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    1976 handbook

    West Dorset: 1976 local elections

    43 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1975) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 43 · The Liberal Party 10 · Labour 2 · Conservative 0

    After (end of 1976) (55 seats, Elections Centre)

    Other 45 · The Liberal Party 7 · Conservative 2 · Labour 1

    Ward results

    Bothenhampton1 seat · turnout 55.4%
    Y. SkyrmeIndependent501
    B. HammondLIB245
    Bradford Abbas1 seat · turnout 58.4%
    E. GarrettIndependent499
    M. WinderLIB224
    Bradpole1 seat · turnout 52.8%
    R. CoatsworthIndependent332
    E. KingIndependent214
    B. ColeLabour136
    Broadwindsor1 seat
    C. CoateIndependent0 ✓
    Burton Bradstock1 seat
    G. CheneyIndependent0 ✓
    Caundle Vale1 seat
    N. WhiteIndependent0 ✓
    Cerne Valley1 seat · turnout 63.4%
    D. DigbyIndependent426
    T. MillsIndependent188
    Charminister1 seat · turnout 42.9%
    E. HanfordIndependent392
    R. GoucherLIB147
    Charmouth1 seat
    W. McLellanIndependent0 ✓
    Chesil Bank1 seat
    M. PengelleyIndependent0 ✓
    Chickerell2 seats
    L. BennettIndependent0 ✓
    W. McCarthyIndependent0 ✓
    Dorchester East4 seats
    J. ParsonsIndependent1,251
    R. CollinsIndependent1,191
    P. SeatonConservative1,178
    E. JonesLIB1,004
    D. SmithLIB923
    R. BrissendenLIB894
    C. WorthIndependent846
    Dorchester West5 seats
    G. PowellIndependent1,304
    H. DurrantIndependent1,146
    T. JonesLIB1,110
    C. LucasIndependent1,105
    E. BoothmanLIB1,018
    B. ClayLIB992
    J. SellinghamLIB865
    G. StandfieldLabour604
    P. GregoryLabour572
    Frome Valley1 seat
    B. BryantIndependent0 ✓
    Halstock1 seat
    T. FrostIndependent0 ✓
    Holnest1 seat
    M. CockburnIndependent0 ✓
    Loders1 seat
    E. GoldingIndependent0 ✓
    Lyme Regis3 seats · turnout 37.9%
    J. NuttallIndependent1,006
    H. BroomIndependent891
    E. HallettIndependent791
    V. HomyerIndependent506
    Maiden Newton1 seat
    H. HawardIndependent0 ✓
    Netherbury1 seat
    C. PooleIndependent0 ✓
    No. 1 (Bridport)5 seats · turnout 22.1%
    P. NorfolkIndependent1,140
    C. SamwaysIndependent1,057
    A. TiltmanLIB1,018
    L. DibdenLabour834
    W. HicksIndependent829
    J. SkevingtonLabour816
    No. 10 (Netherbury)1 seat
    C. PooleIndependent0 ✓
    No. 19 (Chesil Bank)1 seat
    M. PengelleyIndependent0 ✓
    No. 2 (Dorchester Central)1 seat
    L. PhillipsIndependent0 ✓
    No. 20 (Winterbourne St. Martin)1 seat
    S. SladeIndependent0 ✓
    No. 21 (Owermoigne)1 seat
    R. SymesIndependent0 ✓
    No. 28 (Puddletown)1 seat · turnout 50.0%
    E. BownIndependent355
    M. FermorIndependent80
    No. 29 (Stinsford)1 seat · turnout 46.5%
    L. ColemanIndependent291
    I. BirchenhoughIndependent85
    No. 3 (Dorchester East)4 seats · turnout 43.0%
    J. ParsonsIndependent1,251
    R. CollinsIndependent1,191
    P. SeatonConservative1,178
    E. JonesLIB1,004
    D. SmithLIB923
    R. BrissendenLIB894
    C. WorthIndependent846
    No. 30 (Broadmayne)1 seat · turnout 42.6%
    B. CourseLIB261
    W. WhiteIndependent217
    No. 31 (Chickerell)2 seats
    W. McCarthyIndependent0 ✓
    L. BennettIndependent0 ✓
    No. 4 (Dorchester West)5 seats · turnout 34.2%
    G. PowellIndependent1,304
    H. DurrantIndependent1,146
    T. JonesLIB1,110
    C. LucasIndependent1,105
    E. BoothmanLIB1,018
    B. ClayLIB992
    J. SellinghamLIB865
    G. StandfieldLabour604
    P. GregoryLabour572
    No. 6 (Sherborne)5 seats
    M. MatsonLIB0 ✓
    R. FarrantIndependent0 ✓
    J. CharlesLIB0 ✓
    E. DykeIndependent0 ✓
    E. KingIndependent0 ✓
    No. 7 (Beaminster)2 seats
    A. HudsonIndependent0 ✓
    R. BuglerIndependent0 ✓
    Owermoigne1 seat
    R. SymesIndependent0 ✓
    Piddle Valley1 seat · turnout 57.2%
    C. GreenIndependent385
    Walker-Miller M.Independent224
    Puddletown1 seat
    E. BownIndependent355
    M. FermorIndependent80
    Queen Thorne1 seat
    J. BrewerIndependent0 ✓
    Symondsbury1 seat
    H. SummersConservative0 ✓
    Thorncombe1 seat
    P. AtyeoIndependent0 ✓
    Tolpuddle1 seat · turnout 56.5%
    M. KraftIndependent314
    P. NobleLIB84
    Whitchurch Canonicorum1 seat
    W. FowellIndependent0 ✓
    Yetminster1 seat · turnout 51.0%
    W. AndersonInd Con348
    F. LawrenceIndependent220