1976 Stevenage Borough Council election explained

Election Name:1976 Stevenage Borough Council election[1] [2]
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:1973 Stevenage Borough Council election
Previous Year:1973
Next Election:1979 Stevenage Borough Council election
Next Year:1979
Seats For Election:All 34 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
Majority Seats:18
Election Date:6 May 1976
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:32
Seats1:28
Seat Change1:4
Popular Vote1:9,309
Percentage1:45.0%
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before2:3
Seats2:6
Seat Change2:3
Popular Vote2:8,540
Percentage2:41.3%
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Labour
After Election:Labour

The 1976 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1976. This was on the same day as other local elections. The entire council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the council.

Overall results

|-bgcolor=#F6F6F6| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 34| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 15,458| style="text-align: right;" | |-|colspan="11" style="color:inherit;background:"||-| style="color:inherit;background:"|| colspan="10"| Labour hold

Ward results

Shephall (6 seats)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Council compositions by year. The Elections Centre.
  2. Web site: Local Election Summaries 1976. The Elections Centre.