1976 North Hertfordshire District Council election

Council election in England March 2023 March 2023 1976 North Hertfordshire District Council election parliamentary 1973 North Hertfordshire District Council election 1973 1976 5 6 y 1979 North Hertfordshire District Council election 1979 All 48 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council 25 Con Bob Flatman Conservative Party (UK) 23 30 7 Lab John Goldsmith Labour Party (UK) 17 11 6 Ind Independent politician 7 5 2 RA Ken Logan Ratepayers Association 1 2 1 Leader Bob FlatmanConservative No overall control Leader after election Bob Flatman Conservative Party (UK) The 1976 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 6 May 1976, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. All 48 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council were up for election. The election saw the Conservatives take a majority of the seats on the council, which had previously been under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration. The Conservative group leader, Bob Flatman, continued to serve as leader of the council after the election.Hogg Andrew Tories take charge of North Herts! The Comet 13 May 1976 Hitchin 5 The Labour group leader, John Goldsmith, lost his seat and was replaced as group leader by Bill Miller.Labour's leader loses seat The Comet 13 May 1976 Hitchin 1 Overall results The overall results were as follows: North Hertfordshire District Council Election, 1976 Conservative Party (UK) 7 0 +7 30 62.5 49.8 19,994 +7.1 Labour Party (UK) 0 6 -6 11 22.9 28.8 11,566 -4.0 Independent politician 0 2 -2 5 10.4 12.3 4,938 -7.3 Ratepayers Association 1 0 +1 2 4.2 5.2 2,082 +2.1 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0.0 3.9 1,545 +2.1 Ward results The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election. A double dagger (‡) indicates a sitting councillor contesting a different ward.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/North-Hertfordshire-1973-2012.pdf The Elections Centre Plymouth University 18 March 2023Your future council Letchworth and Baldock Citizen Gazette 29 April 1976 12 Ward 1: BaldockIndependent politician Nora Burgess* 1,240 40.3 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Gazely 873 28.4 +2.7 Conservative Party (UK) John Barton* 839 Labour Party (UK) George York* 716 23.3 -3.8 Labour Party (UK) Stanley Watson 628 Labour Party (UK) Roger McFall 607 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Bickell 511 Liberal Party (UK) Ronald Littleford(Ron Littleford) 248 8.1 +1.246.46,631 Independent politician -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ward 2: Hitchin OughtonLabour Party (UK) Audrey Carss* 1,038 55.2 +2.4 Labour Party (UK) Jim Reilly* 957 Labour Party (UK) David Kendall 902 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Shanks 841 44.8 +18.6 Conservative Party (UK) John Wallace 836 Conservative Party (UK) Andree Boddington 71449.03,835 Labour Party (UK) -8.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ward 3: Hitchin BeartonConservative Party (UK) David Ingram 1,063 64.0 +7.0 Conservative Party (UK) David Roberts 1,048 Labour Party (UK) Keith Ruff 450 27.1 -15.9 Labour Party (UK) Brian Abrahams 408 Liberal Party (UK) George Fisher 148 8.9 +8.9 Liberal Party (UK) Christopher Freel 11547.03,534 Conservative Party (UK) +11.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ward 4: Hitchin PrioryConservative Party (UK) Robert Stanley Flatman*(Bob Flatman) 1,372 74.3 +14.8 Conservative Party (UK) Derek Alfred Doel* 1,272 Conservative Party (UK) Michael John Frederick Hillman ‡ 1,212 Labour Party (UK) William Edward Harmer 322 17.4 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) Doris Marian Reilly 311 Labour Party (UK) Crystal Anne Toleman 294 Liberal Party (UK) Jane Elizabeth Brine 152 8.2 -15.8 Liberal Party (UK) Handel Thomas Robert Leonard 15241.94,406 Conservative Party (UK) +6.9 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ward 5: Hitchin WalsworthRatepayers Association Kenneth William Logan*(Ken Logan) 1,555 42.5 +10.4 Ratepayers Association Brian Robert Worbey 1,276 Labour Party (UK) Frederick George Peacock(Fred Peacock) 1,106 30.2 -6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Stanley Scott(Fred Scott) 1,001 27.3 -3.9 Labour Party (UK) John Henry Goldsmith* 812 Labour Party (UK) Martin John Stears 72657.46,380 Ratepayers Association +8.5 Ratepayers Association Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ward 6: Hitchin HighburyConservative Party (UK) Beryl Faith Wearmouth* 1,726 80.2 +26.9 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Arthur Whaley 1,597 Conservative Party (UK) Betty May Goble 1,594 Labour Party (UK) Walter Patrick Guymer 425 19.8 +7.7 Labour Party (UK) Stewart Patrick Faulkner 360 Labour Party (UK) Harold Alexander Smith 33652.04,137 Conservative Party (UK) +9.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ward 7: Letchworth NortonLabour Party (UK) Bill Miller* 1,467 47.1 -15.7 Labour Party (UK) David Evans 1,461 Labour Party (UK) Donald Kitchiner*(Don Kitchiner) 1,458 Labour Party (UK) Rodney Playford 1,435 Conservative Party (UK) William Charles Bifield(Charles Bifield) 1,288 41.4 +4.2 Conservative Party (UK) Walter Gurney 1,276 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Jackson 1,196 Conservative Party (UK) Dominic Alphonsus Murphy 1,091 Independent politician Roger Leach 358 11.5 +11.548.96,366 Labour Party (UK) -10.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ward 8: Letchworth PixmoreLabour Party (UK) Ernest Brown*(Ernie Brown) 1,374 67.5 -7.8 Labour Party (UK) David Arthur Griffiths* 1,322 Labour Party (UK) Reginald Hall* 1,301 Conservative Party (UK) Jean May Sherwood 662 32.5 +7.8 Conservative Party (UK) Pauline Margaret Wood 637 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Edward Markiewicz 61944.94,535 Labour Party (UK) -7.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ward 9: Letchworth WilburyConservative Party (UK) Raynor Bloxham(Ray Bloxham) 1,182 53.2 +12.7 Conservative Party (UK) Roland Baker 1,156 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Shipman 1,136 Labour Party (UK) Mamie Briercliffe* 1,041 46.8 -12.7 Labour Party (UK) David Gallard* 1,020 Labour Party (UK) Ian Mantle* 93357.83,846 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +12.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ward 10: Letchworth WestburyConservative Party (UK) Clifford John Marshall* 1,011 65.5 +11.0 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Peter Woods(Geoff Woods) 921 Labour Party (UK) Headley Valentine Parkins 533 34.5 -11.0 Labour Party (UK) Ormond Paul Simpson 51766.82,311 Conservative Party (UK) +11.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ward 11: Letchworth Central and WillianConservative Party (UK) Anthony Gregory Burrows 1,786 83.0 +23.1 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Saunders*(Bob Saunders) 1,742 Labour Party (UK) Henry Fuller 366 17.0 +2.955.13,906 Conservative Party (UK) +10.1 Conservative Party (UK) Ward 12: RoystonConservative Party (UK) Francis John Smith*(John Smith) 1,998 39.2 +2.6 Independent politician George William Stevens* 1,673 32.8 -9.9 Independent politician Patricia Rule*(Pat Rule) 1,672 Independent politician Phillip Leslie Gray* 1,350 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Botfield 1,258 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher McMichael 1,124 Conservative Party (UK) Howard Marshall 1,095 Labour Party (UK) Robert Douglas Beckwith 815 16.0 -4.8 Labour Party (UK) Alan Evans 767 Labour Party (UK) Peter Ball 675 Liberal Party (UK) Hazel Priscilla Lord 615 12.1 +12.1 Labour Party (UK) Michael William Kernaghan 603 Liberal Party (UK) Anthony Perkins 40652.89,661 Conservative Party (UK) +6.3 Independent politician Independent politician Independent politician Ward 13: Ashwell, Bygrave, Caldecote, Clothall, Graveley, Hinxworth, Newnham, Radwell and WestonConservative Party (UK) Robert Evans* 950 69.3 +34.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Stapleton 926 Labour Party (UK) John Schofield 420 30.7 +16.6 Labour Party (UK) John Summers 30753.22,575 Conservative Party (UK) +9.2 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician Ward 14: Barkway, Barley, Kelshall, Nuthampstead, Reed, Rushden, Sandon, Therfield and WallingtonConservative Party (UK) Esther Brookes* 781 55.1 -0.4 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Rose* 662 Independent politician Fraser William Field 511 36.1 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Pratt 125 8.8 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Pettit(Tony Pettit) 10855.02,576 Conservative Party (UK) -2.1 Conservative Party (UK) Ward 15: Ippollitts, Kimpton, Langley, Preston, St Paul's Walden and WymondleyConservative Party (UK) David Gilbert 1,542 76.8 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Rabbitts 1,523 Conservative Party (UK) John Raffell* 1,523 Labour Party (UK) Pauline Oakley 466 23.2 +0.7 Labour Party (UK) Frances Mary Polly 464 Labour Party (UK) Jennifer Fitzpatrick 38749.54,057 Conservative Party (UK) -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ward 16: CodicoteConservative Party (UK) Denis Wallace Charles Winch* unopposed 2,052 Conservative Party (UK) Ward 17: KnebworthConservative Party (UK) Gordon Cartwright Dumelow* 727 48.0 +7.8 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred James Grosse* 555 Ratepayers Association Anthony Tomlinson 527 34.8 +14.7 Ratepayers Association Ronald Charles Gilbert 309 Labour Party (UK) Martin Harvey Lisles 262 17.3 -4.353.62,828 Conservative Party (UK) -3.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ward 18: Hexton, Holwell, Ickleford, King's Walden, Lilley, Offley and PirtonConservative Party (UK) Brian Feaver 1,191 35.4 +7.9 Independent politician Ronald Alfred Lodge*(Ron Lodge) 1,156 34.3 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) John Charles Jackson 1,038 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Middleton 972 Labour Party (UK) Raymond Cousins 640 19.0 -16.0 Labour Party (UK) Clive Hugh Godfrey 549 Labour Party (UK) Anthony James Brown 518 Liberal Party (UK) Sarah Ann Lowe 382 11.3 +11.353.66,285 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician +5.6 Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Changes 1976–1979 Five by-elections were held on 6 April 1978, following the simultaneous resignations of five Conservative councillors on 13 February 1978. All five seats were retained by the Conservatives.Guns open up in council elections Letchworth and Baldock Citizen Gazette 16 February 1978 1Five to resign from council Letchworth and Baldock Citizen Gazette 9 February 1978 1Tories hold all five seats in by-election Letchworth and Baldock Citizen Gazette 13 April 1978 21 Ward 3: Hitchin Bearton by-election, 6 April 1978Conservative Party (UK) Fred Scott 787 48.9 -15.1 Labour Party (UK) Martin Stears 659 40.9 +13.8 National Party (UK, 1976) Bob Aylott 63 3.9 +3.9 Liberal Party (UK) Sarah Low 55 3.4 -5.5 Ratepayers Association Jack Swain 46 2.9 +2.946.3Conservative Party (UK) -14.5 The Hitchin Bearton by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor David Ingram, citing business reasons. Ward 6: Hitchin Highbury by-election, 6 April 1978Conservative Party (UK) Stuart Grantham 1,036 59.0 -21.3 Ratepayers Association Bert Moore 448 25.5 +25.5 Labour Party (UK) John Joshua 273 15.5 -4.241.8Conservative Party (UK) -23.4 The Hitchin Highbury by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Stephen Arthur Whaley, who had moved away from the district. Ward 9: Letchworth Wilbury by-election, 6 April 1978Conservative Party (UK) Keith Emsall 1,091 48.7 -4.4 Labour Party (UK) Ian Mantle 1,039 46.4 -0.4 Liberal Party (UK) Ian McGinlay 109 4.9 +4.954.9Conservative Party (UK) -2.0 The Letchworth Wilbury by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Roland Baker, who also resigned from the party citing disillusionment with Conservative party policy. Ward 13: Ashwell, Bygrave, Caldecote, Clothall, Graveley, Hinxworth, Newnham, Radwell and Weston by-election, 6 April 1978Conservative Party (UK) John Sheldrick 841 74.8 +5.5 Labour Party (UK) John Schofield 283 25.2 -5.540.1Conservative Party (UK) +5.5 The Ward 13 by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor John Stapleton, who had moved away from the district. Ward 14: Barkway, Barley, Kelshall, Nuthampstead, Reed, Rushden, Sandon, Therfield and Wallington by-election, 6 April 1978Conservative Party (UK) Bob Wilkerson 922 89.6 +34.5 Labour Party (UK) Peter Ball 107 10.4 +1.646.5Conservative Party (UK) +16.5 The Ward 14 by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Ian Rose, citing business reasons. References Category:1976 English local elections 1976