1976 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election

1976 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1976 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election Labour Party (UK) Arms of the Sunderland City Council.svg Parliamentary no yes 1975 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election 1975 6 May 1976 1978 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election 1978 One third of 78 seats on Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council England 52 16 49 3 Majority party Labour 40 Majority party after election 0 26 Conservative Party (UK) 10 3 Liberal Party (UK) 0 Independent Labour Party Labour 1 1 23 1 1 0 1 1 Independent politician The 1976 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 6 May 1976. A third of the seats on the Council were up for election, with each of the 26 council wards returning one councillor by first-past-the-post. The election was held on the same day as other local elections. Election results Labour maintained a comfortable majority on the Council after the election, despite losing three seats to the Conservatives.Rallings Colin https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3QnpvdENWSzhtNDA/view Local Elections Handbook 1976 Thrasher Michael The Elections Centre 20 June 2020Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1976 Labour Party (UK) 26 16 0 3 3 61.5 46.2 30,768 7.4 Conservative Party (UK) 24 10 3 0 3 38.5 40.2 26,794 4.8 Liberal Party (UK) 19 0 0 0 0 12.6 8,376 6.7 Independent Labour Party 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 366 2.3 National Front (UK) 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 185 0.3 Communist Party of Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 136 The election resulted in the following composition of the Council: PartyCouncilLabour49Conservatives26Liberal1Independent Labour1Independent1Total78Working majorityred 20 darkgray References Category:Sunderland City Council elections