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1976 Leeds City Council election

1976 UK local government election

1976 UK local government election

Elections to Leeds City Council were held on 6 May 1976, with one third of the council up for election. In the interim between the seats first election in 1973, in addition to Labour's 1974 Burley gain, there had been a further three by-elections - and consequent successful defences of - Beeston & Holbeck and Burmantofts & Richmond Hill (Labour) and Headingley (Conservative).

The Conservatives managed to largely repeat their previous year's results, gaining a total of seven and winning control of the council. They gained three from Labour, in the wards of Morley South and Wortley, as well as winning back the aforementioned seat in Burley. The remaining four gains were from the Liberals in Horsforth, both of the Pudsey seats and Otley.

Election result

|seats % = 56.2 |votes % = 48.1 |plus/minus = -1.7% |seats % = 37.5 |votes % = 33.9 |plus/minus = +2.4% |seats % = 6.2 |votes % = 15.4 |plus/minus = -2.1% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.9 |plus/minus = +0.9% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.6 |plus/minus = +0.6% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = +0.0% |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " |

British National
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 0.1
plus/minus = +0.1%
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 0.1
plus/minus = +0.1%
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 0.1
plus/minus = -0.6%

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew councilConservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Liberal Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Total9696Working majority
Conservatives4350
Labour4138
Liberals128

Ward results

|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | British National

J. Drury

|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | British National

Eddy Morrison

|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | British National

S. Brown

References

References

  1. (7 May 1976). "District results: Leeds". [[The Yorkshire Post]].
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