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 previous Cardiff City Council elections took place in 1973 and the next full elections took place in 1979.

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]

Cardiff District Council election result 1976 ^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %
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 (3 seats)

Adamsdown^[1]
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 (3 seats)

Canton^[1]
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 (3 seats)

Cathays^[1]
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	Mike 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 (3 seats)

Central^[1]
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 (6 seats)

Ely^[1]
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 (3 seats)

Gabalfa^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Kingwell	2,184	45.9	+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 (3 seats)

Grangetown^[1]
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 (1 seat)

Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons^[1]
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 (3 seats)

Llandaff^[1]
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 (6 seats)

Llanishen^[1]
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 (6 seats)

Penylan^[1]
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 (6 seats)

Plasmawr^[1]
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	1,993
	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 (3 seats)

Plasnewydd^[1]
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 (2 seats)

Radyr, St Fagans, Tongwynlais^[1]
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 (3 seats)

Rhiwbina^[1]
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 (3 seats)

Riverside^[1]
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 (3 seats)

Roath^[1]
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 (6 seats)

Rumney^[1]
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 (3 seats)

South^[1]
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 (3 seats)

Splott^[1]
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 (3 seats)

Whitchurch^[1]
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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Cardiff Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[Elections_Centre-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Cardiff Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 5 September 2019.

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