| Election Name: | 1976 Plymouth City Council election[1] [2] |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1973 Plymouth City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1973 |
| Next Election: | 1979 Plymouth City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
| Seats For Election: | All 66 seats in the Plymouth City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 34 |
| Election Date: | 6 May 1976 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 37 seats, 47.9% |
| Seats1: | 39 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 41,659 |
| Percentage1: | 51.9% |
| Swing1: | 4.0% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 29 seats, 45.9% |
| Seats2: | 27 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 31,838 |
| Percentage2: | 39.6% |
| Swing2: | 6.3% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | Conservative |
The 1976 Plymouth City Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Voting took place across 22 wards, each electing 3 Councillors. The Conservative Party retained control of the Council after winning a majority of seats.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 66| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 80,303| style="text-align: right;" |