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

Party		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

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