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1976 Alnwick District Council election
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Elections to Alnwick District Council were held on 6 of May 1976 alongside other local elections for Non-metropolitan district councils across England . Unlike the election of 1973, which was mainly fought between Independent politicians with a few wards being contested by Labour candidates, there were a few wards contested by Conservative and Liberal candidates this time around.
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
22 1 4 3 78.6 62.3 15,582 -19.7 3 2 2 10.7 16.6 4,161 -1.4 2 2 0 2 7.1 8.3 2,074 new 1 1 0 1 3.6 12.3 3,068 new 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 140 new
The result for each ward was as follows:
Party Candidate Votes % .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Independent unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 201 74.7 +19.6 Independent 68 25.3 133 49.4 269 50.0 538
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 1,547 Independent 1,126 Independent 1,121 Liberal 1,104 Independent 1,065 Independent 1,056 Conservative 930 Independent 538 Independent 516 Labour 277 Independent 229 421 5,711 Liberal gain from Independent Independent gain from Independent Conservative gain from Independent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 1,451 79.4 +30.1 Independent 1,164 63.7 +22.2 Conservative 1,144 62.6 +21.1 Independent 1,080 59.1 Labour 1,037 56.7 +6.1 Labour 914 50.0 −0.8 Liberal 710 38.8 Independent 546 29.9 Labour 456 24.9 Labour 342 18.7 Labour 296 16.2 287 15.7 1,828 49.7 3,680 Conservative gain from Labour Independent gain from Labour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 663 78.8 +7.0 Independent 543 64.6 −2.5 Liberal 267 31.7 −29.3 Liberal 208 24.7 120 14.3 841 69.6 1,208
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 362 56.1 +12.6 Liberal 283 43.9 79 12.2 645 61.0 1,058
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 382 55.0 Independent 312 45.0 −7.8 70 10.1 694 62.9 1,104 Independent gain from Independent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 485 86.6 −2.4 Labour 354 63.2 Independent 140 25.0 −3.2 Independent Labour 140 25.0 −3.8 131 23.4 560 45.1 1,242 Labour gain from Independent Labour gain from Independent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent unopposed Independent unopposed Independent gain from Independent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 578 58.7 Independent 458 46.5 Independent 346 35.2 −31.3 Liberal 317 32.2 Liberal 179 18.2 Independent 90 9.1 120 12.2 984 57.6 1,709 Independent gain from Independent Independent gain from Independent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent unopposed
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