The 1976 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1976 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. 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.
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The 1976 election saw the Independent councillors maintain their majority control on the Council.
Ward results
editBeaminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Bugler * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | A. Hudson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,265 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Bothenhampton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Y. Skyrme | 501 | 67.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | B. Hammond | 245 | 32.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 256 | 34.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,347 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Bradford Abbas
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett | 499 | 69.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Winder * | 224 | 31.0 | –19.9 | |
Majority | 275 | 38.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59.5 | +17.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,239 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
Bradpole
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Coatsworth | 332 | 48.7 | N/A | |
Independent | E. Kingsnorth | 214 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Cole | 136 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 118 | 17.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,291 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal |
Bridport
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Norfolk * | 1,140 | – | N/A | |
Independent | C. Samways | 1,057 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Tiltman * | 1,018 | 34.0 | +6.7 | |
Labour | L. Dibden * | 834 | 27.9 | +1.6 | |
Independent | W. Hicks | 829 | – | N/A | |
Labour | H. Skevington * | 816 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 40.2 | –19.4 | |||
Registered electors | 5,142 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Broadmayne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | B. Course | 261 | 54.6 | N/A | |
Independent | W. White * | 217 | 45.4 | –10.7 | |
Majority | 44 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43.4 | +12.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,123 | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing |
Broadwindsor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Coate * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 970 | ||||
Independent hold |
Burton Bradstock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Cheney * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,063 | ||||
Independent hold |
Caundle Vale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | N. White * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 984 | ||||
Independent hold |
Cerne Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dione Digby, Lady Digby | 426 | 69.4 | N/A | |
Independent | T. Mills | 188 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 238 | 38.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 63.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 968 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Charminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Hanford * | 392 | 72.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | R. Goucher | 147 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 245 | 45.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,256 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charmouth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W. McLellan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,171 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Chesil Bank
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,056 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Bennett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | W. McCarthy * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,618 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Dorchester Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Phillips * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,058 | ||||
Independent hold |
Dorchester East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Parsons * | 1,251 | – | ||
Independent | R. Collins * | 1,191 | – | ||
Conservative | P. Seaton | 1,178 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Enid Stella Jones * | 1,004 | 29.2 | –3.6 | |
Liberal | D. Smith | 923 | – | ||
Liberal | R. Brissenden * | 894 | – | ||
Independent | C. Worth | 846 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 50.6 | –17.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,239 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Dorchester West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Powell * | 1,304 | – | ||
Independent | H. Durrant * | 1,146 | – | ||
Liberal | David Trevor Jones * | 1,110 | 36.8 | +2.9 | |
Independent | C. Lucas | 1,105 | – | N/A | |
Liberal | E. Boothman | 1,018 | – | ||
Liberal | B. Clay | 992 | – | ||
Liberal | J. Sellingham | 865 | – | ||
Labour | G. Standfield | 604 | 20.0 | –3.6 | |
Labour | P. Gregory | 572 | – | ||
Turnout | 47.2 | –24.0 | |||
Registered electors | 5,098 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Frome Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | B. Bryant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 971 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,115 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Cockburn * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,085 | ||||
Independent hold |
Loders
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Golding * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 894 | ||||
Independent hold |
Lyme Regis
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Nuttall | 1,006 | – | N/A | |
Independent | J. Broom * | 891 | – | ||
Independent | E. Hallett * | 791 | – | ||
Independent | V. Homyer * | 506 | – | ||
Turnout | 52.7 | +30.0 | |||
Registered electors | 2,808 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Maiden Newton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | H. Haward * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,008 | ||||
Independent hold |
Netherbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Poole | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,248 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Owermoigne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Symes | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,070 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Piddle Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | C. Green * | 385 | 63.2 | –26.4 | |
Independent | M. Walker | 224 | 36.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 161 | 26.4 | –13.7 | ||
Turnout | 57.2 | +17.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,064 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Puddletown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Bown * | 355 | 81.6 | N/A | |
Independent | M. Fermor | 80 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 275 | 63.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 870 | ||||
Independent hold |
Queen Thorne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Brewer * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,033 | ||||
Independent hold |
Sherborne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. King * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | E. Dyke * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Charles | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Matson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | R. Farrant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 5,692 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal gain from Independent | |||||
Independent hold |
Stinsford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Coleman | 291 | 77.4 | N/A | |
Independent | I. Birchenhough | 85 | 22.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 206 | 54.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.6 | –18.1 | |||
Registered electors | 809 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Symondsbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Summers | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,182 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Thorncombe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Atyeo * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,020 | ||||
Independent hold |
Tolpuddle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Kraft * | 314 | 78.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | P. Noble | 84 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 230 | 57.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 705 | ||||
Independent hold |
Whitchurch Canonicorum
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. Fowell * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,069 | ||||
Independent hold |
Winterborne St Martin
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Slade | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 946 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Yetminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Conservative | W. Anderson | 348 | 61.3 | N/A | |
Independent | F. Lawrence * | 220 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 128 | 22.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,113 | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Independent |