Who won the most seats in the Local Elections 1976?

Conservative Party won the most seats in the Local Elections 1976, with 2,685 of 6,062 seats filled.

When was the Local Elections 1976?

The Local Elections 1976 was held on 6 May 1976.

Local Elections 1976

Name: Local Elections 1976 results
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Local Elections 1976 was held on 6 May 1976. 6,062 seats were filled across 8,300 wards and divisions in 494 councils, from 33,762 candidates. Conservative Party won 2,685, Independent won 1,655 and The Labour Party won 1,264.

Date: 6 May 1976
Seats filled: 6,062
Candidates: 33,762
Councils: 494

Local Elections 1976: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
Conservative Party	11,000	2,685	11,454,152	44.4%
Independent	5,545	1,655	2,180,474	8.5%
The Labour Party	10,486	1,264	8,063,128	31.2%
LIB	4,127	152	2,316,453	9.0%
RES	759	84	615,036	2.4%
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	382	65	291,180	1.1%
Residents	57	32	56,940	0.2%
The Liberal Party	257	31	169,157	0.7%
RATE	174	28	220,747	0.9%
Ind Con	89	15	51,726	0.2%
ILP	25	8	23,540	0.1%
Ind Lab	97	7	57,311	0.2%
Other	32	7	12,259	0.0%
Dem Lab	28	3	25,970	0.1%
Lib Res	3	3	2,442	0.0%
Ind LIB	29	2	13,838	0.1%
IND RATE	18	2	9,482	0.0%
TVA	11	2	5,261	0.0%
Ndm	4	2	2,714	0.0%
PABAG	10	1	7,179	0.0%
Ind SOC	12	1	4,852	0.0%
Socialist (London, 1889-1912)	2	1	1,215	0.0%
Thal Ind	1	1	1,173	0.0%
Rytonian	1	1	1,116	0.0%
Bas Con	1	1	690	0.0%
True Lib	1	1	361	0.0%
Segundo Con	1	1	315	0.0%
Com Ass	1	1	170	0.0%
Lib Ind	1	1	0	—
Jones Ind	1	1	0	—
Morris Ind	1	1	0	—
Burn Ind	1	1	0	—
Paravicini Con	1	1	0	—
Gainsborough Ind	1	1	0	—
NF	208	0	86,027	0.3%
COMM	212	0	40,768	0.2%
Prog	13	0	14,850	0.1%
NAT	7	0	6,206	0.0%
CA	4	0	4,825	0.0%
PROT	4	0	4,544	0.0%

Local Elections 1976: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Aberconwy	20	17	Independent	13
Aberconwy	1	1	Independent	1
Adur	15	15	LIB	7
Allerdale	28	21	Labour	11
Alnwick	14	7	Independent	7
Alyn and Deeside	23	3	Labour	2
Alyn and Deeside	1	2	Independent	1
Amber Valley	16	0	—	—
Amber Valley	12	21	Independent	11
Arfon	33	10	Independent	5
Arun	24	9	Conservative	9
Ashfield	15	20	Labour	12
Ashford	45	17	Conservative	13
Aylesbury Vale	37	18	Conservative	8
Babergh	28	14	Independent	11
Barnsley	20	3	Labour	1
Barrow in Furness	4	0	—	—
Barrow-in-Furness	4	17	Conservative	12
Basildon	14	20	Conservative	13
Basingstoke and Deane	34	21	Conservative	14
Bassetlaw	7	11	Conservative	7
Bassetlaw	19	10	Conservative	4
Bath	3	9	Labour	6
Bath	13	0	—	—
Bedford	9	28	Conservative	17
Bedford	15	3	Independent	1
Berwick-upon-Tweed	16	11	Independent	11
Beverley	19	5	Independent	3
BEVERLEY	3	31	Conservative	31
Birmingham	42	17	Conservative	8
Blaby	20	10	Conservative	6
Blackburn	21	0	—	—
Blackpool	21	8	Conservative	8
Blackpool	1	2	Labour	2
Blaenau Gwent	11	0	—	—
Blaenau Gwent	9	3	Labour	2
Blyth Valley	9	33	Labour	12
Bolsover	22	17	Labour	17
Bolton	20	0	—	—
Bolton	3	0	—	—
Boothferry	22	8	Independent	7
Boston	15	13	Independent	7
Bournemouth	16	13	Conservative	10
Bracknell Forest	16	3	Conservative	3
Bradford	31	14	Conservative	8
Braintree	32	9	Conservative	8
Breckland	36	13	Independent	8
Brecknock	34	51	Independent	29
Brentwood	17	10	Conservative	10
Bridgnorth	20	15	Independent	14
Brighton	10	32	Conservative	23
Brighton	9	0	—	—
Brighton & Hove	5	0	—	—
Bristol, City of	28	30	Labour	20
Broadland	23	25	Conservative	15
Bromsgrove	19	23	Conservative	19
Broxbourne	14	9	Conservative	9
Broxtowe	7	10	Labour	6
Broxtowe	14	2	Labour	2
Buckinghamshire	1	0	—	—
Burnley	21	12	Labour	7
Bury	3	2	Conservative	2
Bury	12	3	Conservative	3
Calderdale	18	3	Conservative	1
Cambridge	8	21	Conservative	11
Cambridge	7	0	—	—
Cambridgeshire	2	2	Independent	2
Cannock Chase	15	9	Conservative	6
Canterbury	10	3	Conservative	2
Canterbury	14	13	Conservative	12
Caradon	26	17	Independent	16
Cardiff	21	32	Conservative	21
Carlisle	20	0	—	—
Carmarthen	21	8	Independent	8
Carrick	20	20	Independent	10
Castle Morpeth	21	11	Independent	5
Castle Point	12	12	Conservative	12
Ceredigion	35	17	Independent	15
Charnwood	23	17	Conservative	14
Chelmsford	30	13	Conservative	10
Cheltenham	11	0	—	—
Cherwell	29	16	Conservative	14
Chester	4	26	Conservative	17
Chester-le-Street	14	7	Labour	7
Chesterfield	15	14	Labour	14
Chesterfield	8	12	Labour	6
Chichester	31	27	Conservative	21
Chiltern	30	11	Conservative	11
Chorley	22	6	Conservative	5
Chorley Borough Council	2	0	—	—
Christchurch	5	9	Conservative	9
Christchurch	2	8	Conservative	4
City of Chester	15	6	Conservative	6
Cleethorpes	13	13	Independent	9
Cleethorpes	2	9	Conservative	6
Colchester	25	5	Labour	3
Colchester Borough Council	1	0	—	—
Colwyn	20	30	Conservative	15
Congleton	6	4	Conservative	4
Congleton	12	4	Conservative	3
Copeland	24	10	Labour	9
Corby	11	0	—	—
Cotswold	31	31	Independent	26
Coventry	18	8	Conservative	4
Craven	17	5	Independent	3
Craven	7	3	Labour	2
Crawley	8	8	Labour	7
Crewe and Nantwich	27	15	Labour	9
Cumbria	2	1	Independent	1
Cynon Valley	13	0	—	—
Dacorum	22	27	Labour	15
Darlington	15	21	Conservative	12
Dartford	22	16	Conservative	8
Dartford Borough Council	7	0	—	—
Daventry	25	18	Conservative	15
Daventry Borough Council	1	0	—	—
Delyn	24	11	Labour	6
Derby	18	42	Conservative	22
Derbyshire	1	0	—	—
Derbyshire Dales	22	16	Conservative	12
Derwentside	21	21	Labour	21
Dinefwr	23	32	Independent	16
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	20	6	Labour	4
Dover	26	27	Conservative	14
Dover Borough Council	4	0	—	—
Dudley	22	1	Conservative	1
Durham	25	24	Labour	24
Durham	1	6	Independent	3
Dwyfor	24	29	Independent	22
Easington	17	13	Labour	11
Easington	4	7	Labour	7
East Cambridgeshire	18	9	Independent	8
East Devon	35	20	Conservative	16
East Dorset	15	7	Independent	4
East Hampshire	26	11	Conservative	9
East Hertfordshire	26	16	Conservative	6
East Lindsey	43	19	Independent	17
East Northamptonshire	19	3	Conservative	2
East Staffordshire	24	23	Conservative	15
East Yorkshire	1	3	Conservative	3
East Yorkshire	23	9	Independent	8
Eastbourne	10	12	Conservative	9
Eastleigh	10	8	Conservative	5
Eastleigh	7	0	—	—
Eastleigh Borough Council	2	0	—	—
Eden	30	31	Independent	26
Ellesmere Port and Neston	18	6	Labour	5
Elmbridge	20	9	RES	5
Epping Forest	25	46	Conservative	45
Epsom And Ewell	13	12	RES	11
Erewash	18	26	Conservative	20
Essex	4	1	Conservative	1
Exeter	17	2	Labour	2
Fareham	14	15	Conservative	9
Fenland	25	13	Conservative	10
Forest Heath	12	4	Independent	3
Forest Of Dean	26	21	Independent	11
Fylde	10	5	Conservative	2
Fylde	12	6	Independent	5
Gateshead	18	2	Rytonian	1
Gateshead	5	2	Labour	2
Gedling	20	2	RES	1
Gillingham	8	29	Conservative	28
Gillingham Borough Council	6	0	—	—
Glanford	18	34	Independent	19
Gloucester	11	3	Labour	3
Glyndwr	29	33	Independent	32
Gosport	11	21	Conservative	14
Gravesham	17	16	Labour	11
Great Grimsby	4	9	Labour	5
Great Grimsby	10	0	—	—
Great Yarmouth	18	2	Conservative	2
Great Yarmouth	4	13	Conservative	7
Guildford	13	8	Conservative	7
Guildford	6	2	Conservative	2
Guildford Borough Council	3	0	—	—
Halton	17	3	Labour	3
Hambleton	27	21	Independent	18
Hampshire	5	2	Independent	2
Harborough	23	25	Conservative	15
Harlow	16	11	Labour	8
Harrogate	30	15	Conservative	9
Harrogate	3	2	Independent	2
Hart	15	17	Independent	11
Hartlepool	17	8	Residents	3
Hartlepool Borough Council	1	0	—	—
Hastings	10	15	Conservative	10
Havant	12	0	—	—
Hereford	7	0	—	—
Hertfordshire	4	4	Conservative	2
Hertsmere	20	0	—	—
High Peak	25	9	Conservative	7
Hinckley And Bosworth	18	34	Conservative	28
Holderness	20	12	Independent	11
Horsham	23	17	Conservative	15
Hove	12	9	Conservative	8
Hove Borough Council	1	0	—	—
Huntingdonshire	34	16	Independent	7
Hyndburn	18	18	Conservative	15
Ipswich	14	25	Labour	13
Isle of Anglesey	3	0	—	—
Islwyn	13	6	Labour	6
Kennet	31	25	Independent	19
Kerrier	19	24	Independent	11
Kettering	14	5	Conservative	3
Kettering	3	10	Conservative	7
King's Lynn And West Norfolk	39	22	Conservative	16
Kingston Upon Hull	21	18	Conservative	10
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	6	0	—	—
Kingswood	17	6	Labour	3
Kingswood	5	11	Conservative	7
Kirklees	24	5	Conservative	3
Knowsley	14	13	Labour	10
Lancashire	3	5	Conservative	3
Lancaster	30	18	Conservative	17
Langbaurgh	19	0	—	—
LANGBAURGH	7	18	Conservative	11
Leeds	32	12	Conservative	6
Leicester	3	9	Conservative	6
Leicester City Council	13	21	Conservative	12
Leominster	2	6	Independent	3
Leominster	25	23	Independent	20
Lewes	19	38	Conservative	31
Lichfield	20	7	Conservative	7
Lichfield	6	9	Conservative	9
Lincoln	10	6	Conservative	3
Lincolnshire	1	0	—	—
Liverpool	33	11	Labour	7
Llanelli	11	0	—	—
Lliw Valley	9	32	Labour	19
Luton	16	30	Conservative	24
Luton Borough Council	4	0	—	—
Macclesfield	27	12	Conservative	6
Macclesfield	6	3	Labour	3
Maidstone	18	4	Independent	3
Maidstone	9	14	Conservative	11
Maldon	16	13	Conservative	8
Maldon Borough Council	2	0	—	—
Malvern Hills	34	21	Independent	17
Manchester	33	9	Conservative	6
Mansfield	8	27	Labour	19
Medina	17	33	Conservative	11
Meirionnydd	24	39	Independent	28
Melton	16	9	Conservative	7
Mendip	24	15	Conservative	8
Merthyr Tydfil	5	3	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	2
Merthyr Tydfil	5	0	—	—
Mid Bedfordshire	25	20	Conservative	10
Mid Devon	23	11	Independent	10
Mid Suffolk	39	18	Independent	11
Mid Sussex	9	17	Conservative	13
Mid Sussex	21	37	Conservative	25
Middlesbrough	10	35	Labour	21
Milton Keynes	22	11	Conservative	8
Mole Valley	14	14	Conservative	9
Mole Valley	9	11	RES	7
Monmouth	26	8	Conservative	8
Montgomeryshire	41	30	Independent	28
Neath	15	2	Labour	2
New Forest	2	5	RES	2
New Forest	31	22	Conservative	11
Newark And Sherwood	27	8	Conservative	6
Newbury	36	20	Conservative	11
Newbury Borough Council	3	0	—	—
Newcastle Upon Tyne	26	1	Labour	1
Newcastle-under-Lyme	25	14	Conservative	9
Newport	20	2	Independent	2
Norfolk	1	0	—	—
North Cornwall	26	24	Independent	24
North Devon	9	6	Independent	3
North Devon	20	7	Independent	6
North Dorset	5	3	Independent	3
North Dorset	19	13	Independent	13
North East Derbyshire	23	16	RES	6
North Hertfordshire	18	11	Conservative	7
North Kesteven	32	29	Independent	23
North Norfolk	36	21	Independent	19
North Shropshire	20	16	Independent	14
North Shropshire	6	5	Independent	5
North Tyneside	5	4	Labour	3
North Tyneside	19	5	Labour	3
North Warwickshire	14	3	Conservative	2
North West Leicestershire	23	14	Labour	6
North Wiltshire	30	23	Conservative	20
North Yorkshire	4	3	Independent	3
Northampton	10	2	Conservative	2
Northampton	5	16	Conservative	11
Northamptonshire	2	2	Conservative	2
Northavon	4	6	Conservative	4
Northavon	33	3	Conservative	3
Norwich	16	27	Labour	18
Nottingham	27	5	Conservative	4
Nottinghamshire	4	3	Conservative	2
Nuneaton and Bedworth	11	0	—	—
Oadby And Wigston	10	0	—	—
Ogwr	25	57	Labour	28
Oldham	8	1	Labour	1
Oldham	10	2	Conservative	2
Oswestry	5	5	Independent	3
Oswestry	11	7	Independent	7
Oxford	14	30	Conservative	15
Oxfordshire	2	2	Conservative	2
Pendle	9	0	—	—
Pendle	9	9	Labour	5
Penwith	11	10	Independent	8
Peterborough	23	0	—	—
Plymouth	22	33	Conservative	18
Poole	10	13	Conservative	13
Poole Borough Council	2	0	—	—
Port Talbot	11	28	Residents	18
Port Talbot Borough Council	10	0	—	—
Portsmouth	16	15	Conservative	9
Preseli Pembrokeshire	31	22	Independent	22
Preston	19	15	Labour	9
Purbeck	11	5	Independent	5
Radnor	35	31	Independent	29
Reading	13	36	Conservative	17
Redditch	8	7	Conservative	4
Reigate & Banstead	19	21	Conservative	19
Restormel	14	14	Independent	12
Rhondda	12	0	—	—
Rhuddlan	13	36	Independent	26
Rhymney Valley	21	48	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	23
Ribble Valley	23	20	Conservative	17
Richmondshire	24	20	Independent	20
Rochdale	20	5	LIB	2
Rochester-upon-Medway	17	43	Conservative	35
Rochford	22	4	Conservative	1
Rossendale	11	0	—	—
Rother	25	10	Independent	8
Rotherham	3	2	Labour	2
Rotherham	15	3	Labour	3
Rugby	17	16	Conservative	11
Rugby Borough Council	3	0	—	—
Runnymede	11	9	Conservative	6
Rushcliffe	26	13	Conservative	13
Rushmoor	8	38	Conservative	25
Rutland	15	10	Independent	8
Ryedale	4	3	Independent	3
Ryedale	27	19	Independent	17
Salford	6	3	Conservative	2
Salford	17	0	—	—
Salisbury	36	19	Independent	12
Sandwell	31	1	Labour	1
Scarborough	20	11	Conservative	11
Scarborough Borough Council	2	0	—	—
Scunthorpe	10	20	Labour	14
Scunthorpe Borough Council	5	0	—	—
Sedgefield	19	12	Labour	11
Sedgemoor	31	19	Conservative	15
Sefton	22	6	Conservative	3
Selby	37	15	Independent	10
Sevenoaks	29	9	Conservative	8
Sevenoaks	4	2	Conservative	1
Sheffield	31	13	Labour	10
Shepway	25	20	Conservative	15
Shrewsbury and Atcham	22	19	Conservative	12
Slough	13	20	Conservative	16
Solihull	13	4	Conservative	4
Solihull	4	1	Conservative	1
Somerset	2	1	Independent	1
South Bedfordshire	25	18	Conservative	15
South Buckinghamshire	18	14	Conservative	12
South Bucks	4	14	Conservative	11
South Cambridgeshire	40	34	Independent	24
South Derbyshire	3	3	Conservative	2
South Derbyshire	12	2	Conservative	1
South Hams	32	18	Independent	16
South Herefordshire	32	24	Independent	24
South Holland	20	8	Independent	6
South Kesteven	30	20	Independent	12
South Lakeland	40	22	Independent	12
South Norfolk	6	9	Conservative	8
South Norfolk	30	19	Independent	11
South Northamptonshire	31	19	Conservative	10
South Oxfordshire	40	12	Conservative	6
South Pembrokeshire	23	32	Independent	32
South Ribble	22	13	Conservative	10
South Shropshire	28	19	Independent	18
South Somerset	41	17	Conservative	9
South Staffordshire	26	21	Conservative	20
South Tyneside	22	1	Labour	1
South Wight	14	24	Independent	13
Southampton	8	0	—	—
Southampton	8	29	Conservative	25
Southend-on-Sea	1	0	—	—
Southend-On-Sea	12	18	Conservative	13
Spelthorne	9	52	Conservative	45
St Edmundsbury	31	15	Conservative	11
St Helens	9	0	—	—
St. Albans	23	0	—	—
St. Helens	5	2	Conservative	1
Stafford	28	10	Conservative	6
Staffordshire Moorlands	28	26	Conservative	11
Stevenage	2	13	Labour	7
Stevenage	4	5	Labour	5
Stockport	19	5	Labour	2
Stockport	1	0	—	—
Stockton-on-Tees	14	43	Labour	22
Stoke On Trent	24	15	Conservative	7
Stratford-on-Avon	22	12	Independent	7
Stratford-On-Avon	13	7	Conservative	5
Stroud	32	12	Conservative	8
Suffolk Coastal	37	32	Conservative	20
Sunderland	20	3	Conservative	2
Sunderland	6	1	Labour	1
Surrey	8	9	Conservative	9
Surrey Heath	14	9	Conservative	7
Swale	27	6	Conservative	3
Swansea	20	13	RATE	7
Taff-Ely	18	48	Labour	24
Tameside	18	1	Labour	1
Tamworth	1	3	Labour	3
Tamworth	8	12	Conservative	9
Tamworth Borough Council	2	0	—	—
Tandridge	20	10	Conservative	10
Taunton Deane	26	17	Conservative	10
Teesdale	16	7	Independent	7
Teignbridge	4	14	Conservative	6
Teignbridge	28	9	Independent	8
Tendring	33	17	Conservative	11
Test Valley	22	10	Independent	7
Tewkesbury	23	22	Independent	11
Tewkesbury Borough Council	1	0	—	—
Thamesdown	18	24	Conservative	13
Thanet	21	26	Conservative	12
The Wrekin	24	17	Labour	9
Three Rivers	19	2	Independent	2
Thurrock	3	9	Conservative	5
Thurrock	9	0	—	—
Tonbridge And Malling	28	2	Conservative	2
Torbay	12	3	Conservative	3
Torfaen	8	0	—	—
Torfaen	5	5	Labour	5
Torridge	22	14	Independent	13
Trafford	21	3	Conservative	2
Tunbridge Wells	25	17	Conservative	13
Tynedale	33	15	Independent	7
Uttlesford	31	15	Conservative	10
Vale of Glamorgan	7	14	Conservative	13
Vale of Glamorgan	11	1	Conservative	1
Vale Of White Horse	29	23	Conservative	20
Vale Royal	36	22	Conservative	11
Wakefield	22	4	Labour	4
Walsall	20	7	Labour	4
Wansbeck	16	26	Labour	26
Wansdyke	28	12	Conservative	8
Wansdyke	2	4	Labour	3
Warrington	27	15	Conservative	11
Warwick	27	19	Conservative	9
Warwickshire	2	0	—	—
Watford Borough Council	11	6	Labour	6
Waveney	24	30	Conservative	24
Waverley	25	25	Conservative	21
Wealden	30	21	Conservative	12
Wear Valley	20	5	Independent	3
Wellingborough	15	5	Conservative	5
Welwyn Hatfield	11	6	Labour	4
Welwyn Hatfield	3	0	—	—
West Devon	20	13	Independent	10
West Dorset	43	32	Independent	29
West Lancashire	25	12	Conservative	6
West Lindsey	32	22	Independent	19
West Oxfordshire	30	18	Independent	13
West Somerset	19	16	Independent	16
West Sussex	1	1	Conservative	1
West Wiltshire	17	19	Conservative	10
Weymouth and Portland	11	15	Conservative	7
Wigan	24	3	Labour	2
Winchester	8	12	Conservative	9
Winchester	23	9	Independent	5
Winchester Borough Council	3	0	—	—
Windsor & Maidenhead	20	29	Conservative	29
Windsor and Maidenhead	8	0	—	—
Wirral	22	11	Conservative	8
Woking	16	18	Conservative	16
Wokingham	29	16	LIB	8
Wolverhampton	20	14	Conservative	8
Woodspring	1	4	Conservative	4
Woodspring	32	13	Conservative	12
Worcester	12	6	Conservative	6
Worcestershire	4	3	Conservative	2
Worthing	9	12	Conservative	11
Worthing	1	3	Conservative	3
Worthing Borough Council	4	0	—	—
Wrexham Maelor	37	45	Labour	20
Wychavon	34	22	Independent	16
Wycombe	8	22	Conservative	22
Wycombe	16	7	Conservative	6
Wyre	25	6	Conservative	6
Wyre	3	3	Conservative	3
Wyre Forest	17	23	Conservative	16
Ynys Mon-Isle of Anglesey	44	45	Independent	39
York	13	9	Conservative	8