1976 Runnymede District Council election

1976 English local election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|Map showing the parties of the candidates with the most votes in each ward. Elections to Runnymede Council were held on 6 May 1976. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1973. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council and increased their majority to 31 out of 42 seats. After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 31 Labour 7 Residents Association 3 Liberal 1 Election result 1976 Runnymede District Council election Conservative Party (UK) 37 31 8 58.5 73.8 33,064 Labour Party (UK) 26 7 8 25.7 16.7 14,516 Residents Association 3 3 1 5.8 7.1 3,266 Liberal Party (UK) 14 1 1 9.1 2.4 5,150 Independent politician 1 0 0 1.0 0.0 552 Ward results Addlestone Bourneside Conservative Party (UK) S. Brunger 652 45.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Read 644 Conservative Party (UK) P. Quaife 635 Labour Party (UK) L. Taylor 533 37.3 Labour Party (UK) G. Honeyball 520 Labour Party (UK) G. Tucker 519 Liberal Party (UK) M. Beal 243 17.0 Liberal Party (UK) B. Cain 231 Liberal Party (UK) H. Fotheringham 213 119 8.3 34.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Addlestone North Conservative Party (UK) A. Birchall 752 52.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Taylor 729 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Widdecombe 695 Labour Party (UK) S. Allen 401 27.7 Labour Party (UK) T. Finn 399 Labour Party (UK) J. Keene 388 Liberal Party (UK) Geoffrey Pyle 294 20.3 328 24.3 38.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Addlestone St. Paul's Conservative Party (UK) M. Cunningham 809 42.4 Liberal Party (UK) K. Lloyd 798 41.8 Conservative Party (UK) D. Tuckwood 790 Conservative Party (UK) G. Quaife 774 Liberal Party (UK) A. Brentnall 572 Liberal Party (UK) D. Hopwood 555 Labour Party (UK) C. Watts 301 15.8 11 0.6 50.1 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Chertsey Meads Labour Party (UK) Ray Lowther 1352 44.6 Conservative Party (UK) W. Collett 1255 41.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Wyke 1226 Conservative Party (UK) G. Paris 1,166 Labour Party (UK) B. Harris 894 Labour Party (UK) A. Anderson 832 Liberal Party (UK) R. Benfield 421 13.9 97 3.2 60.2 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Chertsey St. Ann's Labour Party (UK) G. Light 699 43.5 Labour Party (UK) D. Hughes 655 Labour Party (UK) R. Plamer 642 Conservative Party (UK) B. Harmer 532 33.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Anderson 525 Conservative Party (UK) J. Williams 508 Liberal Party (UK) J. Elfer 375 23.3 167 10.4 46.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Egham Conservative Party (UK) R. Elliott 1262 50.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Try 1120 Conservative Party (UK) A. Collins 1076 Independent politician S. Oliver 552 22.0 Labour Party (UK) Sylvia Heal 442 17.6 Labour Party (UK) Joy Capper 442 Labour Party (UK) R. Jones 348 Liberal Party (UK) M. Brooks 255 10.2 710 28.3 56.1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Englefield Green East Conservative Party (UK) P. Barry 1100 78.6 Conservative Party (UK) C. Clarke 1062 Conservative Party (UK) D. Head 1047 Labour Party (UK) J. Hawkes 300 21.4 800 57.1 44.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Englefield Green West Conservative Party (UK) J. Ellison 761 49.9 Conservative Party (UK) R. Thompson 733 Conservative Party (UK) R. Wykeham 717 Labour Party (UK) L. Carey 569 37.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Holder 505 Labour Party (UK) T. Reddy 505 Liberal Party (UK) S. Thatcher 195 12.8 Liberal Party (UK) P. Deane 193 192 12.6 44.4 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Foxhills Conservative Party (UK) B. Jarvis 1018 67.7 Conservative Party (UK) G. Tollett 934 Conservative Party (UK) J. Walbridge 788 Liberal Party (UK) C. Boyde 486 32.3 532 35.4 44.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hythe Labour Party (UK) K. Capper 813 60.0 Labour Party (UK) E. Austin 808 Labour Party (UK) D. Baker 801 Conservative Party (UK) M. Fox 541 40.0 272 20.1 27.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) New Haw Conservative Party (UK) A. Blowers 1032 48.6 Conservative Party (UK) J. Weedon 875 Conservative Party (UK) D. Clarke 801 Liberal Party (UK) J. Graham 621 29.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Taylor 469 22.1 411 19.4 58.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Thorpe Residents Association J. Smith 1168 63.2 Residents Association A. Wreglesworth 1066 Residents Association Eiry Price 1032 Labour Party (UK) A. Sandey 233 16.6 935 66.7 40.8 Residents Association Residents Association Residents Association Virginia Water Conservative Party (UK) F. Passmore 1181 89.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Allen 1168 Conservative Party (UK) R. Hervey 1141 Labour Party (UK) N. Williams 145 10.9 1,036 78.1 36.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Woodham Conservative Party (UK) P. Hicks 1,027 67.4 Conservative Party (UK) M. Heard 1002 Conservative Party (UK) E. Hargreaves 986 Liberal Party (UK) R. Morrall 496 32.6 531 34.9 39.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Ward results 1976 Category:1976 English local elections Category:1970s in Surrey