1976 West Norfolk District Council election

1976 English local election 1976 West Norfolk District Council election Norfolk parliamentary 1973 West Norfolk District Council election 1973 1976 5 6 y 1979 West Norfolk District Council election 1979 All 60 seats to West Norfolk District Council 31 71,550 ~40.3% (3.2%) 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 37 23 30,137 47.3% 17.7% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 13 9 24,530 38.5% 2.6% 95x50px|Blank Independent politician 7 12 6,557 10.3% 11.5% 95x50px|Blank Independent Conservative 3 2 1,944 3.0% 0.2% Control Control after election No overall control Conservative Party (UK) The 1976 West Norfolk District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of West Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England.https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Lynn-West-Norfolk-1973-2011.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20260115104446/https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kings-Lynn-West-Norfolk-1973-2011.pdf 15 January 2026 Borough Council of Kings' Lynn & West Norfolk Election Results 1973-2011 4-5 15 January 2026 Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University This was on the same day as other local elections. Summary Election result 1976 West Norfolk District Council electionhttps://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html Composition calculator 12 January 2026 Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University Conservative Party (UK) 44 37 19 1 23 61.7 30,137 47.3 +17.7 Labour Party (UK) 45 13 1 9 9 21.7 24,530 38.5 –2.6 Independent politician 18 7 2 10 12 11.7 6,557 10.3 –11.5 Independent Conservative 6 3 1 3 2 5.0 1,944 3.0 +0.2 Liberal Party (UK) 3 0 0 0 0.0 489 0.8 –3.9 National Front (UK) 1 0 0 0 0.0 110 0.2 N/A Ward results Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections. Airfield Airfield (2 seats) Independent politician J. Bagge* Conservative Party (UK) H. Harris 2,771 Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Burnham Burnham Independent politician E. Coke* 747 94.0 +43.0 Liberal Party (UK) P. Bird 48 6.0 N/A 699 87.9 +85.9 795 60.6 –2.2 1,298 Independent politician Clenchwarton Clenchwarton Conservative Party (UK) R. Kerkham* 346 52.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) F. Mallett 178 27.0 –7.4 Independent politician J. Jones 135 20.5 N/A 168 25.5 +12.1 659 45.7 +7.2 1,446 Conservative Party (UK) Independent Conservative Creake Creake Independent politician F. Perowne* 589 76.5 +23.2 Labour Party (UK) R. Lynn 181 23.5 –23.2 408 53.0 +46.2 770 59.3 –5.1 1,298 Independent politician 23.2 Denton Denton (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Wood 1,108 61.9 +22.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Jones* 1,018 56.9 +23.0 Conservative Party (UK) P. Caswell 986 55.1 +23.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Waterfall* 689 38.5 +4.6 Labour Party (UK) A. Blott 502 28.0 –3.0 ~1,789 44.7 –8.8 4,001 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Dersingham Dersingham (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) I. Stockwell* 996 67.4 +23.1 Conservative Party (UK) W. Greenwood 923 62.4 +20.8 Labour Party (UK) M. Nurse 410 27.7 –16.6 Labour Party (UK) P. Middleton 344 23.3 –15.1 ~1,479 51.9 –10.2 2,851 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Docking Docking Labour Party (UK) R. Blower 427 54.1 –0.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Hancock 363 45.9 N/A 64 8.1 –1.2 790 59.6 +2.2 1,313 Labour Party (UK) Emneth Emneth Independent politician A. Terrington* 307 57.2 +12.8 Independent Conservative C. Peckover 230 42.8 +12.5 77 14.4 +0.3 537 37.0 –13.7 1,450 Independent politician 0.2 Gayton Gayton Independent Conservative I. Major* 354 49.3 –11.4 Labour Party (UK) M. Cross 217 30.2 N/A Independent Conservative J. Bacon 147 20.5 –18.8 137 19.1 –2.3 718 56.8 –2.8 1,266 Independent Conservative Lynn South West Lynn South West (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) D. Benefer* 669 73.9 –2.4 Labour Party (UK) W. Baker* 617 68.2 –4.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Walker 211 23.3 –0.5 ~905 30.5 –3.7 2,967 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Mershe Lande Mershe Lande Independent Conservative H. Goose* 498 69.8 N/A Independent politician W. Morton 120 16.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Castle 97 13.6 N/A 378 53.0 N/A 715 52.3 N/A 1,381 Independent Conservative Middleton Middleton Independent politician J. Lemon 438 63.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) C. Evans 247 36.1 –3.4 191 27.9 N/A 685 48.3 +11.1 1,428 Independent politician No. 1 (Kings Lynn: Gaywood) No. 1 (Kings Lynn: Gaywood) (6 seats) Conservative Party (UK) F. Barton 1,948 50.0 +10.6 Conservative Party (UK) D. Garwood 1,857 47.7 +8.4 Conservative Party (UK) N. Lumb 1,791 46.0 +7.1 Conservative Party (UK) R. Sharp 1,780 45.7 +7.2 Conservative Party (UK) G. Ison 1,704 43.7 +7.6 Conservative Party (UK) A. Yelton 1,690 43.4 +8.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Donaldson 1,641 42.1 –0.7 Labour Party (UK) A. Campbell* 1,504 38.6 –3.4 Labour Party (UK) M. Pantling* 1,478 37.9 –3.9 Labour Party (UK) E. Shaw* 1,454 37.3 –4.3 Labour Party (UK) A. West* 1,436 36.8 –3.2 Labour Party (UK) A. Burch 1,415 36.3 –3.3 Independent politician A. Goldsworthy 1,016 26.1 N/A ~3,899 41.6 +2.5 9,374 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 2 (Kings Lynn: North) No. 2 (Kings Lynn: North) (4 seats) Labour Party (UK) F. Juniper* 969 70.0 –15.7 Labour Party (UK) H. Birdseye* 871 62.9 –22.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Panks* 830 60.0 –24.7 Labour Party (UK) E. Panks* 790 57.1 –24.8 Conservative Party (UK) A. Stopforth 271 19.6 +5.3 Conservative Party (UK) K. Chester 270 19.5 +5.8 Conservative Party (UK) E. Yelton 261 18.9 +5.4 ~1,385 27.2 –4.5 5,092 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 5 (Kings Lynn: Chase & Central) No. 5 (Kings Lynn: Chase & Central) (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) B. Barton* 791 61.4 +14.5 Conservative Party (UK) F. Cork* 748 58.0 +11.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Dawson* 707 54.8 +9.6 Labour Party (UK) G. Coady 458 35.5 +10.7 Labour Party (UK) I. Juniper 457 35.4 +14.3 Labour Party (UK) M. Winton 430 33.4 +16.8 National Front (UK) L. Goold 110 8.5 N/A ~1,289 35.8 –2.4 3,601 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No. 6 (Downham Market) No. 6 (Downham Market) (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Bostock* Conservative Party (UK) L. Brown 3,424 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 7 (Hunstanton) No. 7 (Hunstanton) (2 seats) Independent politician T. Legge* 863 46.9 –45.7 Conservative Party (UK) L. Brown* 857 46.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) C. Matkin 790 42.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) W. Watson 398 21.6 N/A ~1,841 56.0 +25.2 3,288 Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician No. 9 (Heacham) No. 9 (Heacham) (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) E. Gidney* 785 54.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. Wells* 544 37.7 –1.3 Independent politician M. Jennings 468 32.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) F. Gourlay 354 24.5 –6.5 Independent politician R. Joyce 288 19.9 –8.8 ~1,442 48.3 –5.5 2,986 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician Labour Party (UK) No. 17 (Stoke Ferry) No. 17 (Stoke Ferry) Conservative Party (UK) F. Cowieson 443 70.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) A. Williams 190 30.0 N/A 253 40.0 N/A 633 45.6 N/A 1,397 Conservative Party (UK) Independent Conservative No. 18 (Denver) No. 18 (Denver) Conservative Party (UK) W. Bingham 1,453 Conservative Party (UK) No. 19 (Wimbotsham) No. 19 (Wimbotsham) Conservative Party (UK) J. Forgan 364 52.9 N/A Independent politician S. Boughen 239 34.7 N/A Liberal Party (UK) R. Frost 85 12.4 N/A 125 18.2 N/A 688 54.8 +11.1 1,271 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician No. 20 (Welney) No. 20 (Welney) Conservative Party (UK) H. Rose* 1,229 Conservative Party (UK) No. 25 (South Wootton) No. 25 (South Wootton) Conservative Party (UK) L. Dutton 818 84.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) E. Falcini 154 15.8 +2.0 664 68.3 N/A 972 51.0 –10.4 1,915 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician No. 26 (North Wootton) No. 26 (North Wootton) Conservative Party (UK) R. Spencer 658 80.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) G. Falcini 165 20.0 –25.6 493 60.0 N/A 823 57.2 +11.8 1,442 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician No. 27 (Massingham) No. 27 (Massingham) Labour Party (UK) J. Tilbury* 500 60.0 +32.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Everett 333 40.0 N/A 167 20.0 N/A 833 65.0 +1.4 1,282 Labour Party (UK) Independent politician No. 28 (Grimston) No. 28 (Grimston) Conservative Party (UK) J. Reader* 406 66.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) P. Baker 205 33.6 –6.1 201 32.8 N/A 611 42.9 +3.0 1,430 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician No. 40 (Outwell & Upwell) No. 40 (Outwell & Upwell) (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) E. Feary* 857 69.0 +16.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Shepherd 810 65.2 +26.2 Labour Party (UK) K. Allday 267 21.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) H. Bell 208 16.7 N/A ~1,243 57.1 –5.8 2,176 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician North Coast North Coast Conservative Party (UK) H. Middleton* 1,631 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician Priory Priory Labour Party (UK) G. Sandle* 266 50.6 –22.0 Independent politician G. Berry 260 49.4 +22.0 6 1.2 –44.0 526 47.1 –0.6 1,120 Labour Party (UK) 22.0 Rudham Rudham Labour Party (UK) B. Seaman* 337 51.1 –19.7 Conservative Party (UK) T. Ringer 284 43.1 N/A Independent politician T. Potter 39 5.9 N/A 53 8.0 –33.6 660 64.9 1,038 Labour Party (UK) Snettisham Snettisham Independent politician F. Barwick 437 56.0 +34.9 Independent Conservative S. Hunt* 343 44.0 +11.5 94 12.0 N/A 780 53.5 +8.9 1,506 Independent politician Independent Conservative 11.7 Spellowfields Spellowfields (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Howling 775 58.7 +31.4 Conservative Party (UK) T. Bliss 713 54.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) W. Cowen 443 33.6 –2.1 Labour Party (UK) D. Caney 379 28.7 +7.7 ~1,318 48.8 –24.2 2,701 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St. Lawrence St. Lawrence Independent politician C. Burman* 475 63.8 +8.0 Labour Party (UK) F. Holland 269 36.2 –8.0 206 27.6 +16.0 744 49.2 +2.1 1,532 Independent politician 8.0 St. Margarets St. Margarets Labour Party (UK) E. Edgley* 440 55.3 –9.1 Liberal Party (UK) B. Goldstone 356 44.7 N/A 84 10.6 –18.2 796 52.0 +7.2 1,547 Labour Party (UK) Ten Mile Ten Mile Labour Party (UK) J. Simper* 382 53.5 –6.6 Conservative Party (UK) H. Blakey 332 46.5 N/A 50 7.0 –13.2 714 40.8 +0.8 1,752 Labour Party (UK) The Walpoles The Walpoles Independent Conservative K. Cousins* 372 58.3 +21.0 Labour Party (UK) A. Green 266 41.7 N/A 106 16.6 +12.5 638 38.5 –7.3 1,677 Independent Conservative Independent politician Watlington Watlington Conservative Party (UK) P. Haynes 1,438 Conservative Party (UK) West Walton West Walton Independent politician F. Jude* 1,009 Independent politician West Winch West Winch Conservative Party (UK) R. Nichols 644 69.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) G. Cook 144 15.6 –13.4 Independent politician F. Fuller 136 14.7 –28.4 500 54.1 N/A 924 53.2 +7.3 1,747 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician Wiggenhall Wiggenhall Conservative Party (UK) J. Turrell* 499 61.8 +13.1 Labour Party (UK) N. Morley 308 38.2 +5.0 191 23.6 +8.1 807 61.3 +14.3 1,321 Conservative Party (UK) 4.1 References Category:King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council elections King's Lynn and West Norfolk Category:May 1976 in the United Kingdom Category:1970s in Norfolk