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1976 Penwith District Council election

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1976 UK local government election

1976 Penwith District Council election

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6 May 1976

1979 →

All 40 seats ofPenwith District Council
21 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Independent	Labour	Liberal
Seats before	37	1	1
Seats won	38	1	1
Seat change	1

Council control before election

Independent

Council control after election

Independent

Elections for all 40 seats onPenwith District Council were held on 6 May 1976, the same day asother local elections in the United Kingdom. The composition of the council remained largely unchanged: independent candidates won 38 seats, an increase of one, andLabour and theLiberal Party each won one seat unopposed inSt Ives.

Results

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Penwith local election result 1976
	Seats	Gains	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Independent	38	1	1	95.0
Liberal	1	0		2.5
Labour	1	0		2.5

Ward results

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Hayle (6 seats)

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Hayle^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C. Cock^{[note 1]}	1,015	15.89
	Independent	J. Sleeman^{[note 1]}	960	15.03
	Independent	T. Laity^{[note 1]}	892	13.96
	Independent	F. Johns^{[note 1]}	740	11.58
	Independent	Frederick Harwood^{[note 1]}	679	10.63
	Independent	E. Coombe	665	10.41
	Independent	F. Dunn	577	9.03
	Independent	S. Stock	470	7.36
	Independent	Frederick Ponting^{[note 1]}	390	6.11
Total votes			6,388
Turnout				45.7
Registered electors			5,978
	Independenthold
	Independenthold
	Independenthold
	Independenthold
	Independenthold
	Independentgain fromIndependent

Lelant and Carbis Bay (2 seats)

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Lelant and Carbis Bay^[1]^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	R. Elsden	Unopposed
Independent	J. Clarke Macdonald^{[note 1]}	Unopposed
Independentgain fromIndependent
Independentgain fromResidents

Ludgvan (3 seats)

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Ludgvan^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	H. Lutey^{[note 1]}	904	25.37
	Independent	A. Bailey	773	21.70
	Independent	A. Penhaul	673	18.89
	Independent	R. Hall^{[note 1]}	640	17.96
	Independent	J. Trevenen	573	16.08
Total votes			3,563
Turnout				51.4
Registered electors			3,411
	Independenthold
	Independentgain fromIndependent
	Independentgain fromIndependent

Marazion (3 seats)

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Marazion^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	P. Badcock^{[note 1]}	980	27.37
	Independent	C. Bryant^{[note 1]}	924	25.81
	Independent	S. Gibson^{[note 1]}	731	20.42
	Independent	J. Brooke	703	19.64
	Independent	D. Taylor	242	6.76
Total votes			3,580
Turnout				49.0
Registered electors			3,486
	Independenthold
	Independentgain fromIndependent
	Independentgain fromIndependent

Penzance Central (5 seats)

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Penzance Central^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Laity^{[note 1]}	1,202	23.08
	Independent	J. Peak^{[note 1]}	1,074	20.62
	Independent	R. Allbright^{[note 1]}	978	18.78
	Independent	J. Batten^{[note 1]}	802	15.40
	Independent	Joan Batten	607	11.66
	Independent	A. Burstow	482	9.25
	Independent	C. Darquies	63	1.21
Total votes			5,208
Turnout				35.4
Registered electors			4,948
	Independenthold
	Independenthold
	Independenthold
	Independenthold
	Independentgain fromIndependent

Note

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^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^pThis person was an incumbent councillor

References

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^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e"Penwith: Out go chairman and his deputy".The West Briton. No. 8542. 13 May 1976. p. 21 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^eColin Rallings;Michael Thrasher (2007)."Penwith District Council Election Results 1973-2007"(PDF).Elections Centre.Plymouth University. Retrieved15 February 2025.

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