1976 Lancaster City Council election

Election 1976 Lancaster City Council election Lancashire parliamentary 1973 Lancaster City Council election 1973 1976 5 6 y 1979 Lancaster City Council election 1979 All 59 seats to Lancaster City Council 30 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 34 seats 43 9 40,619 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 17 seats 11 6 26,745 95x50px|Blank Independent 4 seats 5 1 9,325 95x50px|Blank Liberal Party (UK) 1 seat 1 3,202 95x50px|Blank Leader Leader after election Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) The 1976 Lancaster City Council election took place on 6 May 1976. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. Summary The election resulted in a Conservative majority hold. Election result 1976 Lancaster City Council Conservative Party (UK) 43 9 9 37,811 Labour Party (UK) 11 6 6 26,745 Independent politician 5 1 1 9,325 Liberal Party (UK) 1 3,202 |- Ward Results Lancaster Council Election Results 1973-2011 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lancaster-1973-2011.pdf 26 June 2026 Election Centre Arkholme Arkholme (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) H. Wigley 531 75.0 Independent politician E. Leake Ms. 177 25.0 708 57.5 Conservative Party (UK) Bolton-Le-Sands Bolton-Le-Sands (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) W. Rigg 1,118 70.8 Conservative Party (UK) A. Briggs 1,002 Liberal Party (UK) R. Skelly 461 29.2 Liberal Party (UK) H. Brown 342 2,923 50.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Carnforth Carnforth (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) E. Jones Ms. 665 43.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Clarke 646 Independent politician J. Wilson Ms. 492 32.1 Independent politician G. Owen 467 Conservative Party (UK) M. Newsham Ms. 378 24.6 Conservative Party (UK) R. Bowden 371 3,019 45.4 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Halton-With-Aughton Halton-With-Aughton (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) H. Towers 717 74.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Scott 240 25.1 957 50.9 Conservative Party (UK) Independent Heysham North Heysham North (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Kennan 903 55.0 Conservative Party (UK) G. Bryan 823 Labour Party (UK) M. Turley 509 31.0 Labour Party (UK) B. Wolfenden 504 Independent politician M. Mawson Ms. 229 14.0 2,968 45.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hornby Hornby (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) F. Pearson 491 55.1 Independent politician D. Goth 281 31.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Oyston 119 13.4 891 67.4 Conservative Party (UK) Harbour Harbour (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) K. Brook 973 55.5 Conservative Party (UK) D. Sykes 924 Labour Party (UK) E. Garbutt 780 44.5 Labour Party (UK) G. Wolfenden 720 3,397 47.2 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Poulton Poulton (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) G. Heeler 613 39.5 Independent politician W. Earnshaw 520 33.5 Independent politician A. Haworth 517 Labour Party (UK) L. Holmes 418 27.0 Conservative Party (UK) N. Pym 407 2,475 40.9 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Independent Labour Party (UK) Parks Parks (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Dawson 0 Conservative Party (UK) I. Welldrake Ms. 0 0.0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Heysham Central Heysham Central (3 seats) Independent politician J. Taylor Ms. 1,052 52.9 Conservative Party (UK) K. Wilson 938 47.1 Conservative Party (UK) T. Higginson 903 Conservative Party (UK) R. Fearn Ms. 762 3,655 45.3 Independent Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Heysham South Heysham South (3 seats) Independent politician N. Bolton Ms. 1,147 40.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Downey 860 30.2 Labour Party (UK) S. Taylor 836 29.4 Conservative Party (UK) K. Warren 753 Independent politician E. Johnson Ms. 687 4,283 50.4 Independent Residents Association Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Residents Association Cockerham Cockerham (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) R. Bibby 0 0.0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ellel Ellel (2 seats) Independent politician R. Carr 806 39.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lowthion 655 32.1 Labour Party (UK) W. Stafford 372 18.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Cook 217 Liberal Party (UK) M. Brown 206 10.1 2,256 52.9 Independent Conservative Party (UK) Warton Warton (1 seat) Liberal Party (UK) C. Peacock 639 63.1 Conservative Party (UK) H. Shuttleworth Ms. 374 36.9 1,013 52.2 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Caton Caton (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Potts Ms. 982 71.6 Conservative Party (UK) G. Walling 912 Labour Party (UK) C. Adams 390 28.4 Labour Party (UK) T. Myall 315 2,599 51.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kellet Kellet (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) G. Snowball 407 69.0 Independent politician P. Comish 183 31.0 590 46.6 Conservative Party (UK) Bulk & St. Annes Bulk & St. Annes (4 seats) Labour Party (UK) A. Bryning 1,273 66.8 Labour Party (UK) M. Lewthwaite 1,237 Labour Party (UK) J. Yates Ms. 1,209 Labour Party (UK) J. O'Donnell 1,177 Conservative Party (UK) E. Stokes 634 33.2 Conservative Party (UK) T. Hope 624 6,154 26.3 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Park Park (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) D. Leswer 784 56.0 Conservative Party (UK) H. Osliffe 721 Labour Party (UK) I. Brown Ms. 617 44.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Brown 609 2,731 43.9 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) John O'Gaunt John O'Gaunt (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Lovett-Horn Ms. 1,225 61.8 Conservative Party (UK) T. Hayton 1,179 Conservative Party (UK) H. Holgate 1,172 Labour Party (UK) M. Glover Ms. 757 38.2 Labour Party (UK) L. Shaw 726 Labour Party (UK) R. Van De Weyer 721 5,780 45.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Scotforth Scotforth (4 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Ball 1,686 47.3 Conservative Party (UK) E. Simpson 1,639 Conservative Party (UK) K. Nelson 1,630 Conservative Party (UK) J. Outram 1,550 Labour Party (UK) S. Bennett Ms. 1,042 29.2 Labour Party (UK) B. Freeman 1,020 Labour Party (UK) L. Mullett Ms. 1,011 Labour Party (UK) J. Baker 1,009 Liberal Party (UK) M. Mumford 836 23.5 Liberal Party (UK) P. Walker 718 10,141 40.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Castle Castle (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) W. Sweeney Ms. 987 51.5 Labour Party (UK) D. Brewer 834 43.6 Conservative Party (UK) D. Rawes 810 Labour Party (UK) A. Burnett Ms. 765 Communist Party of Britain K. Wilcock 94 4.9 3,490 48.3 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Alexandra Alexandra (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) D. Kershaw 774 43.1 Conservative Party (UK) H. Hargreaves 745 Independent politician E. Simpson Ms. 532 29.7 Labour Party (UK) A. Garbutt Ms. 488 27.2 Labour Party (UK) M. Harper Ms. 390 2,929 47.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Overton Overton (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) W. Mashiter 0 0.0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Independent Silverdale Silverdale (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) A. Whitaker 0 0.0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Skerton Central Skerton Central (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) D. Henderson Ms. 1,054 70.4 Labour Party (UK) J. Horner Ms. 933 Conservative Party (UK) B. Nelson 443 29.6 2,430 40.3Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Skerton East Skerton East (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Richardson 613 50.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Jones 596 49.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Lodge 582 1,791 40.4 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Skerton West Skerton West (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Taylor Ms. 913 42.5 Conservative Party (UK) S. Smith 872 Labour Party (UK) P. Senior 746 34.7 Independent politician M. Varey 488 22.7 3,019 51.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Slyne-With-Hest Slyne-With-Hest (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) F. Wilcox 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Schofield 0 0 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Torrisholme Torrisholme (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) P. Sumner 1,448 75.5 Conservative Party (UK) P. Whitworth 1,200 Independent politician W. Escolme 469 24.5 3,117 48.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Victoria Victoria (3 seats) Independent politician T. Langridge 1,338 43.5 Conservative Party (UK) S. King Ms. 1,012 32.9 Conservative Party (UK) T. Shingler 944 Labour Party (UK) A. Leach 723 23.5 Labour Party (UK) P. Hooper 712 4,729 43.6 Independent Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) References 2023 Lancaster Category:May 2023 in the United Kingdom Category:2020s in Lancashire