Weller	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chatteris West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert German	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elm (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Curston*	546	45.5
	Independent	Arthur Ingle*	505
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Leverington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Salter*	unopposed
	Conservative	R Wallace*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Morris*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

March East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fred Clark*	1,088	53.2
	Conservative	H Aveling*	959	46.8
	Labour	Don Cherry*	899
	Labour	M Boon	882
	Conservative	D Billingsby	776
Turnout				81.8
Registered electors
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

March North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G Campbell*	970	46.5
	Labour	D Dagless* [2]	956
	Conservative	G Brewin	801	38.4
	Labour	B Chapman	792
	Conservative	G Taylor	716
	Conservative	H Smith	602
	Liberal	B Fox	314	15.1
	Liberal	J Longley	216
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

March West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Freddie Grounds*	1,028	64.0
	Conservative	P Skoulding*	991
	Conservative	D Fleming*	962
	Labour	C Bennett	579	36.0
	Labour	J Rose	488
	Labour	F Wilkinson	455
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Newton and Tydd St Giles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Palmer	362	55.7
	Independent	G Cragg	171	26.3
	Independent	A Cater*	117	18.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Outwell and Upwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Hannam	unopposed

Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Barnes*	668	34.1
	Liberal	Ellis Plumb	592	30.2
	Conservative	P Ward	530	27.0
	Independent	Neil Payne*	524
	Independent	D Barnes	170
	Labour	G Owen	170	8.7
	Independent	Clifford Edwards	73
Turnout
Registered electors
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Whittlesey Bassenhally

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Shelton	324	72.5
	Labour	C Wroath	123	27.5
Turnout
Registered electors			1,619
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whittlesey East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P Dennis	259	53.2
	Liberal	G Spenceley	228	46.8

Whittlesey Kingsmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Hannington*	220	55.8
	Conservative	L Hart	174	44.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

Wimblington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E Morris*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout

Wisbech East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Lake*	588	58.9
	Conservative	Leslie Slaymaker	559
	Labour	P Pomeroy	410	41.1
	Labour	L Purt	380
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whittlesey Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hinton*	unopposed

Whittlesey South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Whitwell	unopposed

Whittlesey West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Lilley*	unopposed

Wisbech North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Potter	819	64.0
	Labour	Ken Williams*	735
	Labour	D Perry*	712
	Conservative	S Marshall	460	36.0
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wisbech North East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Beryl Petts*	610	52.7
	Conservative	Michael Osborn*	591
	Labour	T Morley	482
	Labour	Ron Harris	548	47.3
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wisbech South West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	June Bond	1,317	49.6
	Conservative	L Rands*	977
	Conservative	T Piggott*	835
	Liberal	P Coulten	831	31.3
		C Rolfe	506	19.1
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing