1976 Leeds City Council election

1976 UK local government election November 2019 July 2026 Elections to Leeds City Council were held on 6 May 1976, with one third of the council up for election. In the interim between the seats first election in 1973, in addition to Labour's 1974 Burley gain, there had been a further three by-elections - and consequent successful defences of - Beeston & Holbeck and Burmantofts & Richmond Hill (Labour) and Headingley (Conservative). The Conservatives managed to largely repeat their previous year's results, gaining a total of seven and winning control of the council. They gained three from Labour, in the wards of Morley South and Wortley, as well as winning back the aforementioned seat in Burley. The remaining four gains were from the Liberals in Horsforth, both of the Pudsey seats and Otley.District results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 7 May 1976 Scans: https://archive.today/20130131113622/http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u413/Hullenedge/Leeds76001.jpg 1 and https://archive.today/20130131112735/http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u413/Hullenedge/Leeds76002.jpg 2. Election result Leeds local election result 1976 Conservative Party (UK) 18 7 0 +7 56.2 48.1 97,312 -1.7% Labour Party (UK) 12 0 3 -3 37.5 33.9 68,673 +2.4% Liberal Party (UK) 2 0 4 -4 6.2 15.4 31,155 -2.1% National Front (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 1,910 +0.9% Ratepayers Association 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 1,266 +0.6% Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 873 +0.0% |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: British National Party" | | British National | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0.0 | align="right" | 0.2 | align="right" | 487 | align="right" | +0.2% |- Independent Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 307 +0.1% Ecology Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 168 +0.1% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 163 -0.6% This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Conservatives 43 50 Labour 41 38 Liberals 12 8 Total 96 96 Working majority #FFBF00 0 darkgray #FFBF00 4 darkgray Ward results Aireborough Conservative Party (UK) J. Hutchinson 5,544 56.4 -5.0 Labour Party (UK) P. Jones 2,635 26.8 +4.9 Liberal Party (UK) B. Cleasby 1,655 16.8 +0.0 2,909 29.6 -9.9 9,834 Conservative Party (UK) -4.9 Armley and Castleton Liberal Party (UK) J. Wright 3,012 40.5 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) Michael McGowan 2,462 33.1 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Hastings 1,611 21.7 -3.5 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: British National Party" | | British National | J. Drury | align="right" | 226 | align="right" | 3.0 | align="right" | +3.0 |- Communist Party of Great Britain P. Witton 72 1.0 -0.5 National Front (UK) Mabel Spink 58 0.8 +0.8 550 7.4 +5.7 7,441 Liberal Party (UK) +2.9 Beeston and Holbeck Labour Party (UK) K. Fenwick 3,459 50.2 +2.5 Conservative Party (UK) E. Lucas 2,710 39.3 +2.4 Liberal Party (UK) C. Coultas 728 10.6 -4.9 749 10.9 +0.1 6,897 Labour Party (UK) +0.0 Bramley Labour Party (UK) D. Atkinson 2,338 51.4 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Mathers 1,609 35.3 -11.9 Liberal Party (UK) J. Spencer 605 13.3 +13.3 729 16.0 +10.4 4,552 Labour Party (UK) +5.2 Burley Conservative Party (UK) D. Fletcher-Campbell 1,798 51.6 +0.6 Labour Party (UK) C. Buttery 1,384 39.7 +3.9 Liberal Party (UK) P. Sander 171 4.9 -2.7 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Jackson 87 2.5 -0.2 National Front (UK) Dorothy Waite 46 1.3 -1.7 414 11.9 -3.2 3,486 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -1.6 Burmantofts and Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) R. Sedler 2,733 39.3 -8.7 Liberal Party (UK) Margaret Clay 2,385 34.3 +6.3 Conservative Party (UK) G. Dimmock 1,329 19.1 -3.3 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: British National Party" | | British National | Eddy Morrison | align="right" | 211 | align="right" | 3.0 | align="right" | +3.0 |- National Front (UK) C. Welsh 182 2.6 +2.6 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Monkman 110 1.6 +0.0 348 5.0 -15.1 6,950 Labour Party (UK) -7.5 Chapel Allerton and Scott Hall Conservative Party (UK) S. Symonds 4,334 63.1 +0.9 Labour Party (UK) A. Baum 1,911 27.8 +5.2 Liberal Party (UK) J. Clay 628 9.1 -4.6 2,423 35.3 -4.2 6,873 Conservative Party (UK) -2.1 City and Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) D. Jenner 2,173 52.2 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) T. Battersby 1,218 29.3 +0.8 Liberal Party (UK) D. Selby 611 14.7 -2.2 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Rodgers 162 3.9 +0.2 955 22.9 +0.3 4,164 Labour Party (UK) +0.2 Cookridge and Weetwood Conservative Party (UK) J. Carter 7,367 72.7 +0.3 Labour Party (UK) I. Levy 1,865 18.4 +3.9 Liberal Party (UK) D. Leser 895 8.8 -4.2 5,502 54.3 -3.5 10,127 Conservative Party (UK) -1.8 Garforth #1 (Garforth North and Barwick) Conservative Party (UK) R. Ives 5,191 64.5 -1.0 Labour Party (UK) B. Selby 2,556 31.7 +5.6 Independent Conservative G. Kite 307 3.8 +3.8 2,635 32.7 -6.6 8,054 Conservative Party (UK) -3.3 Garforth #2 (Kippax and Swillington) Labour Party (UK) F. Flatter 3,200 53.6 -26.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. Taylor 2,491 41.7 +35.4 Liberal Party (UK) N. Parnaby 278 4.7 +4.7 709 11.9 -55.4 5,969 Labour Party (UK) -31.1 Gipton and Whinmoor Labour Party (UK) E. Coward 3,576 49.9 +2.6 Conservative Party (UK) W. Buckland 3,273 45.7 +0.0 National Front (UK) B. Spink 318 4.4 +4.4 308 4.2 +2.6 7,167 Labour Party (UK) +1.3 Halton Conservative Party (UK) W. Hyde 4,494 71.3 -1.0 Labour Party (UK) A. Maher 1,640 26.0 +5.3 National Front (UK) C. Dewar 165 2.6 +2.6 2,854 45.3 -6.3 6,299 Conservative Party (UK) -3.1 Harehills and Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) J. Challenor 5,014 69.0 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) C. Say 1,941 26.7 +3.1 National Front (UK) Catherine Dewar 309 4.3 +4.3 3,073 42.3 -1.5 7,264 Conservative Party (UK) -0.7 Headingley Conservative Party (UK) A. Pedley 2,644 56.3 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) A. Shires 1,228 26.2 +0.7 Liberal Party (UK) P. Holmes 620 13.2 -6.7 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Cooper 202 4.3 +4.3 1,416 30.2 +1.0 4,694 Conservative Party (UK) +0.5 Horsforth Conservative Party (UK) A. Foyston 3,814 50.3 -2.3 Liberal Party (UK) J. Stevens 2,448 32.3 -4.8 Labour Party (UK) H. Outhwaite 1,045 13.8 +3.4 National Front (UK) J. Duckenfield 274 3.6 +3.6 1,366 18.0 +2.5 7,581 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) +1.2 Hunslet East and West Liberal Party (UK) Ivan Lester 2,904 44.4 -3.7 Labour Party (UK) John Gunnell 2,807 42.9 +3.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Blackburn 565 8.6 -3.3 National Front (UK) N. Griffiths 214 3.3 +3.3 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: British National Party" | | British National | S. Brown | align="right" | 50 | align="right" | 0.8 | align="right" | +0.8 |- 97 1.5 -6.7 6,540 Liberal Party (UK) -3.3 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) Bernard Atha 2,906 50.8 +5.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Castle 2,535 44.3 -2.8 Liberal Party (UK) L. Keates 282 4.9 -2.6 371 6.5 +4.8 5,723 Labour Party (UK) +4.1 Middleton Labour Party (UK) J. Kitchen 2,443 59.8 +3.8 Conservative Party (UK) C. Hallas 1,036 25.3 +0.2 Liberal Party (UK) L. Hirst 510 12.5 -3.5 Communist Party of Great Britain Daisy Triscott 99 2.4 -0.5 1,407 34.4 +3.5 4,088 Labour Party (UK) +1.8 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) K. Sibbald 2,969 65.5 -3.8 Labour Party (UK) G. Dickinson 1,006 22.2 +3.0 Liberal Party (UK) S. Walderberg 388 8.6 -2.9 Ecology Party K. Rushworth 168 3.7 +3.7 1,963 43.3 -6.8 4,531 Conservative Party (UK) -3.4 Morley #1 (Morley North) Conservative Party (UK) B. Senior 3,372 50.6 -16.7 Labour Party (UK) K. Smith 1,862 27.9 -4.7 Ratepayers Association G. Jarratt 1,266 19.0 +19.0 Independent (politician) B. Morris 163 2.4 +2.4 1,510 22.7 -11.9 1,266 Conservative Party (UK) -6.0 Morley #2 (Morley South) Conservative Party (UK) B. Broadbent 2,571 50.1 +14.7 Labour Party (UK) T. Hewitt 2,562 49.9 +7.4 9 0.2 -6.9 5,133 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +3.6 Osmondthorpe Labour Party (UK) D. Hamilton 2,029 54.9 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) S. Nelmes 1,304 35.3 -5.7 National Front (UK) L. Fella 194 5.3 +5.3 Liberal Party (UK) B. Stevenson 167 4.5 -1.4 725 19.6 +7.5 3,694 Labour Party (UK) +3.8 Otley Conservative Party (UK) G. Francis 3,765 44.4 -2.4 Liberal Party (UK) G. Kirkland 3,736 44.1 +6.3 Labour Party (UK) D. Gagen 916 10.8 -4.6 Communist Party of Great Britain P. Punchard 55 0.6 +0.6 29 0.3 -8.7 8,472 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) -4.3 Pudsey North Conservative Party (UK) J. Bashall 3,170 45.5 -5.2 Liberal Party (UK) J. Finnigan 2,190 31.4 +5.0 Labour Party (UK) D. Trafford 1,606 23.1 +0.2 980 14.1 -10.2 6,966 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) -5.1 Pudsey South Conservative Party (UK) H. Fairhurst 2,777 45.3 -0.7 Liberal Party (UK) R. Fairbank 1,876 30.6 +6.8 Labour Party (UK) F. Wadwell 1,474 24.1 -6.1 901 14.7 -1.1 6,127 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) -3.7 Rothwell Labour Party (UK) A. Benson 3,594 44.1 +3.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Dyer 2,333 28.6 -3.1 Liberal Party (UK) P. Bower 2,218 27.2 +0.1 1,261 15.5 +6.1 8,145 Labour Party (UK) +3.0 Seacroft Labour Party (UK) F. Stringer 2,609 57.6 +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Ivey 1,681 37.1 -2.5 National Front (UK) K. Middleton 150 3.3 +3.3 Communist Party of Great Britain A. Dale 86 1.9 -0.8 928 20.5 +2.6 4,526 Labour Party (UK) +1.2 Stanningley Labour Party (UK) J. Mann 2,315 52.0 +9.5 Conservative Party (UK) K. Knapton 1,561 35.1 -0.4 Liberal Party (UK) A. Hillam 575 12.9 -9.0 754 16.9 +9.8 4,451 Labour Party (UK) +4.9 Talbot Conservative Party (UK) J. Sherwin 3,763 71.7 +0.9 Labour Party (UK) D. Brown 908 17.3 +2.3 Liberal Party (UK) G. Macolferson 575 11.0 -3.2 2,855 54.4 -1.4 5,246 Conservative Party (UK) -0.7 Wetherby Conservative Party (UK) N. Brown 6,936 74.7 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) L. Adams 1,304 14.0 +5.0 Liberal Party (UK) D. Tunstall 1,050 11.3 -5.3 5,632 60.6 +5.3 9,290 Conservative Party (UK) -1.1 Wortley Conservative Party (UK) H. Connah 2,533 47.2 -6.0 Labour Party (UK) W. Thurlow 2,186 40.7 +5.5 Liberal Party (UK) J. Nelson 648 12.1 +0.6 347 6.5 -11.5 5,367 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -5.7 References 1 expanded Category:1976 English local elections 1976 Category:1970s in Leeds Category:May 1976 in the United Kingdom