1976 West Dorset District Council election
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The 1976 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1976 to elect councillors to
West Dorset District Council in England. 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 1976 election saw the Independent councillors maintain their majority control on the Council.
Ward results
Beaminster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Bugler * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | A. Hudson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,265 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Bothenhampton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Y. Skyrme | 501 | 67.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | B. Hammond | 245 | 32.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 256 | 34.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,347 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Bradford Abbas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett | 499 | 69.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Winder * | 224 | 31.0 | –19.9 | |
Majority | 275 | 38.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59.5 | +17.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,239 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
Bradpole
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Coatsworth | 332 | 48.7 | N/A | |
Independent | E. Kingsnorth | 214 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Cole | 136 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 118 | 17.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,291 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal |
Bridport
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Norfolk * | 1,140 | – | N/A | |
Independent | C. Samways | 1,057 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Tiltman * | 1,018 | 34.0 | +6.7 | |
Labour | L. Dibden * | 834 | 27.9 | +1.6 | |
Independent | W. Hicks | 829 | – | N/A | |
Labour | H. Skevington * | 816 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 40.2 | –19.4 | |||
Registered electors | 5,142 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Broadmayne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | B. Course | 261 | 54.6 | N/A | |
Independent | W. White * | 217 | 45.4 | –10.7 | |
Majority | 44 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43.4 | +12.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,123 | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing |
Broadwindsor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Coate * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 970 | ||||
Independent hold |
Burton Bradstock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G. Cheney * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,063 | ||||
Independent hold |
Caundle Vale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | N. White * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 984 | ||||
Independent hold |
Cerne Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dione Digby, Lady Digby | 426 | 69.4 | N/A | |
Independent | T. Mills | 188 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 238 | 38.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 63.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 968 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Charminster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Hanford * | 392 | 72.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | R. Goucher | 147 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 245 | 45.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,256 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charmouth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. McLellan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,171 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Chesil Bank
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,056 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Bennett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | W. McCarthy * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,618 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Dorchester Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Phillips * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,058 | ||||
Independent hold |
Dorchester East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Parsons * | 1,251 | – | ||
Independent | R. Collins * | 1,191 | – | ||
Conservative | P. Seaton | 1,178 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Enid Stella Jones * | 1,004 | 29.2 | –3.6 | |
Liberal | D. Smith | 923 | – | ||
Liberal | R. Brissenden * | 894 | – | ||
Independent | C. Worth | 846 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 50.6 | –17.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,239 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Dorchester West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Powell * | 1,304 | – | ||
Independent | H. Durrant * | 1,146 | – | ||
Liberal | David Trevor Jones * | 1,110 | 36.8 | +2.9 | |
Independent | C. Lucas | 1,105 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | E. Boothman | 1,018 | – | ||
Liberal | B. Clay | 992 | – | ||
Liberal | J. Sellingham | 865 | – | ||
Labour | G. Standfield | 604 | 20.0 | –3.6 | |
Labour | P. Gregory | 572 | – | ||
Turnout | 47.2 | –24.0 | |||
Registered electors | 5,098 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Frome Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | B. Bryant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 971 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,115 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Cockburn * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,085 | ||||
Independent hold |
Loders
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Golding * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 894 | ||||
Independent hold |
Lyme Regis
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Nuttall | 1,006 | – | N/A | |
Independent | J. Broom * | 891 | – | ||
Independent | E. Hallett * | 791 | – | ||
Independent | V. Homyer * | 506 | – | ||
Turnout | 52.7 | +30.0 | |||
Registered electors | 2,808 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Maiden Newton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H. Haward * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,008 | ||||
Independent hold |
Netherbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Poole | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,248 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Owermoigne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Symes | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,070 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Piddle Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Green * | 385 | 63.2 | –26.4 | |
Independent | M. Walker | 224 | 36.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 161 | 26.4 | –13.7 | ||
Turnout | 57.2 | +17.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,064 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Puddletown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Bown * | 355 | 81.6 | N/A | |
Independent | M. Fermor | 80 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 275 | 63.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 870 | ||||
Independent hold |
Queen Thorne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Brewer * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,033 | ||||
Independent hold |
Sherborne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. King * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | E. Dyke * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Charles | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Matson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | R. Farrant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 5,692 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal gain from Independent | |||||
Independent hold |
Stinsford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Coleman | 291 | 77.4 | N/A | |
Independent | I. Birchenhough | 85 | 22.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 206 | 54.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.6 | –18.1 | |||
Registered electors | 809 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Symondsbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Summers | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,182 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Thorncombe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Atyeo * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,020 | ||||
Independent hold |
Tolpuddle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Kraft * | 314 | 78.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | P. Noble | 84 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 230 | 57.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 705 | ||||
Independent hold |
Whitchurch Canonicorum
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. Fowell * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,069 | ||||
Independent hold |
Winterborne St Martin
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Slade | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 946 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Yetminster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Conservative
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W. Anderson | 348 | 61.3 | N/A | |
Independent | F. Lawrence * | 220 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 128 | 22.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,113 | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Independent
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References
- ^ Plymouth University). Retrieved 21 April 2020.