1976 Braintree District Council election

1976 Braintree District Council election

6 May 1976 (1976-05-06)
All 58 seats to Braintree District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49.3% (1.5%)
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Independent Last election 15 seats, 30.2% 22 seats, 39.2% 15 seats, 17.6% Seats won 39 8 8 Seat change 24 14 7 Popular vote 33,998 24,071 6,409 Percentage 48.0% 34.0% 9.0% Swing 17.8% 5.2% 8.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberal Residents Ind. Conservative Last election 3 seats, 9.8% 1 seat, 1.8% 2 seats, 0.9% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 4,365 1,727 0 Percentage 6.2% 2.4% 0.0% Swing 3.6% 0.6% 0.9%
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Conservative

The 1976 Braintree District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1976 Braintree District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39			24	67.2	48.0	33,998	+17.8
	Labour	8			14	13.8	34.0	24,071	–5.2
	Independent	8			7	13.8	9.0	6,409	–8.6
	Liberal	1			2	1.7	6.2	4,365	–3.6
	Residents	1				1.7	2.4	1,727	+0.6
	Ind. Conservative	1			1	1.7	0.0	0	–0.9
	Independent Liberal	0				0.0	0.2	148	N/A
	Communist	0				0.0	0.2	144	–0.4

Ward results

Black Notley

Black Notley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Mills*	369	74.2	+17.2
	Labour	J. Hall	128	25.8	–4.3
Majority			241	48.5	+21.6
Turnout			497	43.0	+3.3
Registered electors			1,185
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.8

No Independent candidate as previous (12.9%).

Bumpstead

Bumpstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Drapkin	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,210
	Conservative hold

Castle Headingham

Castle Headingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Hipkins	376	45.4	N/A
	Labour	J. Lynch*	304	36.7	–14.4
	Independent Liberal	L. Brown	148	17.9	N/A
Majority			72	8.7	N/A
Turnout			828	65.8	+15.8
Registered electors			1,271
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

No Independent candidate as previous (48.9%).

Coggeshall

Coggeshall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. McMillan	857	48.6	N/A
	Conservative	B. Smith	814	46.2	N/A
	Independent	W. Drake*	597	33.9	–1.8
	Liberal	W. Onions*	553	31.4	–15.3
	Labour	C. Causton	473	26.8	–1.9
	Labour	B. Smith	454	25.8	–2.7
	Labour	D. Simpson	381	21.6	N/A
	Liberal	D. Sibley	339	19.2	N/A
Turnout			1,763	48.0	+3.5
Registered electors			3,673
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Liberal
	Independent hold

Colne Engaine & Greenstead Green

Colne Engaine & Greenstead Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	G. Courtauld*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,303
	Ind. Conservative hold

Cressing

Cressing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Yockney	271	49.9	+4.2
	Independent	A. Allen*	154	28.4	–25.9
	Labour	M. Hills	118	21.7	N/A
Majority			117	21.5	N/A
Turnout			543	46.1	+16.3
Registered electors			1,179
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	15.1

Earls Colne

Earls Colne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Dearsley*	600	51.5	+4.6
	Independent	P. Taylor*	588	50.5	–2.5
	Labour	R. Turp	271	23.3	+12.1
Turnout			1,165	57.3	+6.4
Registered electors			2,033
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

No Conservative candidate as previous (35.7%).

Gosfield

Gosfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Marlow	349	55.9	+7.6
	Conservative	B. Brooks	275	44.1	N/A
Majority			74	11.9	N/A
Turnout			624	60.1	+22.1
Registered electors			1,040
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

No Independent candidate (Seymour) as previous (51.8%).

Halstead Holy Trinity

Halstead Holy Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Mayes	765	42.4	–13.6
	Labour	K. Jones	696	38.6	–10.0
	Conservative	C. Covell	670	37.1	N/A
	Labour	N. Bugbee*	572	31.7	–14.9
	Residents	D. Fuller	549	30.4	N/A
Turnout			1,805	52.3	+3.1
Registered electors			3,451
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

No Liberal candidate as previous (44.0%).

Halstead St. Andrew's

Halstead St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	E. McDowell*	684	42.1	+2.7
	Conservative	O. Joyce*	543	33.4	–2.2
	Conservative	E. Starling	503	31.0	–1.2
	Residents	M. Gage	494	30.4	+0.4
	Labour	A. Bird	265	16.3	–8.6
	Labour	D. Brede	261	16.1	–8.7
Turnout			1,625	55.0	–3.6
Registered electors			2,954
	Residents hold
	Conservative hold

Hatfield Peverel

Hatfield Peverel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Leicester*	806	55.1	–1.8
	Conservative	D. Claydon*	770	52.6	+2.5
	Independent	M. Voysey	569	38.9	N/A
	Labour	O. Deane	287	19.6	–23.5
	Labour	P. Williams	237	16.2	–26.2
Turnout			1,464	54.8	+11.7
Registered electors			2,671
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kelvedon

Kelvedon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B. Andrews*	920	54.6	N/A
	Conservative	M. Edwards	690	40.9	+19.7
	Independent	J. De Deene Yule*	663	39.3	+1.7
	Independent	B. Kentish*	606	36.0	+6.1
	Conservative	A. Howard	488	29.0	–17.7
	Conservative	D. Openshaw	465	27.6	+7.7
	Labour	A. Bennett	333	19.8	+4.0
	Labour	D. Wicks	324	19.2	+3.8
Turnout			1,685	55.5	+2.4
Registered electors			3,036
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold
	Independent hold

No. 1 (Braintree: East)

No. 1 (Braintree: East)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Adams	993	50.5	+22.8
	Conservative	J. Chapman	967	49.1	+23.9
	Conservative	J. Haley	953	48.4	+23.3
	Conservative	D. Platt	946	48.1	+24.8
	Labour	G. Warren*	884	44.9	+2.2
	Labour	H. Warren*	844	42.9	+2.5
	Labour	W. Clarke	827	42.0	+3.6
	Labour	I. Kerlogue	779	39.6	+2.0
Turnout			1,968	38.9	–2.1
Registered electors			5,059
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

No Liberal (24.7%) or Communist (5.0%) candidates as previous.

No. 2 (Braintree: West)

No. 2 (Braintree: West)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Harper*	1,389	51.1	+16.7
	Conservative	D. Legg*	1,272	46.8	+16.9
	Liberal	J. Ross*	1,229	45.2	+3.2
	Conservative	H. Everitt	1,203	44.2	+17.3
	Liberal	D. Harvey	1,104	40.6	+4.8
	Conservative	C. Murcott	1,020	37.5	+14.3
	Labour	G. Keggen	657	24.2	+0.6
	Labour	E. Lynch	640	23.5	+4.0
	Labour	F. Childs	560	20.6	+2.7
	Labour	M. Skirvington	528	19.4	+2.3
Turnout			2,720	55.7	–5.9
Registered electors			4,883
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Liberal hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal

No. 3 (Bocking: North)

No. 3 (Bocking: North)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Davis	939	50.3	+9.3
	Conservative	M. Tregaron	935	50.1	+9.2
	Conservative	A. Cross	903	48.4	+10.1
	Labour	A. Everard*	831	44.5	–14.6
	Labour	A. Millam*	746	40.0	–9.5
	Labour	R. Watson	711	38.1	–15.8
Turnout			1,867	49.3	+8.4
Registered electors			3,786
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

No. 4 (Bocking: South)

No. 4 (Bocking: South)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Comfort	1,298	48.0	+22.0
	Conservative	R. Perkin	1,238	45.8	+25.2
	Conservative	R. Davis	1,164	43.0	+23.2
	Conservative	T. Adcock	1,109	41.0	+21.5
	Labour	G. Warne*	1,090	40.3	–5.0
	Labour	J. Perks	1,040	38.5	+2.4
	Labour	R. Suckling*	1,000	37.0	–1.9
	Labour	A. Mackenzie*	827	30.6	–2.4
	Liberal	D. Colchester	503	18.6	–10.1
	Liberal	B. Meech	479	17.7	–9.4
Turnout			2,704	42.9	–12.7
Registered electors			6,302
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

No. 7 (Witham: West)

No. 7 (Witham: West)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Willetts	935	58.7	+42.0
	Conservative	M. Lager	888	55.7	+40.2
	Labour	E. Hatton	500	31.4	+5.7
	Labour	J. Halton	428	26.9	+2.3
	Communist	F. Brown	144	9.0	+1.0
Turnout			1,594	40.2	+1.3
Registered electors			3,966
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Independent

No Independent (38.7%, 33.0%) or Liberal (10.9%) candidates as previous.

No. 8 (Witham: North)

No. 8 (Witham: North)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bentley*	688	51.5	+7.4
	Labour	S. Smith*	668	50.0	+5.5
	Conservative	E. Quick	563	42.1	+26.1
	Conservative	F. Mansbridge	552	41.3	+28.8
Turnout			1,336	35.4	–0.1
Registered electors			3,774
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

No Independent candidates as previous (26.0%, 13.4%, 12.3%).

No. 9 (Witham: Rivenhall South)

No. 9 (Witham: Rivenhall South)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Lyon*	655	51.1	+1.4
	Labour	R. Bartlett*	601	46.8	–7.2
	Conservative	P. Cutmore	569	44.3	+9.5
	Conservative	A. Pembroke	559	43.6	–2.4
Turnout			1,283	56.9	+6.0
Registered electors			2,254
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

No. 10 (Witham: Rivenhall South)

No. 10 (Witham: Rivenhall South)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Richards	325	35.5	N/A
	Labour	C. Edwards*	305	33.3	+0.1
	Labour	R. Edwards	286	31.2	–7.5
Turnout			916	56.5	+14.6
Registered electors			1,621
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

No. 11 (Witham: Central)

No. 11 (Witham: Central)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Pitchworth*	339	58.1	+11.8
	Conservative	P. Gibbs	206	35.3	–6.2
	Labour	D. Oliver	38	6.5	+1.3
Majority			133	22.8	+18.0
Turnout			583	57.7	+4.9
Registered electors			1,013
	Independent hold		Swing	9.0

No Liberal candidate as previous (7.1%).

No. 12 (Witham: South)

No. 12 (Witham: South)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Howe*	475	55.5	+0.3
	Conservative	T. Stead	381	44.5	N/A
Majority			94	11.0	+0.6
Turnout			856	48.2	+1.6
Registered electors			1,776
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

No Independent candidate as previous (44.8%).

Panfield

Panfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Chandler*	399	59.3	+6.9
	Labour	C. Evans	274	40.7	–6.9
Majority			125	18.6	+13.8
Turnout			673	59.7	+13.6
Registered electors			1,136
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.9

Rayne

Rayne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Crossman	517	65.4	N/A
	Liberal	F. Little	158	20.0	N/A
	Labour	K. Locke*	115	14.6	–21.4
Majority			359	45.4	N/A
Turnout			790	53.1	+12.1
Registered electors			1,491
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Sible Headingham

Sible Headingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. Tanner*	787	82.2	+45.7
	Conservative	H. Hall	719	75.1	+40.3
	Labour	C. Funnell	198	20.7	–8.0
	Labour	E. Gray	166	17.3	+2.7
Turnout			958	41.2	–20.5
Registered electors			2,325
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Stour Valley Central

Stour Valley Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Nott*	431	77.9	+6.5
	Labour	P. Wallis	122	22.1	–6.5
Majority			309	55.9	+13.0
Turnout			553	50.6	+3.9
Registered electors			1,095
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5

Stour Valley North

Stour Valley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Basham	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,051
	Conservative gain from Independent

Stour Valley South

Stour Valley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Clark	506	68.1	+20.2
	Independent	A. Champion	237	31.9	N/A
Majority			269	36.2	+35.8
Turnout			743	51.8	–1.4
Registered electors			1,434
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

No Independent (Nott, 47.5%) or Labour (4.5%) candidates as previous.

Terling

Terling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Isted*	425	78.0	+13.5
	Labour	C. Foy	120	22.0	–13.5
Majority			305	56.0	+26.9
Turnout			545	44.1	–1.1
Registered electors			1,239
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.5

Three Fields

Three Fields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Hawkins*	941	63.4	+24.0
	Conservative	O. Montefiore*	856	57.7	+25.9
	Labour	G. Hildrey	599	40.4	+11.3
Turnout			1,484	60.0	+13.6
Registered electors			2,473
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

No Independent candidates as previous (31.5%, 30.5%, 20.6%, 14.4%).

Upper Colne

Upper Colne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Johnson*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,223
	Conservative hold

Yeldham

Yeldham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Liming	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,228
	Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative