1976 Alnwick District Council election

1976 UK local government election May 2025 May 2025 May 2025 1976 Alnwick District Council election Northumberland parliamentary no 1973 Alnwick District Council election 1973 1976 05 06 y 1979 Alnwick District Council election 1979 All 28 seatsto Alnwick District Council 15 Independent (politician) 25 22 3 15,582 62.3% Labour Party (UK) 3 3 4,161 16.6% Conservative Party (UK) new 2 2 2,074 8.3% Liberal Party (UK) new 1 1 3,068 12.3% Control of Council Independent Control of Council after election Independent Elections to Alnwick District Council were held on 6 of May 1976 alongside other local elections for Non-metropolitan district councils across England. Unlike the election of 1973, which was mainly fought between Independent politicians with a few wards being contested by Labour candidates, there were a few wards contested by Conservative and Liberal candidates this time around. Election result Alnwick local election result 1976 Independent 22 1 4 3 78.6 62.3 15,582 -19.7 Labour Party (UK) 3 2 2 10.7 16.6 4,161 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) 2 2 0 2 7.1 8.3 2,074 new Liberal Party (UK) 1 1 0 1 3.6 12.3 3,068 new Independent Labour Party 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 140 new Ward results The result for each ward was as follows: Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Alnwick District Council Election Results 1973-2003 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Alnwick-1973-2003.pdf The Elections Centre 5 May 2025 Harbottle Independent J Coatsworth * unopposed Independent Longframlington Independent M Keen * 201 74.7 +19.6 Independent Ditcham 68 25.3 133 49.4 269 50.0 538 Independent No. 1 (Alnwick) (7) Independent I Robertson * 1,547 Independent D Davidson * 1,126 Independent H Reavell * 1,121 Liberal Party (UK) R Simpson 1,104 Independent C Cookson 1,065 Independent C Oliver * 1,056 Conservative Party (UK) G Pope 930 Independent W Young 538 Independent Hopper 516 Labour Party (UK) J Wright 277 Independent Anderson 229 421 5,711 Independent Independent Independent Liberal Party (UK) Independent Independent Independent Independent Conservative Party (UK) Independent No. 2 (Amble) (5) Independent T Straffen * 1,451 79.4 +30.1 Independent C Turnbull * 1,164 63.7 +22.2 Conservative Party (UK) A Rowell 1,144 62.6 +21.1 Independent J Johnstone 1,080 59.1 Labour Party (UK) W Mitchell * 1,037 56.7 +6.1 Labour Party (UK) J Gilgannon * 914 50.0 -0.8 Liberal Party (UK) Riddell 710 38.8 Independent Portersdon 546 29.9 Labour Party (UK) Laidler 456 24.9 Labour Party (UK) Shinwell 342 18.7 Labour Party (UK) Arries 296 16.2 287 15.7 1,828 49.7 3,680 Independent Independent Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Independent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) No. 3 (Lesbury) (2) Independent H Philipson * 663 78.8 +7.0 Independent J Baxter * 543 64.6 -2.5 Liberal Party (UK) W Robertson 267 31.7 -29.3 Liberal Party (UK) Nutt 208 24.7 120 14.3 841 69.6 1,208 Independent Independent No. 4 (Embleton) Independent P Bridgeman * 362 56.1 +12.6 Liberal Party (UK) Gaunt 283 43.9 79 12.2 645 61.0 1,058 Independent No. 5 (Longhoughton) Independent S Alexander 382 55.0 Independent R Huggins * 312 45.0 -7.8 70 10.1 694 62.9 1,104 Independent Independent No. 6 (Shilbottle) (2) Labour Party (UK) E Tully * 485 86.6 -2.4 Labour Party (UK) W Dobbie 354 63.2 Independent W Tearney 140 25.0 -3.2 Independent Labour J Swordly * 140 25.0 -3.8 131 23.4 560 45.1 1,242 Labour Party (UK) Independent Labour Party (UK) Independent No. 7 (Warkworth) (2) Independent A Curry * unopposed Independent A Curry unopposed Independent Independent Independent No. 8 (Felton) Independent K Ainsley * unopposed Independent No. 9 (Edlingham) Independent M Hill * unopposed Independent No. 10 (Rothbury) (2) Independent S Bolam 578 58.7 Independent R Mackie 458 46.5 Independent J Miller * 346 35.2 -31.3 Liberal Party (UK) G France 317 32.2 Liberal Party (UK) Fairgrieve 179 18.2 Independent Chalk 90 9.1 120 12.2 984 57.6 1,709 Independent Independent Independent Independent No. 11 (Whittingham) Independent R Smith * unopposed Independent No. 13 (Elsdon) Independent R Elliott * unopposed Independent References Category:Alnwick District Council elections Category:1976 English local elections Category:May 1976 in the United Kingdom 1976 Category:20th century in Northumberland