Election Name: | 1976 Cambridge City Council election |
Country: | Cambridgeshire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1973 Cambridge City Council election |
Previous Year: | 1973 |
Next Election: | 1978 Cambridge City Council election |
Next Year: | 1978 |
Seats For Election: | All 42 seats to Cambridge City Council |
Majority Seats: | 22 |
Turnout: | 42.3% |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 24 |
Seat Change1: | 13 |
Popular Vote1: | 42,350 |
Percentage1: | 50.2% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats2: | 16 |
Seat Change2: | 10 |
Popular Vote2: | 33,020 |
Percentage2: | 39.2% |
Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 7,646 |
Percentage3: | 9.1% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 1976 Cambridge City Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries, with fourteen 3-seat wards being contested at this election. Labour lost control of the council to the Conservatives.
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