1976 Cardiff City Council election

Local election in Cardiff, Wales November 2022 September 2021 The 1976 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1976 to elect councillors to Cardiff District Council (later to become known as Cardiff City Council) in Cardiff, Wales. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. This was the second election to the district council. The previous Cardiff City Council elections took place in 1973 and the next full elections took place in 1979. The 1976 election saw the Labour Party lose their majority to the Conservative Party. Background 206 Candidates from 6 parties ran. No party ran a full slate of candidates. The Conservative Party ran 73 candidates, the Labour Party ran 69 candidates, Plaid Cymru ran 33 candidates and the Liberal Party ran 21 candidates. Results Contests took place in all except one of the wards at this election.Cardiff Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Cardiff-1973-1991.pdf The Elections Centre (Plymouth University) 5 September 2019 Cardiff District Council election result 1976 Conservative Party (UK) 44 13 2 +11 58.7 Labour Party (UK) 29 0 13 -13 38.7 Ratepayers Association 2 +2 0 +2 2.6 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 Plaid Cymru 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 |} Results by ward Adamsdown (3 seats) Adamsdown Labour Party (UK) D. Evans 1,116 59.9 -14.3 Labour Party (UK) R Costley 996 Labour Party (UK) I. Jones 992 Conservative Party (UK) B. Jones 747 40.1 +20.2 Conservative Party (UK) D. Jones 586 33.4 +8.1 5,573 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Canton (3 seats) Canton Conservative Party (UK) Bella Brown 1,901 62.4 +12.8 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Tyrell 1,628 Conservative Party (UK) D. Davey 1,483 Labour Party (UK) N. Jenkins 1,146 37.6 -12.8 Labour Party (UK) P. W. Thomas 1,126 Labour Party (UK) R. Bassett 0 Plaid Cymru R. Lee 0 0.0 N/A 42.8 +8.0 7,115 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cathays (3 seats) Cathays Labour Party (UK) Derek Allinson 1,529 30.4 -14.2 Conservative Party (UK) L. Jones 1,419 28.2 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) John Edwards 1,390 Labour Party (UK) J. Davies 1,366 Conservative Party (UK) M. Keigwyn 1,329 Conservative Party (UK) D. Thomas 1,248 Ratepayers Association R. Castle 1,046 20.8 N/A Ratepayers Association G. Parsons 900 Ratepayers Association V. Kempton 834 Liberal Party (UK) Mike German 593 11.8 -4.3 Liberal Party (UK) J. Roberts 531 Liberal Party (UK) G. Snell 467 Plaid Cymru T. O'Neill 448 12.1 -3.2 Plaid Cymru D. Thomas 403 Plaid Cymru B. Smith 352 39.5 +14.8 9,268 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Central (3 seats) Central Labour Party (UK) Gordon Fish 1,010 37.5 -24.7 Labour Party (UK) William Herbert 1,209 Conservative Party (UK) D. Marles 946 35.2 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) G. Scott-Dickens 928 Labour Party (UK) David Seligman 870 Conservative Party (UK) C. Thomas 850 Ratepayers Association D. Guy 487 18.1 N/A Plaid Cymru D. O'Neill 247 9.2 N/A Liberal Party (UK) P. Davies 0 0.0 N/A Plaid Cymru P. Riley 0 0.0 Plaid Cymru D. Hopkins 0 0.0 47.9 +14.5 5,620 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ely (6 seats) Ely Labour Party (UK) William Carling 2,362 53.0 -14.3 Labour Party (UK) M. Buttle 2,458 Labour Party (UK) Reverend Robert Morgan 2,402 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Lee 2,258 Labour Party (UK) J. Sloman 2,218 Labour Party (UK) Charlie Gale 2,218 Conservative Party (UK) W. Clode 1,745 36.9 +14.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Fitzpatrick 1,602 Conservative Party (UK) F. Phillips 1,596 Conservative Party (UK) M. Jones 1,557 Conservative Party (UK) M. Warren 1,545 Conservative Party (UK) R. Wheeler 1,464 Plaid Cymru G. Dowling 479 10.1 -0.1 Plaid Cymru J. Syms 416 Plaid Cymru E. Maynard 346 Plaid Cymru J. Storn 333 32.9 +8.7 14,405 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Gabalfa (3 seats) Gabalfa Conservative Party (UK) M. Kingwell 2,184 45.9 +12.1 Labour Party (UK) Michael Parry 2,043 43.0 -23.2 Conservative Party (UK) T. Merridew 1,989 Labour Party (UK) Emrys Pride 1,971 Conservative Party (UK) G. Tatham 1,795 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Brown 1,736 Plaid Cymru G. Doyle 528 11.1 N/A Plaid Cymru C. Schoen 402 49.0 +23.9 9,707 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Grangetown (3 seats) Grangetown Conservative Party (UK) J. O'Reilly 1,737 57.0 +9.0 Conservative Party (UK) B. Moorcraft 1,671 Conservative Party (UK) Gwendoline Judd 1,647 Labour Party (UK) M. Matthewson 1,309 43.0 -9.0 Labour Party (UK) D. Lydiard 1,280 Labour Party (UK) Harold Bartlett 1,233 41.8 +8.7 7,279 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons (1 seat) Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons Conservative Party (UK) T. Davies 1,127 88.7 N/A Liberal Party (UK) C. Mitchell 144 11.3 N/A 41.8 N/A 1,735 Conservative Party (UK) Llandaff (3 seats) Llandaff Conservative Party (UK) B. Jones 2,998 67.1 +8.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Hermer 2,922 Conservative Party (UK) H. Jones 2,838 Plaid Cymru Anne-Marie Petty 760 20.1 -3.1 Labour Party (UK) A. Saunders 711 15.9 -5.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Leno 702 49.1 +15.7 9,099 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Llanishen (6 seats) Llanishen Conservative Party (UK) Jeffrey Sainsbury 3,660 35.4 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Watkiss 3,652 Conservative Party (UK) D. O'Neill 3,648 Conservative Party (UK) Lionel Pugh 3,636 Conservative Party (UK) N. Morgan 3,476 Ratepayers Association C. Milsom 3,339 32.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) William Barraby 3,318 Liberal Party (UK) O. Langdon 1,307 12.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) T. Morris 1,173 11.3 -14.1 Labour Party (UK) M. Walker 1,122 Labour Party (UK) P. Phillips 1,113 Plaid Cymru R. Edwards 856 8.3 -2.4 Plaid Cymru S. Doyle 807 78.1 +28.4 13,239 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ratepayers Association Conservative Party (UK) Penylan (6 seats) Penylan Conservative Party (UK) Stefan Terlezki 7,244 65.3 +15.3 Conservative Party (UK) L. Gower 6,974 Conservative Party (UK) M. Newman 6,893 Conservative Party (UK) A. Austin 6,886 Conservative Party (UK) G. Turnbull 6,876 Conservative Party (UK) A. Thomas 6,571 Liberal Party (UK) T. Thomas 1,570 14.1 -19.2 Labour Party (UK) M. Jones 1,551 14.0 -2.7 Labour Party (UK) P. Wing 1,541 Labour Party (UK) K. O'Brien 1,528 Labour Party (UK) R. Pound 1,491 Labour Party (UK) G. Bayliss 1,477 Labour Party (UK) K. Gaskell 1,152 Liberal Party (UK) P. Lindsey 1,129 Liberal Party (UK) R. Crowley 1,106 Liberal Party (UK) B. Jones 1,063 Liberal Party (UK) D. Hill 970 Liberal Party (UK) R. Ashford 924 Plaid Cymru K. Bush 733 6.6 N/A Plaid Cymru E. Bush 731 Plaid Cymru A. Couch 730 Plaid Cymru H. Phillips 712 Plaid Cymru P. Cravos 704 Plaid Cymru S. Price 672 48.6 +7.9 22,826 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Plasmawr (6 seats) Plasmawr Labour Party (UK) Albert Huish 2,068 39.4 -18.0 Conservative Party (UK) W. Hall 2,047 39.0 +14.0 Conservative Party (UK) F. Lloyd 2,017 Labour Party (UK) H. Davies 1,996 Conservative Party (UK) D. Pepler 1,993 Labour Party (UK) M. Phillips 1,976 Labour Party (UK) F. Tyrrell 1,958 Conservative Party (UK) L. Skye 1,908 Conservative Party (UK) B. Pearce 1,888 Labour Party (UK) J. Leonard 1,878 Conservative Party (UK) D. McIntyre 1,870 Labour Party (UK) B. Shorten 1,859 Plaid Cymru D. Davies 1,131 21.6 +4.0 37.2 +12.4 14,094 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Plasnewydd (3 seats) Plasnewydd Conservative Party (UK) D. Watkins 1,901 40.2 +9.5 Conservative Party (UK) S. James 1,874 Conservative Party (UK) D. Evans 1,807 Labour Party (UK) P. Norton 897 25.7 -2.2 Labour Party (UK) J. Truran 857 Labour Party (UK) J. Bonar 809 Plaid Cymru Owen John Thomas 674 17.6 -0.7 Plaid Cymru M. Coughlin 611 Plaid Cymru R. Griffiths 571 Liberal Party (UK) G. German 260 6.8 -9.0 Liberal Party (UK) P. Jarman 239 Liberal Party (UK) A. Verma 188 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Roxburgh 92 2.4 N/A 46.2 -0.3 8,275 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Radyr, St Fagans, Tongwynlais (2 seats) Radyr, St Fagans, Tongwynlais Conservative Party (UK) L. Clarke 0 0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) G. Millard 0 0 0 0.0 N/A 4,590 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rhiwbina (3 seats) Rhiwbina Conservative Party (UK) William Bain 3,372 58.8 +18.1 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Davies 3,359 Conservative Party (UK) G. Jones 3,222 Liberal Party (UK) H. J. O'Brien 986 17.2 -15.1 Liberal Party (UK) O. Davies 793 Plaid Cymru K. Davies 694 14.7 -2.6 Labour Party (UK) C. Beech 678 11.8 -0.5 Liberal Party (UK) G. White 676 Labour Party (UK) E. Woolfe 628 Plaid Cymru B. Williams 582 Labour Party (UK) R. Armstrong 572 Plaid Cymru N. Davies 552 54.7 +8.2 10,482 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Riverside (3 seats) Riverside Conservative Party (UK) K. Davies 1,565 39.6 -8.1 Ratepayers Association L. Mathias 1,254 31.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) S. Doxsey 1,253 Conservative Party (UK) Alec Johnson 1,150 Ratepayers Association P. Powell 941 Labour Party (UK) A. Dixon 746 18.9 -10.6 Labour Party (UK) D. Toogood 588 Labour Party (UK) K. Mullins 573 Plaid Cymru G. Petty 392 9.0 -0.6 Plaid Cymru J. Kuczy's 337 54.4 +12.0 7,276 Conservative Party (UK) Ratepayers Association Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Roath (3 seats) Roath Conservative Party (UK) N. Lloyd-Edwards 3,062 59.0 +10.0 Conservative Party (UK) Gerald Brinks 2,706 Conservative Party (UK) R. Richards 1,636 Labour Party (UK) T. Tucker 886 17.1 ±0.0 Plaid Cymru G. Bowman 645 12.4 +3.7 Liberal Party (UK) J. McWilliam 594 11.5 -13.7 Liberal Party (UK) P. Verma 318 42.0 +6.2 10,348 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rumney (6 seats) Rumney Labour Party (UK) N. Llewellyn 2,980 52.7 +6.3 Labour Party (UK) V. Jones 2,843 Labour Party (UK) Alun Michael 2,747 Labour Party (UK) John Phillips 2,693 Labour Party (UK) John Reynolds 2,685 Labour Party (UK) F. Yeomans 2,681 Conservative Party (UK) C. Nicholson 2,513 31.5 -1.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Mitchell 2,502 Ratepayers Association R. Potter 2,497 31.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) L. Quinn 2,409 Conservative Party (UK) J. Wright 2,397 Conservative Party (UK) L. Hunt 2,366 42.0 +15.3 19,033 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) South (3 seats) South Labour Party (UK) J. Smith 1,387 56.1 -4.7 Labour Party (UK) Philip Dunleavy 1,363 Labour Party (UK) P. Bowen 1,230 Conservative Party (UK) E. Williams 1,084 43.9 +4.7 Conservative Party (UK) E. Canning 1,061 Conservative Party (UK) S. Cooper 1,033 38.3 +1.0 6,447 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Splott (3 seats) Splott Labour Party (UK) R. Ormonde 1,483 41.9 -24.0 Labour Party (UK) C. Williams 1,325 Labour Party (UK) L. Bonar 1,136 Conservative Party (UK) T. Kelly 1,015 28.7 +1.3 Conservative Party (UK) F. Chichester 968 Ratepayers Association R. Warburton 887 25.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) K. Wilcox 876 Communist Party of Great Britain S. Garrett-Jones 151 4.3 -2.4 47.5 +15.0 7,437 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Whitchurch (3 seats) Whitchurch Conservative Party (UK) David Purnell 3,688 50.3 ±0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Victor Riley 3,526 Conservative Party (UK) T. Davies 3,429 Labour Party (UK) G. Howell 1,432 19.5 -30.2 Labour Party (UK) R. Bowler 1,388 Plaid Cymru E. Ogwen 1,366 18.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) P. Owen 1,360 Liberal Party (UK) S. Davies 846 11.5 N/A Liberal Party (UK) S. Sofia 492 70.3 +19.9 10,437 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References collapsed Cardiff Category:Council elections in Cardiff Category:Council elections in South Glamorgan Category:1970s in Cardiff