| Election Name: | 1976 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1975 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1975 |
| Next Election: | 1978 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | Mike King |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | Colin Warbrick |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 42 |
| Seats1: | 17 |
| Seats After1: | 47 |
| Popular Vote1: | 40,753 |
| Percentage1: | 57.4% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 12 |
| Popular Vote2: | 19,344 |
| Percentage2: | 27.3% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 8 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 10,421 |
| Percentage3: | 14.7% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1976. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1980. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 40,753 (57.4%) | 1.3 | 17 (81.0%) | 5 | 47 (74.6%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 19,344 (27.3%) | 5.1 | 4 (19.0%) | 1 | 12 (19.0%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 10,421 (14.7%) | 6.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 4 | 4 (6.3%) | |||||
| Communist Party | 263 (0.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent | 192 (0.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 12 | 4 | 47 |