1976 Adur District Council election

1976 Adur District Council election
All 37 seats to Adur District Council; 19 seats needed for a majority
Majority party before election; No Overall Control;	Majority party after election ; No Overall Control;

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Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 6 May 1976, with the entire council up for election. The two councillors in Marine elected as Residents were defending their seats as Independents. Overall turnout was recorded at 51.8%.^[1]

The election resulted in the council remaining under no overall control.^[2]^[3]

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1976^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal	17	4	3	+1	45.9	36.2	8,392	+6.3
Conservative	16	4	1	+3	43.2	44.8	10,369	+1.8
Labour	2	1	4	-3	5.4	15.5	3,586	-4.9
Residents	2	0	0	0	5.4	3.5	816	+0.2

This resulted in the following composition of the council:^[2]

Party		Previous council	New council
	Liberal	16	17
	Conservative	13	16
	Labour	5	2
	Independent Residents	2	2
	Independent	1	0
Total		37	37
Working majority		-5	-3

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

Marine (2422)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Warner B. Ms.	816	63.3	+5.9
	Independent	James P. Ms.	802
	Conservative	Speight J.	339	26.3	-10.2
	Conservative	Maltby C.	329
	Liberal	Brook D. Ms.	85	6.6	+6.6
	Liberal	Craig M.	71
	Labour	Greig P. Ms.	49	3.8	-2.3
Majority			477	37.0	+16.1
Turnout			1,289	53.2	+4.0
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing	+8.0

No. 1 (Shoreham: Buckingham) (3333)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elliott I.R.W.	1,065	65.0	+10.2
	Conservative	Gumbrell P.	1,064
	Liberal	Conway E.	475	29.0	-10.2
	Liberal	Arscott K.	440
	Labour	Snowden H.	98	6.0	+0.0
Majority			590	36.0	+20.4
Turnout			1,638	49.5	+11.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.2

No. 2 (Shoreham: Kingston Buci) (2565)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Little S.	562	43.7	+43.7
	Liberal	Russell G.	511
	Conservative	Morris H. Ms.	455	35.4	+2.8
	Conservative	Rocker E. Ms.	409
	Labour	Spence M. Ms.	269	20.9	-46.5
	Labour	Whipp B.	261
Majority			107	8.3	-26.4
Turnout			1,286	50.7	+10.6
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+23.2

No. 3 (Shoreham: Kingston St.Julians) (2957)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Smith M.	587	39.5	-11.6
	Liberal	Swatheridge W.	576	38.7	+38.7
	Conservative	Divers A.	568
	Liberal	White J.	528
	Labour	Greig P.	324	21.8	-27.1
	Labour	Porter B.	288
Majority			11	0.7	-1.5
Turnout			1,487	52.4	+5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+25.1

No. 5 (Shoreham: St. Marys) (2100)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richards F. Ms.	577	53.9	+4.1
	Conservative	Potter E.	519
	Liberal	Wright G. Ms.	354	33.1	-6.8
	Liberal	Goldsmith P.	303
	Labour	Ruff M.	140	13.1	+2.7
	Labour	Whipp L. Ms.	139
Majority			223	20.8	+10.9
Turnout			1,071	50.7	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.4

No. 6 (Shoreham: St. Nicholas) (2242)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	McNeill A.	638	47.4	-0.8
	Liberal	Robinson J.	601	44.7	+2.1
	Conservative	Robbins W.	596
	Liberal	Jewiss A.	553
	Labour	Cousin E.	106	7.9	-1.3
Majority			37	2.8	-2.9
Turnout			1,345	59.5	+12.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.4

No. 7 (Southwick: Central) (2054)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wey G.	671	57.8	+10.8
	Conservative	Coghlan J.	648
	Liberal	Williams H.	251	21.6	+21.6
	Liberal	Andrews M.	239
	Labour	Barnard I.	238	20.5	-6.1
	Labour	Livingston M.	218
Majority			420	36.2	+15.7
Turnout			1,160	57.4	-8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.4

No. 8 (Southwick: Fishergate) (1249)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Boreham L.	285	42.9	+42.9
	Conservative	Dunn R.	241	36.2	-7.1
	Liberal	Cooper M.	139	20.9	+20.9
Majority			44	6.6	-6.7
Turnout			665	53.8	+3.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	+25.0

No. 9 (Southwick: North) (2379)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hale D.	595	46.5	-3.4
	Conservative	Greenyer J.	574
	Labour	Clark R.	403	31.5	-18.6
	Labour	Bickers H.	390
	Liberal	Taylor L.	281	22.0	+22.0
	Liberal	Gadsby P. Ms.	268
Majority			192	15.0	+14.8
Turnout			1,279	56.9	+6.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.6

No. 10 (Southwick: South) (985)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hobbis J.	337	58.8	-5.6
	Conservative	Kirkhope J. Ms.	171	29.8	-5.7
	Liberal	King M. Ms.	65	11.3	+11.3
Majority			166	29.0	+0.1
Turnout			573	59.3	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.0

No. 11 (Southwick: West) (2449)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barber R.	765	62.1	-0.4
	Conservative	Sweet I. Ms.	761
	Liberal	Symonds A.	252	20.5	+20.5
	Liberal	Deedman J. Ms.	251
	Labour	Munnery D.	214	17.4	-20.1
Majority			513	41.7	+16.7
Turnout			1,231	51.1	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.4

No. 12 (Lancing: East) (4554)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Deedman D.	1,046	47.2	-8.2
	Liberal	Sherlock M. Ms.	1,032
	Liberal	Isherwood D. Ms.	1,009
	Liberal	Allen C. Ms.	1,009
	Conservative	Bailey M.	898	40.6	+4.6
	Conservative	Melvey T.	846
	Conservative	Chipperfield K.	839
	Conservative	Collins M.	833
	Labour	Power J. Ms.	270	12.2	+3.6
	Labour	Harwood J. Ms.	235
Majority			148	6.7	-12.8
Turnout			2,214	48.4	-0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.4

No. 13 (Lancing: West) (4435)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Burley Y. Ms.	1,060	47.2	+3.4
	Conservative	Kemp C.	983
	Conservative	Stepney L. Ms.	971
	Conservative	Thompson G.	941
	Liberal	Brooks J.	903	40.2	-4.3
	Liberal	Baird D.	826
	Liberal	Hartman E. Ms.	794
	Liberal	Walters J. Ms.	768
	Labour	Harwood R.	282	12.6	+1.0
	Labour	Price A.	281
	Labour	Cruse D.	255
	Labour	Jacques W.	251
Majority			157	7.0	+6.3
Turnout			2,245	49.9	+7.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.8

No. 14 (Lancing: North) (4717)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robinson C. Ms.	1,338	50.1	-6.5
	Liberal	Griffiths Y. Ms.	1,200
	Liberal	Ghose D. Ms.	1,171
	Liberal	Swadling M.	1,142
	Conservative	Wilkinson F.	1,078	40.3	+6.1
	Conservative	Floyd J.	1,009
	Conservative	Hussey D.	977
	Conservative	Dixon J. Ms.	975
	Labour	Goddard F.	256	9.6	+0.4
Majority			260	9.7	-12.7
Turnout			2,672	54.0	+8.7
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.3

No. 15 (Sompting) (6568)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charlton J.	1,464	48.7	-17.1
	Liberal	Cheal J.	1,461
	Liberal	Green B.	1,431
	Liberal	Underwood J.	1,419
	Liberal	Burridge B.	1,418
	Conservative	Bacon I.	1,229	40.9	+6.6
	Conservative	Lodge R.	1,197
	Conservative	Moynan T.	1,149
	Conservative	Gristwood R.	1,145
	Conservative	Robinson E.	1,135
	Labour	Burns F.	315	10.5	+10.5
	Labour	Forbes P.	279
	Labour	Tufnell C. Ms.	263
	Labour	Message D.	257
	Labour	Tufnell C.	255
Majority			235	7.8	-23.8
Turnout			3,008	47.5	+11.6
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.8

References

^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
^ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[1] Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003

[results-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

[3] "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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