1976 Reading Borough Council election

none April 2022 April 2022 1976 Reading Borough Council election Berkshire parliamentary 1973 Reading Borough Council election 1973 1976 5 5 y 1979 Reading Borough Council election 1979 46 seats (whole council) 24 Con Deryck Morton Conservative Party (UK) 16 21 5 Lab Chris Goodall Labour Party (UK) 16 14 2 Lib Jim Day Liberal Party (UK) 14 11 3 The 1976 Reading Borough Council election was held on 6 May 1976, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. All 46 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election. The council remained under no overall control, but with the Conservatives becoming the largest party. The Conservative group leader, Deryck Morton, subsequently took the council's most senior political job as chairman of the policy committee, leading a Conservative minority administration.Councillors slam hotel decision https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 21 April 2022 Evening Post 7 January 1977 Reading 13 Policy committee chairman Councillor Deryck Morton... Ward results The results in each ward were as follows:Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Reading Borough Council Election Results 1973-1996 The Elections Centre, Plymouth University Plymouth http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Reading-1973-1996.pdf 21 April 2022Council expenses https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 21 April 2022 Evening Post 4 July 1977 Reading 7 Abbey Ward (two seats) Labour Party (UK) William George Mander(Bill Mander) 383 Conservative Party (UK) Barclay Lane 373 Conservative Party (UK) J. Pearson 369 Labour Party (UK) R. Williams 339 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Battle Ward (two seats) Labour Party (UK) Reginald Harry Bristow(Joe Bristow) 894 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Frank Wise(Frank Wise) 883 Conservative Party (UK) M. Irwin 519 Conservative Party (UK) J. Harper 515 Liberal Party (UK) J. Dickson 146 Liberal Party (UK) E. Dickson 143 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Castle Ward (three seats) Labour Party (UK) Robert J. Garnett(Bob Garnett) 1,028 Labour Party (UK) Graham Anthony Rush 962 Labour Party (UK) Antony William Page(Tony Page) 947 Conservative Party (UK) E. Farmer 801 Conservative Party (UK) P. Brigham 792 Conservative Party (UK) B. Jones 773 Liberal Party (UK) C. Milsom 440 Liberal Party (UK) R. Harris 434 Liberal Party (UK) J. Mennear 430 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Caversham Ward (three seats) Conservative Party (UK) Ronald William Jewitt(Ron Jewitt) 2,190 Conservative Party (UK) George Frank Robinson 1,840 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Llywelyn Pugh(Fred Pugh) 1,812 Labour Party (UK) T. Clifton 937 Labour Party (UK) M. Johnson 891 Labour Party (UK) A. Tolan 862 Independent (politician) A. Freeman 277 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Christchurch Ward (four seats) Labour Party (UK) Marianne Jeanne Absolom 1,315 Labour Party (UK) William Maurice John Huntley(John Huntley) 1,241 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Webb 1,185 Conservative Party (UK) R. Bishop 1,178 Conservative Party (UK) R. Cox 1,172 Labour Party (UK) H. Young 1,165 Conservative Party (UK) C. Cross 1,147 Conservative Party (UK) C. Hembrow 1,092 Liberal Party (UK) H. Crichton 547 Liberal Party (UK) D. O'Rourke 484 Liberal Party (UK) N. James 422 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Katesgrove Ward (two seats) Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Robert Mander(Geoff Mander) 848 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Stella Singh 765 Conservative Party (UK) N. Rowberry 724 Conservative Party (UK) J. Wilkins 655 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Minster Ward (six seats) Conservative Party (UK) Adelina Ethel Baker(Lena Baker) 2,538 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Christopher Coombs 2,516 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Gascoigne Lawrence 2,500 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Frederick Sage 2,451 Conservative Party (UK) Joyce A. Talbot 2,427 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Loder(Ken Loder) 2,422 Labour Party (UK) C. Bosley 1,828 Labour Party (UK) D. Buckley 1,800 Labour Party (UK) A. Knott 1,750 Labour Party (UK) K. Davison 1,742 Labour Party (UK) K. Diment 1,736 Labour Party (UK) F. Silverthorne 1,699 Liberal Party (UK) M. Clarke 688 Liberal Party (UK) C. Bucke 659 Liberal Party (UK) H. Goodacre 635 Liberal Party (UK) D. Holmes 615 Liberal Party (UK) P. Pratt 614 Liberal Party (UK) D. Hobbs 600 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Norcot Ward (six seats) Liberal Party (UK) Leslie Basil Dunning(Basil Dunning) 1,711 Liberal Party (UK) Terence James Francis(Terry Francis) 1,687 Liberal Party (UK) John Freeman 1,657 Liberal Party (UK) Geoffrey David Salisbury 1,633 Liberal Party (UK) Peter Beard 1,626 Liberal Party (UK) Dennis Hopkins 1,594 Conservative Party (UK) P. Madges 1,519 Conservative Party (UK) J. Pacey 1,504 Conservative Party (UK) F. Rogers 1,475 Conservative Party (UK) R. Hinckley 1,467 Conservative Party (UK) G. Waite 1,458 Conservative Party (UK) F. Rose 1,391 Labour Party (UK) W. Gothard 1,072 Labour Party (UK) F. Harris 1,059 Labour Party (UK) H. Hathaway 1,033 Labour Party (UK) H. Hinder 981 Labour Party (UK) R. Smith 959 Labour Party (UK) A. Pravda 934 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Park Ward (three seats) Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Alan Chilvers 1,333 Conservative Party (UK) Veronica Horman 1,255 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Francis 1,251 Labour Party (UK) P. Jones 943 Labour Party (UK) S. Harvey 904 Labour Party (UK) B. Lyons 889 Liberal Party (UK) N. Edwards 697 Liberal Party (UK) M. Bliss 633 Liberal Party (UK) A. Looker 606 Independent (politician) V. Short 51 Independent (politician) K. Pullen 45 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Redlands Ward (three seats) Conservative Party (UK) John Michael Oliver 1,316 Conservative Party (UK) John Derrick Lawford 1,277 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Charles Lower 1,249 Liberal Party (UK) V. Angell 1,151 Liberal Party (UK) R. Brough 1,055 Liberal Party (UK) S. Milano 999 Labour Party (UK) P. Jones 455 Labour Party (UK) V. Jones 406 Labour Party (UK) G. Kennedy 406 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Thames Ward (four seats) Conservative Party (UK) Cyril William Aucock 2,906 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Lucy Sage 2,900 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Gordon Davies 2,884 Conservative Party (UK) Deryck Mitchell Morton 2,701 Liberal Party (UK) K. Gwinnell 951 Liberal Party (UK) J. Green 933 Liberal Party (UK) K. Elliott 838 Labour Party (UK) P. Mander 686 Labour Party (UK) K. Sainsbury 633 Labour Party (UK) G. Lidbetter 599 Labour Party (UK) R. Hammersley 569 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Tilehurst Ward (five seats) Liberal Party (UK) Ronald James Day(Jim Day) 2,475 Liberal Party (UK) Frances Teresa Day(Paddy Day) 2,367 Liberal Party (UK) Desmond A. Allen(Des Allen) 2,194 Liberal Party (UK) George Henry Ford 2,175 Liberal Party (UK) Michael Ingrey 2,122 Conservative Party (UK) A. Davis 1,441 Conservative Party (UK) M. Caseley 1,423 Conservative Party (UK) S. Foley 1,323 Conservative Party (UK) J. Stevens 1,315 Conservative Party (UK) I. Grant 1,304 Labour Party (UK) J. Cottee 821 Labour Party (UK) D. Bull 777 Labour Party (UK) A. Gothard 777 Labour Party (UK) L. Hinder 772 Labour Party (UK) M. Steele 748 Independent (politician) M. White 60 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Whitley Ward (three seats) Labour Party (UK) Michael Edward Orton(Mike Orton) 1,187 Labour Party (UK) John Rees Price(Jack Price) 1,186 Labour Party (UK) Doris Ellen Lawrence 1,185 Conservative Party (UK) G. Matthews 797 Conservative Party (UK) P. Wickens 623 Conservative Party (UK) R. Woodroff 536 Liberal Party (UK) B. Trussell 275 Liberal Party (UK) M. Law 234 Liberal Party (UK) H. Trussell 231 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) By-elections 19761979 Christchurch by-election 1977 Christchurch By-Election 31 March 1977 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Douglas (Bob) Cox 1,061 39.0 -2.9 Labour Party (UK) Maurice Dixon 1,023 37.6 -7.2 Liberal Party (UK) Max Thomas Heydeman 637 23.4 +10.1 38 1.4 2,721 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +2.15 The Christchurch ward by-election in 1977 was triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor John Huntley.'Give busy councillors a fairer deal' https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 10 April 2022 Evening Post 17 February 1977 Reading 13Tories take ward off Labour https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 10 April 2022 Evening Post Reading 15 Thames by-election April 1977 On 1 April 1977 the borough was enlarged by the addition of parts of the parishes of Eye and Dunsden, Kidmore End and Mapledurham, all from South Oxfordshire. The number of councillors on Reading Borough Council was increased from 46 to 49 as a result. The two South Oxfordshire district councillors representing much of the transferred area automatically became Reading borough councillors without needing to be re-elected, representing a new ward of Caversham Park. These two were Geoff Lowe and Harold Stoddart, both Liberals (although Lowe later defected to the Conservatives in 1978).Tories welcome new council convert https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 7 April 2022 Evening Post 4 May 1978 Reading 1 Reading's existing Thames and Caversham wards were also enlarged, and the increase in the size of Thames ward justified a fifth councillor being elected for that ward, for which a by-election was held on 21 April 1977, which was won by the Conservatives. After the by-election and two transfers, the balance of the council was 23 Conservatives, 13 Labour and 13 Liberals.Reading prepared for its 8,000 'migrants' https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 7 April 2022 Evening Post 23 March 1977 Reading 4Tory wins in Thames ward https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 7 April 2022 Evening Post 22 April 1977 Reading 1 Thames By-Election 21 April 1977 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Fowles 2,619 75.3 Liberal Party (UK) Katherine Gwinnell 485 13.9 Labour Party (UK) Pat Mander 373 10.7 2,134 61.4 3,477 33 Conservative Party (UK) Thames by-election September 1977 Thames By-Election 22 September 1977 Conservative Party (UK) John Stevens 2,121 74.1 -1.2 Liberal Party (UK) Katherine Gwinnell 387 13.5 -0.4 Labour Party (UK) Helen Kayes 354 12.4 +1.6 1,734 60.6 -0.8 2,862 30 -3 Conservative Party (UK) -0.4 The September 1977 by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Cyril Aucock.Reading councillor's funeral https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 11 April 2022 Evening Post 1 July 1977 Reading 13Tory holds Thames ward seat https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 11 April 2022 Evening Post 23 September 1977 Reading 1 Minster by-election 1977 Minster By-Election 1 December 1977 Conservative Party (UK) Roseanna Rowberry 1,911 57.1 Labour Party (UK) Bunty Nash 1,143 34.1 Liberal Party (UK) Janet Holmes 293 8.8 768 22.9 3,347 29 Conservative Party (UK) The Minster ward by-election in 1977 was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Joyce Talbot.Tories' easy by-election win https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 6 April 2022 Evening Post 2 December 1977 Reading 13 References Reading 1976 Reading Borough Council election, 1976