1976 Chichester District Council election

1976 Chichester District Council election
All 50 seats to Chichester District Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 6 May 1976.

The whole council was up for election and resulted in a Conservative majority.

Election result

Chichester District Council Election Result 1976^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	36	18	0	18	72.0	49.5	21,432	+29.5%
Independent	8	0	14	14	16.0	10.1	4,390	–22.2%
Residents	5	2	0	2	10.0	13.7	5,91	+5.6%
Liberal	1	0	5	5	2.0	21.2	9,161	–0.3%
Ind. Ratepayers	0	0	0		0.0	3.4	1,465	N/A
Labour	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.1	932	–16.0%

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36	8	5	1
Conservative	Independent	Residents	Lib.

Bosham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Ryecroft	Unopposed
	Independent	J. Lillywhite	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			3,097
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Boxgrove (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Kirkby-Bott	382	52.6	N/A
	Liberal	C. Kempson	344	47.4	N/A
Turnout			726	55.5	N/A
Registered electors			1,308
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chichester East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Combes	912	48.3	+17.9
	Conservative	J. Finlay	813
	Conservative	T. France	727
	Liberal	D. Shepherd	524	28.6	–3.6
	Independent	C. Spawton	512	10.1	+10.1
	Liberal	C. Tupper	470
	Liberal	A. French	461
	Labour	T. Rooth	333	13.0	–24.8
	Labour	R. Norris	327
Turnout			5,079	43.4	–2.6
Registered electors			5,256
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Chichester South (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Sampson	773	50.3	+35.9
	Conservative	P. Porteous	758
	Liberal	P. Weston	743	49.7	+1.5
	Liberal	K. Smith	735
	Liberal	J. Seddon	712
	Conservative	J. Steward	689
Turnout			4,410	35.1	–10.8
Registered electors			4,314
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Chichester West (5 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Craig	1,692	61.3	+43.3
	Conservative	W. Doody	1,687
	Conservative	D. Hoult	1,675
	Conservative	A. Slade	1,664
	Conservative	J. Taylor	1,540
	Liberal	L. Holden	1,139	31.4	+11.4
	Independent	G. Tullet	1,024	7.6	–3.0
	Liberal	M. Dixon	861
	Liberal	V. Hubbard	779
	Liberal	D. Johnston	758
	Liberal	I. Miller	730
Turnout			13,529	44.1	–15.6
Registered electors			8,741
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Easebourne (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Knight	433	69.4	+12.3
	Labour	A. Groves	191	30.6	−12.3
Turnout			624	42.2	–2.8
Registered electors			1,479
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fernhurst (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Cole	687	33.7	+6.7
	Conservative	S. Hamilton	529	26.0	N/A
	Independent	M. Gilbert	485	23.8	N/A
	Liberal	S. Schlich	335	16.5	–3.2
Turnout			2,036	51.0	+2.8
Registered electors			3,041
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Harting (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	P. Booker	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,390
	Conservative gain from Independent

Hunston (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	M. Nicholson	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,761
	Conservative gain from Independent

Lavant (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Butcher	365	51.0	N/A
	Liberal	F. Heald	269	37.6	–12.3
	Labour	D. Morrison	81	11.3	N/A
Turnout			715	49.0	+13.0
Registered electors			1,459
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Lodsworth (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Hancock	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,387
	Conservative gain from Independent

Oving (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Best	257	58.1	N/A
	Independent	G. Taylor	185	41.9	N/A
Turnout			442	34.7	N/A
Registered electors			1,274
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plaistow (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	P. Luttman-Johnson	Unopposed
	Conservative	T. Micklem	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			2,857
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Rogate (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Alexander	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,439
	Conservative gain from Independent

Selsey (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Carey	1,305	82.0	N/A
	Conservative	R. Seamen	1,195		N/A
	Conservative	B. Ager	1,155		N/A
	Conservative	H. Meston	1,091		N/A
	Independent	W. Spragg	1,043	18.0	N/A
Turnout			5,789	32.5	N/A
Registered electors			7,225
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sidlesham (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	A. Petrie-Hay	227	40.0	N/A
	Conservative	C. Ash	208	36.5	N/A
	Independent	D. Mitchell	134	23.5	N/A
Turnout			569	53.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,074
	Residents gain from Labour		Swing

Southbourne (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	R. Roberts	1,581	70.7
	Residents	C. Singer	1,393
	Residents	L. Denby	1,363
	Residents	I. Sutherland	1,349
	Conservative	G. Mason	893	11.1	N/A
	Ind. Ratepayers	G. Feltham	536	18.2	N/A
	Ind. Ratepayers	D. Feltham	476		N/A
	Ind. Ratepayers	R. Marshall	453		N/A
Turnout			8,044	46.9	+3.2
Registered electors			6,418
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents gain from Independent		Swing

Stedham (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A. Burdett	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,510
	Conservative gain from Independent

Stoughton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Mann	320	51.1	+0.6
	Conservative	H. Gauntlett	306	48.9	–0.6
Turnout			626	48.0	+11.9
Registered electors			1,304
	Independent hold		Swing

West Wittering (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H. Allen	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			2,120
	Conservative gain from Independent

Westbourne (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Bray	383	56.0	N/A
	Liberal	D. Rudkin	301	44.0	–10.3
Turnout			684	48.7	+14.0
Registered electors			1,405
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

^ Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher (June 2015). "Chichester District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University.