1976 South Pembrokeshire District Council election

An election to South Pembrokeshire District Council was held in May 1976. An Independent majority was maintained.^[1] It was preceded by the 1973 election and followed by the 1979 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.

Results

Amroth (one seat)

Amroth 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alan Walter Edwards*	507	93.2
	Independent	A. Hellings	37	6.8
Majority				86.4
Turnout				76.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Angle (one seat)

Angle 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Rees	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Begelly (one seat)

Begelly 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. John*	532	73.1
	Independent	E. Jones	196	26.9
Majority				46.2
Turnout				70.0	+2.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Carew (one seat)

Carew 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S.W. Hallett*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Cosheston (one seat)

Cosheston 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Phillips*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Hundleton (one seat)

Hundleton 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	A.G.R. Shepperd	313
	Independent	J. Bennion*	212
Majority			101
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Lampeter Velfrey (one seat)

Lampeter Velfrey 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. Griffiths*	499	86.2
	Plaid Cymru	J. Price	80	13.8
Majority			419	72.4
Turnout				66.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Maenclochog (one seat)

Maenclochog 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norma Drew	284	47.3
	Independent	J. Steadman*	168	28.0	-30.3
	Independent	R. Edwards	83	13.8
	Independent	B. Rees	66	11.0
Majority				19.3
Turnout				78.4	+8.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Manorbier (one seat)

Manorbier 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Collis	255
	Independent	H. Butler*	206
Majority				34.1
Turnout				27.7	-26.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Martletwy and Slebech (one seat)

Martletwy 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Elwyn James*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Narberth North / South (one seat)

Narberth North / South 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Richard Colin Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Narberth Urban (one seat)

Narberth Urban 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J.E. Feetham*	403	63.9
	Plaid Cymru	D. Osmond	228	36.1
Majority				27.8
Turnout				76.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Central (two seats)

Pembroke Central 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Williams*	303
	Independent	T.V. Hay	303
	Independent	Walford John Davies*	297
	Independent	W. Rees	210
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke East (three seats)

Pembroke East 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	M. Mathias*	795
	Independent	E. Wrench*	736
	Independent	E.L.J. Morgan*	714
	Independent	D. Davies	671
	Independent	R. Kane	588
	Independent	P. Peachey	477
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Llanion (two seats)

Pembroke Llanion 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	A. Dureau*	unopposed
	Labour	Charles Howard Thomas*	unopposed
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pembroke Market (two seats)

Pembroke Market 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	F. Bearne	373
	Independent	J. Owen*	364
	Independent	D. Kingdom	226
	Independent	C. Stevens	150
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembroke Pennar (two seats)

Pembroke Pennar 1976
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	R. Forster	491
Independent	K. Phillips	488
Independent	C.E. Nicholls	290
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Penally (one seat)

Penally 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Lawrence	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

St Issels (two seats)

St Issels 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	B. Williams*	760
	Independent	Lawrence William James Duncan	632
	Independent	P. Walker	454
	Independent	J. Allen	360
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Tenby North (two seats)

Tenby North 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Mrs I. Davies*	580
	Independent	Denzil Roger George Griffiths	481
	Independent	H. Sales	417
	Plaid Cymru	Michael Williams*	307
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Tenby South (two seats)

Tenby South 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	C.H Evans*	336
	Independent	T.G. Phillips	320
	Independent	H.A. Mace*	312
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "South Pembrokeshire District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Cente, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

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