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    1976 handbook

    Wakefield: 1976 local elections

    22 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1975) (66 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 48 · Conservative 11 · Other 7 · The Liberal Party 0

    After (end of 1976) (66 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 42 · Conservative 15 · Other 9 · The Liberal Party 0

    Ward results

    Featherstone1 seat · turnout 40.5%
    R. WiddowsonLabour2,565
    T. RobertsConservative1,674
    No. 1 (Wakefield: Alverthorpeand St. Johns)1 seat · turnout 35.1%
    K. BlackburnConservative2,035
    W. BeechingLabour1,635
    P. PeelIndependent311
    No. 10 (Pontefract: Castle Etc.)1 seat · turnout 30.1%
    K. MillettLabour1,911
    L. FirthConservative1,628
    No. 12 (Hemsworth)1 seat · turnout 42.4%
    P. FoyeRES2,293
    K. PearsonLabour1,943
    T. DickensConservative209
    No. 13 (Horbury)1 seat · turnout 46.2%
    A. SelveyIndependent1,535
    C. LittlejohnConservative957
    K. TateLabour699
    No. 14 (Knottingley)1 seat · turnout 31.3%
    A. ThorpeLabour2,102
    W. WattConservative1,392
    No. 15 (Normanton)1 seat · turnout 37.1%
    J. KennyLabour2,268
    R. MarksConservative1,713
    A. KellyInd Lab683
    No. 16 (Stanley & Wrenthorpe)1 seat · turnout 35.1%
    J. BeechLabour1,114
    A. DunnConservative1,004
    P. DodwellRES769
    No. 17 (Lake Lock & Outwood)1 seat
    J. BridgwaterLabour0 ✓
    No. 18 (Ackworth & Ryhill Etc.)1 seat · turnout 41.1%
    A. NobleLabour1,627
    N. EdgarRES1,271
    R. HartleyConservative1,033
    No. 19 (Elmsall & Upton)1 seat · turnout 33.6%
    J. ThackerLabour1,993
    M. MoodyRES749
    W. StonesConservative533
    No. 2 (Wakefield: Eastmoor-Kirkgate- Northgate)1 seat · turnout 30.5%
    G. ParkinsonLabour1,443 ✓
    J. LonsdaleConservative1,106
    A. BallThe Liberal Party274
    No. 20 (South Kirkby)1 seat · turnout 41.3%
    L. HarrisonLabour1,730
    D. WebbRES1,005
    J. WhitfieldConservative398
    No. 21 (Crigglestone & Sitlington)1 seat · turnout 40.0%
    M. ParkinsonConservative2,535
    A. BarlowLabour1,682
    No. 22 (Crofton & Sharlston)1 seat · turnout 39.4%
    G. GreenLabour1,649
    D. TomkinsIndependent1,165
    A. FusseyLIB636
    No. 3 (Wakefield: Belle Vue Andsandal)1 seat · turnout 43.1%
    P. HowcroftConservative2,776
    D. HinchliffeLabour1,289
    J. SowerbyLIB375
    No. 4 (Wakefield: Calder-Lupset-Westgate)1 seat · turnout 32.9%
    G. DabellConservative1,805
    J. RichardsonLabour1,645
    M. SmithLIB286
    No. 5 (Castleford: Fryston & Wheldale)1 seat
    J. WalshLabour0 ✓
    No. 6 (Castleford: Airedale Etc.)1 seat · turnout 32.2%
    J. SmartLabour2,051
    E. GregoryConservative780
    No. 7 (Castleford: Half Acresetc.)1 seat
    G. DaviesLabour0 ✓
    No. 8 (Ossett)1 seat · turnout 38.5%
    J. AsquithConservative3,076
    G. FisherLabour2,056
    No. 9 (Pontefract: Baghill & Carleton)1 seat · turnout 39.3%
    R. BloomerConservative2,379
    F. HodgsonLabour2,059