1976 Cardiff City Council election
The 1976 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1976 to elect councillors to Cardiff District Council (later to become known as Cardiff City Council) in Cardiff, Wales. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. This was the second election to the district council.
The 1976 election saw the Labour Party lose their majority to the Conservative Party.
Background
206 Candidates from 6 parties ran. No party ran a full slate of candidates. The Conservative party ran 73 candidates, the Labour Party ran 69 candidates, Plaid Cymru ran 33 candidates and the Liberal Party ran 21 candidates.[1]
Results
Contests took place in all except one of the wards at this election.[1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 44 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 58.7 | ||||
Labour | 29 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 38.7 | ||||
Ratepayers | 2 | +2 | 0 | +2 | 2.6 | ||||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 |
Results by ward
Adamsdown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Evans | 1,116 | 59.9 | -14.3 | |
Labour | R. M. Costley | 996 | |||
Labour | I. Jones | 992 | |||
Conservative | B. Jones | 747 | 40.1 | +20.2 | |
Conservative | D. Jones | 586 | |||
Turnout | 33.4 | +8.1 | |||
Registered electors | 5,573 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Canton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bella Brown | 1,901 | 62.4 | +12.8 | |
Conservative | Trevor Tyrell | 1,628 | |||
Conservative | D. Davey | 1,483 | |||
Labour | N. Jenkins | 1,146 | 37.6 | -12.8 | |
Labour | P. W. Thomas | 1,126 | |||
Labour | R. Bassett | 0 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Lee | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 42.8 | +8.0 | |||
Registered electors | 7,115 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Cathays
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Allinson | 1,529 | 30.4 | -14.2 | |
Conservative | L. Jones | 1,419 | 28.2 | +1.0 | |
Labour | John Charles Edwards | 1,390 | |||
Labour | J. Davies | 1,366 | |||
Conservative | M. Keigwyn | 1,329 | |||
Conservative | D. Thomas | 1,248 | |||
Ratepayers | R. Castle | 1,046 | 20.8 | N/A | |
Ratepayers | G. Parsons | 900 | |||
Ratepayers | V. Kempton | 834 | |||
Liberal | M. German | 593 | 11.8 | -4.3 | |
Liberal | J. Roberts | 531 | |||
Liberal | G. Snell | 467 | |||
Plaid Cymru | T. O'Neill | 448 | 12.1 | -3.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | D. Thomas | 403 | |||
Plaid Cymru | B. Smith | 352 | |||
Turnout | 39.5 | +14.8 | |||
Registered electors | 9,268 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gordon William Fish | 1,010 | 37.5 | -24.7 | |
Labour | William Herbert | 1,209 | |||
Conservative | D. Marles | 946 | 35.2 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | G. Scott-Dickens | 928 | |||
Labour | David Seligman | 870 | |||
Conservative | C. Thomas | 850 | |||
Ratepayers | D. Guy | 487 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | D. O'Neill | 247 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | P. Davies | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | P. Riley | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | D. Hopkins | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 47.9 | +14.5 | |||
Registered electors | 5,620 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Ely
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Carling | 2,362 | 53.0 | -14.3 | |
Labour | M. Buttle | 2,458 | |||
Labour | Reverend Robert H. Morgan | 2,402 | |||
Labour | Thomas Clifford Lee | 2,258 | |||
Labour | J. Sloman | 2,218 | |||
Labour | Charlie Gale | 2,218 | |||
Conservative | W. Clode | 1,745 | 36.9 | +14.4 | |
Conservative | A. Fitzpatrick | 1,602 | |||
Conservative | F. Phillips | 1,596 | |||
Conservative | M. Jones | 1,557 | |||
Conservative | M. Warren | 1,545 | |||
Conservative | R. Wheeler | 1,464 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Dowling | 479 | 10.1 | -0.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | J. Syms | 416 | |||
Plaid Cymru | E. J. Maynard | 346 | |||
Plaid Cymru | J. Storn | 333 | |||
Turnout | 32.9 | +8.7 | |||
Registered electors | 14,405 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gabalfa
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Kingwell | 2,184 | 33.8 | +12.1 | |
Labour | Michael Parry | 2,043 | 43.0 | -23.2 | |
Conservative | T. Merridew | 1,989 | |||
Labour | Emrys Pride | 1,971 | |||
Conservative | G. Tatham | 1,795 | |||
Labour | Arthur Brown | 1,736 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Doyle | 528 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | C. Schoen | 402 | |||
Turnout | 49.0 | +23.9 | |||
Registered electors | 9,707 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Grangetown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. P. O'Reilly | 1,737 | 57.0 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | B. Moorcraft | 1,671 | |||
Conservative | Gwendoline Judd | 1,647 | |||
Labour | M. Matthewson | 1,309 | 43.0 | -9.0 | |
Labour | D. Lydiard | 1,280 | |||
Labour | Harold Bartlett | 1,233 | |||
Turnout | 41.8 | +8.7 | |||
Registered electors | 7,279 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. H. Davies | 1,127 | 88.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | C. Mitchell | 144 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 41.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,735 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llandaff
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B. Jones | 2,998 | 67.1 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | J. Hermer | 2,922 | |||
Conservative | H. Jones | 2,838 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Anne-Marie Petty | 760 | 20.1 | -3.1 | |
Labour | A. Saunders | 711 | 15.9 | -5.0 | |
Labour | J. Leno | 702 | |||
Turnout | 49.1 | +15.7 | |||
Registered electors | 9,099 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Llanishen
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeffrey Sainsbury | 3,660 | 35.4 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Ronald Watkiss | 3,652 | |||
Conservative | D. O'Neill | 3,648 | |||
Conservative | Lionel Pugh | 3,636 | |||
Conservative | N. Morgan | 3,476 | |||
Ratepayers | C. Milsom | 3,339 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Barraby | 3,318 | |||
Liberal | O. Langdon | 1,307 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Morris | 1,173 | 11.3 | -14.1 | |
Labour | M. Walker | 1,122 | |||
Labour | P. Phillips | 1,113 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Edwards | 856 | 8.3 | -2.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | S. Doyle | 807 | |||
Turnout | 78.1 | +28.4 | |||
Registered electors | 13,239 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Ratepayers gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Penylan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stefan Terlezki | 7,244 | 65.3 | +15.3 | |
Conservative | L. Gower | 6,974 | |||
Conservative | M. Newman | 6,893 | |||
Conservative | A. Austin | 6,886 | |||
Conservative | G. A. S. Turnbull | 6,876 | |||
Conservative | A. Thomas | 6,571 | |||
Liberal | T. Thomas | 1,570 | 14.1 | -19.2 | |
Labour | M. Jones | 1,551 | 14.0 | -2.7 | |
Labour | P. Wing | 1,541 | |||
Labour | K. O'Brien | 1,528 | |||
Labour | R. Pound | 1,491 | |||
Labour | G. Bayliss | 1,477 | |||
Labour | K. Gaskell | 1,152 | |||
Liberal | P. Lindsey | 1,129 | |||
Liberal | R. Crowley | 1,106 | |||
Liberal | B. Jones | 1,063 | |||
Liberal | D. Hill | 970 | |||
Liberal | R. Ashford | 924 | |||
Plaid Cymru | K. Bush | 733 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | E. Bush | 731 | |||
Plaid Cymru | A. Couch | 730 | |||
Plaid Cymru | H. Phillips | 712 | |||
Plaid Cymru | P. Cravos | 704 | |||
Plaid Cymru | S. Price | 672 | |||
Turnout | 48.6 | +7.9 | |||
Registered electors | 22,826 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Plasmawr
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Huish | 2,068 | 39.4 | -18.0 | |
Conservative | W. Hall | 2,047 | 39.0 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | F. Lloyd | 2,017 | |||
Labour | H. Davies | 1,996 | |||
Conservative | D. Pepler | 820 | |||
Labour | M. Phillips | 1,976 | |||
Labour | F. Tyrrell | 1,958 | |||
Conservative | L. Skye | 1,908 | |||
Conservative | B. Pearce | 1,888 | |||
Labour | J. Leonard | 1,878 | |||
Conservative | D. McIntyre | 1,870 | |||
Labour | B. Shorten | 1,859 | |||
Plaid Cymru | D. Davies | 1,131 | 21.6 | +4.0 | |
Turnout | 37.2 | +12.4 | |||
Registered electors | 14,094 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Plasnewydd
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Watkins | 1,901 | 40.2 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | S. James | 1,874 | |||
Conservative | D. J. Evans | 1,807 | |||
Labour | P. Norton | 897 | 25.7 | -2.2 | |
Labour | J. Truran | 857 | |||
Labour | J. Bonar | 809 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Owen John Thomas | 674 | 17.6 | -0.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | M. Coughlin | 611 | |||
Plaid Cymru | R. Griffiths | 571 | |||
Liberal | G. German | 260 | 6.8 | -9.0 | |
Liberal | P. Jarman | 239 | |||
Liberal | A. Verma | 188 | |||
Communist | J. Roxburgh | 92 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 46.2 | -0.3 | |||
Registered electors | 8,275 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Radyr, St Fagans, Tongwynlais
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | L. B. Clarke | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | G. W. Millard | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,590 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rhiwbina
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John A. Bain | 3,372 | 58.8 | +18.1 | |
Conservative | Martin Davies | 3,359 | |||
Conservative | G. Jones | 3,222 | |||
Liberal | H. J. O'Brien | 986 | 17.2 | -15.1 | |
Liberal | O. Davies | 793 | |||
Plaid Cymru | K. Davies | 694 | 14.7 | -2.6 | |
Labour | C. Beech | 678 | 11.8 | -0.5 | |
Liberal | G. White | 676 | |||
Labour | E. Woolfe | 628 | |||
Plaid Cymru | B. Williams | 582 | |||
Labour | R. Armstrong | 572 | |||
Plaid Cymru | N. Davies | 552 | |||
Turnout | 54.7 | +8.2 | |||
Registered electors | 10,482 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Riverside
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K. Davies | 1,565 | 39.6 | -8.1 | |
Ratepayers | L. Mathias | 1,254 | 31.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | S. Doxsey | 1,253 | |||
Conservative | Alec Johnson | 1,150 | |||
Ratepayers | P. Powell | 941 | |||
Labour | A. Dixon | 746 | 18.9 | -10.6 | |
Labour | D. Toogood | 588 | |||
Labour | K. Mullins | 573 | |||
Plaid Cymru | G. Petty | 392 | 9.0 | -0.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | J. Kuczy's | 337 | |||
Turnout | 54.4 | +12.0 | |||
Registered electors | 7,276 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Ratepayers gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Roath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | N. Lloyd-Edwards | 3,062 | 59.0 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Gerald Brinks | 2,706 | |||
Conservative | R. Richards | 1,636 | |||
Labour | T. Tucker | 886 | 17.1 | ±0.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | G. Bowman | 645 | 12.4 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | J. McWilliam | 594 | 11.5 | -13.7 | |
Liberal | P. Verma | 318 | |||
Turnout | 42.0 | +6.2 | |||
Registered electors | 10,348 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rumney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Llewellyn | 2,980 | 52.7 | +6.3 | |
Labour | V. Jones | 2,843 | |||
Labour | Alun Michael | 2,747 | |||
Labour | John Randall Phillips | 2,693 | |||
Labour | John Reynolds | 2,685 | |||
Labour | F. Yeomans | 2,681 | |||
Conservative | C. Nicholson | 2,513 | 31.5 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | R. Mitchell | 2,502 | |||
Ratepayers | R. Potter | 2,497 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | L. Quinn | 2,409 | |||
Conservative | J. Wright | 2,397 | |||
Conservative | L. Hunt | 2,366 | |||
Turnout | 42.0 | +15.3 | |||
Registered electors | 19,033 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Smith | 1,387 | 56.1 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Philip Dunleavy | 1,363 | |||
Labour | P. H. Bowen | 1,230 | |||
Conservative | E. Williams | 1,084 | 43.9 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | E. Canning | 1,061 | |||
Conservative | S. Cooper | 1,033 | |||
Turnout | 38.3 | +1.0 | |||
Registered electors | 6,447 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Splott
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Ormonde | 1,483 | 41.9 | -24.0 | |
Labour | C. Williams | 1,325 | |||
Labour | L. Bonar | 1,136 | |||
Conservative | T. Kelly | 1,015 | 28.7 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | F. Chichester | 968 | |||
Ratepayers | R. Warburton | 887 | 25.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | K. Wilcox | 876 | |||
Communist | S. Garrett-Jones | 151 | 4.3 | -2.4 | |
Turnout | 47.5 | +15.0 | |||
Registered electors | 7,437 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Whitchurch
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Purnell | 3,688 | 50.3 | ±0.0 | |
Conservative | Victor Riley | 3,526 | |||
Conservative | T. Davies | 3,429 | |||
Labour | G. Howell | 1,432 | 19.5 | -30.2 | |
Labour | R. Bowler | 1,388 | |||
Plaid Cymru | E. Ogwen | 1,366 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Labour | P. Owen | 1,360 | |||
Liberal | S. Davies | 846 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | S. Sofia | 492 | |||
Turnout | 70.3 | +19.9 | |||
Registered electors | 10,437 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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References
- "Cardiff Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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