1976 Plymouth City Council election

1976 Plymouth City Council election^[1][2]

← 1973 6 May 1976 1979 →
All 66 seats in the Plymouth City Council 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 37 seats, 47.9% 29 seats, 45.9% Seats won 39 27 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 41,659 31,838 Percentage 51.9% 39.6% Swing 4.0% 6.3%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1976 Plymouth City Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Voting took place across 22 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. The Conservative Party retained control of the Council after winning a majority of seats.

Overall results

1976 Plymouth City Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	2	0	2	59.1	51.9	41,659	4.0
	Labour	27	0	2	2	40.9	39.6	31,838	5.0
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	4.2	3,389	2.0
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	3.3	2,638	New
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	453	New
	Residents	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	326	New
Total		66						80,303

Ward results

Compton (3 seats)

Crownhill (3 seats)

Drake (3 seats)

Efford (3 seats)

Ernesettle (3 seats)

Ford (3 seats)

Honicknowle (3 seats)

Mount Gould (3 seats)

Pennycross (3 seats)

Plympton Erle (3 seats)

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)

St Andrew (3 seats)

St Aubyn (3 seats)

St Budeax (3 seats)

St Peter (3 seats)

Stoke (3 seats)

Sutton (3 seats)

Tamerton (3 seats)

Trelawny (3 seats)

Whitleigh (3 seats)

References

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