# 1976 Hyndburn Borough Council election

The 1976 Hyndburn Borough Council election for the Hyndburn Borough Council was held in May 1976.

## Results

Hyndburn Local Election Result 1976 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Seats % | Votes % |
| Labour | 14 | | 10 | 29.2% | 29.77% |
| Conservative | 33 | 12 | | 68.8% | 60.24% |
| Liberal | 1 | | 2 | 2.1% | 6.92% |
| National Front | | | | | 1.47% |
| Independent | | | | | 1.31% |
| Communist | | | | | 0.29% |

### By ward

... * denotes sitting councillor defeated
Accrington West (2 seats - electorate 2518) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Phyllis Hargreaves | 687 | |
| | Labour | Basil Whitham | 519 | |
| | Conservative | George Granville Broadhurst | 407 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Harwood | 270 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 5 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 112 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,057 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Accrington Central (1 seat- electorate 1454) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Wallace Haines | 367 | |
| | Conservative | Mary Mortimer | 263 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 5 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 104 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 630 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Accrington North (4 seats - electorate 5426) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sarah Josephine Pratt | 1,290 | |
| | Conservative | Jessie Hughes | 1,192 | |
| | Conservative | Raymond Duckworth | 1,103 | |
| | Conservative | Herbert Taylor | 1,093 | |
| | Liberal | Fredrick Maurice Ellison | 596 | |
| | Liberal | Aldan Unwin | 555 | |
| | National Front | Kenneth Ian Dobson | 436 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 19 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 694 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 596 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 507 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 497 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,959 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Accrington Peel Park (2 seats - electorate 2907) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alice Owens | 595 | |
| | Labour | Gerald David Smith | 489 | |
| | Conservative | 'Peter Vincent Favell | 478 | |
| | Labour | Robert Eddleston | 422 | |
| | National Front | David Andrew Riley | 245 | |
| | Independent | Robert Rigg | 192 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 8 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 117 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,301 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Accrington East (2 seats electorate 2068) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Parkinson | 485 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Benson | 473 | |
| | Labour | Ann Elizabeth Sudders * | 438 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 0 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 862 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Accrington South (3 seats electorate 4,532) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Kenneth John Marsden | 861 | |
| | Conservative | Velma Rennison | 791 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Fairley | 785 | |
| | Liberal | Margaret Martin | 772 | |
| | Liberal | Alan Dinwoodle Lund * | 678 | |
| | Liberal | Alan Thomas Leeming | 594 | |
| | National Front | Dave Cronshaw | 373 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 11 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,837 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |
Higher Antley (2 seats electorate 2,200) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mary-Lou Cleak | 509 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Curtis | 492 | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Harwood | 464 | |
| | Labour | Dave Walter Keeley | 427 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 8 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 994 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Spring Hill (4 seats electorate 4,464) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christopher Dillon | 923 | |
| | Labour | John Pickup | 918 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Bramley | 777 | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Court | 774 | |
| | Labour | Clifford Westell * | 763 | |
| | Conservative | Alfred Jameson | 683 | |
| | Liberal | Henry Batty | 556 | |
| | Liberal | David O'Hanlon | 549 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 6 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 160 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 155 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,935 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Huncoat
Huncoat (2 seats electorate 1,965) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Doris Grant | 525 | |
| | Labour | Walter Farrimond | 475 | |
| | Conservative | Douglas John Deakin | 449 | |
| | Conservative | Joseph Anthony Hindley | 448 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 1 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1.005 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Church
Church St. James (1 seat electorate 1,039) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Leonard Dickinson | 270 | |
| | Conservative | Raymond Prestage | 146 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 3 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 124 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 416 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Church Chapel & Elmfield (1 seat electorate ??) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Grime | Uncontested | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Church Dill Hall (1 seat electorate 1,235) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Riley | 423 | |
| | Labour | Christina Rogan | 213 | |
| | Liberal | Harold Stuttard | 64 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 1 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 124 | 30.0% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 700 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Clayton-Le-Moors
Clayton-Le-Moors & Altham (4 seats electorate 5,506) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hoyle | 1,789 | |
| | Conservative | Philip Gilbraith | 1,737 | |
| | Conservative | Jennie Jackson | 1,606 | |
| | Conservative | John Clifton Downing | 1,583 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Lewis | 894 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Muriel Sims | 851 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 6 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 895 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 843 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 712 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 689 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,580 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Great Harwood
Great Harwood North & West (4 seats electorate 4,418) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jessie Marie Hall | 1,406 | |
| | Conservative | William Birch Sumner | 1,338 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Owen | 1,284 | |
| | Conservative | Terrence Owen | 1,220 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Lambert | 829 | |
| | Labour | James Hocking | 793 | |
| | Labour | Francis Livesey | 750 | |
| | Labour | Jean Ann Sunner | 682 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 6 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 577 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 509 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 455 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 391 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Great Harwood East & South (3 seats electorate 3,892) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Wyn Frankland | 915 | |
| | Conservative | Angela Margaret Hanson | 912 | |
| | Labour | George Slynn | 879 | |
| | Conservative | Maurice Kezler | 872 | |
| | Labour | Joseph Hayhurst * | 840 | |
| | Labour | Anthony Tattersall * | 779 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 8 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 40 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,930 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Oswaldtwistle
Oswaldtwistle St Michael's & St Paul's (4 seats electorate 5,305) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Finch | 1,228 | |
| | Conservative | Monica Margaret Browning | 1,206 | |
| | Conservative | Doris Clegg | 1,173 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Leslie Rushton | 1,134 | |
| | Labour | Alfred Newsham * | 958 | |
| | Independent | Clifford Walsh | 745 | |
| | Liberal | Ian Raymond Thorpe | 504 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 9 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 270 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 248 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 215 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 176 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | =2,324 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Oswaldtwistle Foxhill Bank & St Oswalds (4 seats electorate 5,634) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Kenneth Hargreaves | 1,330 | |
| | Conservative | Bessie Margaret Sandiford | 1,263 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Francis Hill | 1,234 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Wilfred Renshaw | 1,187 | |
| | Labour | John Malcolm Farmer | 808 | |
| | Communist | Thomas Marshall | 205 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 6 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 522 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 455 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 426 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 379 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,127 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Rishton
Rishton (4 seats electorate 4,597) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Donald John McNeil | 1,362 | |
| | Labour | Allan Critchlow | 1,323 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Edmondson | 1,146 | |
| | Conservative | Peter John Rushton | 1,171 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony William Davies | 1,058 | |
| | Labour | Fredrick Beck Parkinson * | 855 | |
| | Labour | Robert Harry Peel | 748 | |
| | Labour | John James Palmer | 632 | |
| | ... | spoilt votes | 9 | ... |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 304 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,362 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |