1976 Langbaurgh Borough Council election

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Elections to Langbaurgh Borough Council took place on 10 May 1976. The whole council was up for election under new boundary changes. The Conservative Party won the most seats and took overall control of the council.

Election result[]

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Langbaurgh Borough Council local election result 1976

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	19			-13	31.7%	36.9%	34,463	-38,614
	Conservative	33			+6	55%	51.7%	48,318	-7,926
	Independent	8			+3	13.3%	11.5%	10,707	-5,587
	Liberal	0			n/a		1.1%	1,067	+1,067

Ward Results[]

Bankside[]

Bankside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Thompson	412	55.1%
	Labour	R Haining	401
	Conservative	R Adamson	336	44.9%
	Conservative	M Hardy	332

Belmont[]

Belmont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B Lythgoe	1,272	72.1%
	Conservative	B Roberts	1,216
	Labour	A Gilbert	491	27.9%
	Labour	M Barr	452

Brotton[]

Brotton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Stibbs	1,018	50%
	Conservative	J Askew	1,018	50%
	Conservative	P Thompson	907
	Labour	I Little	865

Church Lane[]

Church Lane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Hodgson	628	72%
	Labour	W Herlingshaw	588
	Conservative	G McPherson	244	28%

Coatham[]

Coatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Dyball	706	42.9%
	Conservative	R Hall	642
	Independent	S Birt	636	38.7%
	Labour	D Cummings	302	18.4%
	Labour	M Jeffers	258

Dormanstown[]

Dormanstown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Collins	1,491	57.5%
	Labour	R Jones	1,216
	Labour	A Taylor	1,188
	Independent	P Higgins	1,103	42.5%

Eston[]

Eston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Baldwin	817	50.4%
	Labour	I Cole	803	49.6%
	Conservative	D A'Court	773
	Conservative	M Fenwick	740
	Labour	F Hunter	681
	Labour	M Jeffers	628

Grangetown[]

Grangetown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Harford	774	70.9%
	Labour	S Tombe	745
	Conservative	A Lee	318	29.1%
	Conservative	A Wright	307

Guisborough[]

Guisborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W Richardson	1,209	44.5%
	Conservative	D Humphrey	1,036
	Conservative	M Hopwood	971
	Labour	J Morgan	965	35.5%
	Labour	R Lewis	731
	Labour	F Christie	650
	Liberal	L Wilkinson	545	20%

Hutton[]

Hutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Sweeting	832	70.3%
	Liberal	A Elliott	236	20.1%
	Labour	H Tout	114	9.6%

Kirkleatham[]

Kirkleatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S Hall	836	50.5%
	Conservative	D Cook	834
	Labour	J Taylor	818	49.5%
	Labour	M Dowling	779
	Labour	J Fitzgerald	761

Lockwood[]

Lockwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Bate	742	58.2%
	Conservative	E Plunkett	534	41.8%
	Conservative	W Bulmer	449

Loftus[]

Loftus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J Theobold	1,346	42.9%
	Labour	B Scott	972	31%
	Conservative	J Grimstead	821	26.2%
	Labour	N Lantsbery	815

Longbeck[]

Longbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E Lightwing	1,135	33.9%
	Labour	G Houchen	1,122	33.5%
	Conservative	E Mann	1,096	32.7%
	Conservative	I Wilmshurst	1,092
	Conservative	K Johnson	1,046
	Labour	D Timothy	932
	Labour	M Garbett	767

Newcomen[]

Newcomen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D Evans	683	32.6%
	Conservative	O Jessop	591	28.2
	Labour	W Dagg	540	25.7%
	Labour	A Mills	494
	Conservative	C Ridsdale	433
	Liberal	S Wilson	284	13.5%

Normanby[]

Normanby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D Moore	1,010	72.8%
	Conservative	A Wright	907
	Labour	K Mole	378	27.2%
	Labour	T Moss	319

Ormesby[]

Ormesby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Fagan	859	77.8%
	Conservative	P Zoryk	824
	Labour	D Watson	245	22.2%
	Labour	G Ansell	245

Overfields[]

Overfields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Sickling	551	51.4%
	Conservative	A Fagan	522	48.6%
	Labour	W Towers	521
	Conservative	R Porritt	479

Redcar[]

Redcar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Kidd	925	33.3%
	Independent	G Smith	923	33.2%
	Conservative	R Cowie	839
	Independent	F Walker	608	21.9%
	Labour	J Coombs	321	11.6%

Saltburn[]

Saltburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Collins	1,628	58.4%
	Independent	A Atterton	1,159	41.6%
	Conservative	D Reid	1,129
	Conservative	S Turner	1,093

Skelton[]

Skelton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L Douglass	1,579	59.7%
	Conservative	J Mussett	1,190
	Labour	I Johnson	1,067	40.3%
	Conservative	E Laverick	1,059
	Labour	K Price	717

Skinningrove[]

Skinningrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R Grant	487	61.5%
	Labour	V Teesdale	305	38.5%

South Bank[]

South Bank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Seed	732	43.1%
	Labour	C Christie	608
	Conservative	J Myrddin-Baker	608	35.8%
	Conservative	T Myrddin-Baker	593
	Independent	A Smith	359	21.1%

St. Germains[]

St. Germains

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K Barker	1,019	40.7%
	Conservative	R Lawrenson	783	31.3%
	Conservative	J Bower	728
	Labour	J Vinton	703	28.1%
	Labour	W Vennard	568

Teesville[]

Teesville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Robinson	1,328	62.4%
	Conservative	W Bray	1,267
	Conservative	J Soakell	1,248
	Labour	I Hewitson	799	37.6%
	Labour	J Finegan	690
	Labour	J Briggs	676

West Dyke[]

West Dyke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Gwenlan	1,382	44.9%
	Conservative	D Lane	1,324
	Independent	D Bell	1,249	40.6%
	Conservative	B Lane	1,201
	Labour	A Carr	445	14.5%
	Labour	R Dowling	430

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