# 1976 Langbaurgh Borough Council election

Elections to Langbaurgh Borough Council took place on 10 May 1976. The whole council was up for election under new boundary changes. The Conservative Party won the most seats and took overall control of the council.

## Election result

Langbaurgh Borough Council local election result 1976 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 19 | -13 | 31.7% | 36.9% | 34,463 | -38,614 |
| Conservative | 33 | +6 | 55% | 51.7% | 48,318 | -7,926 |
| Independent | 8 | +3 | 13.3% | 11.5% | 10,707 | -5,587 |
| Liberal | 0 | n/a | | 1.1% | 1,067 | +1,067 |

## Ward Results
### Bankside

Bankside :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | J Thompson | 412 | 55.1% |
| Labour | R Haining | 401 | |
| Conservative | R Adamson | 336 | 44.9% |
| Conservative | M Hardy | 332 | |

### Belmont

Belmont :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | B Lythgoe | 1,272 | 72.1% |
| Conservative | B Roberts | 1,216 | |
| Labour | A Gilbert | 491 | 27.9% |
| Labour | M Barr | 452 | |

### Brotton

Brotton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | C Stibbs | 1,018 | 50% |
| Conservative | J Askew | 1,018 | 50% |
| Conservative | P Thompson | 907 | |
| Labour | I Little | 865 | |

### Church Lane

Church Lane :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | G Hodgson | 628 | 72% |
| Labour | W Herlingshaw | 588 | |
| Conservative | G McPherson | 244 | 28% |

### Coatham

Coatham :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | J Dyball | 706 | 42.9% |
| Conservative | R Hall | 642 | |
| Independent | S Birt | 636 | 38.7% |
| Labour | D Cummings | 302 | 18.4% |
| Labour | M Jeffers | 258 | |

### Dormanstown

Dormanstown :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | T Collins | 1,491 | 57.5% |
| Labour | R Jones | 1,216 | |
| Labour | A Taylor | 1,188 | |
| Independent | P Higgins | 1,103 | 42.5% |

### Eston

Eston :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | C Baldwin | 817 | 50.4% |
| Labour | I Cole | 803 | 49.6% |
| Conservative | D A'Court | 773 | |
| Conservative | M Fenwick | 740 | |
| Labour | F Hunter | 681 | |
| Labour | M Jeffers | 628 | |

### Grangetown

Grangetown :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | P Harford | 774 | 70.9% |
| Labour | S Tombe | 745 | |
| Conservative | A Lee | 318 | 29.1% |
| Conservative | A Wright | 307 | |

### Guisborough

Guisborough :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | W Richardson | 1,209 | 44.5% |
| Conservative | D Humphrey | 1,036 | |
| Conservative | M Hopwood | 971 | |
| Labour | J Morgan | 965 | 35.5% |
| Labour | R Lewis | 731 | |
| Labour | F Christie | 650 | |
| Liberal | L Wilkinson | 545 | 20% |

### Hutton

Hutton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | A Sweeting | 832 | 70.3% |
| Liberal | A Elliott | 236 | 20.1% |
| Labour | H Tout | 114 | 9.6% |

### Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | S Hall | 836 | 50.5% |
| Conservative | D Cook | 834 | |
| Labour | J Taylor | 818 | 49.5% |
| Labour | M Dowling | 779 | |
| Labour | J Fitzgerald | 761 | |

### Lockwood

Lockwood :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | A Bate | 742 | 58.2% |
| Conservative | E Plunkett | 534 | 41.8% |
| Conservative | W Bulmer | 449 | |

### Loftus

Loftus :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | J Theobold | 1,346 | 42.9% |
| Labour | B Scott | 972 | 31% |
| Conservative | J Grimstead | 821 | 26.2% |
| Labour | N Lantsbery | 815 | |

### Longbeck

Longbeck :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | E Lightwing | 1,135 | 33.9% |
| Labour | G Houchen | 1,122 | 33.5% |
| Conservative | E Mann | 1,096 | 32.7% |
| Conservative | I Wilmshurst | 1,092 | |
| Conservative | K Johnson | 1,046 | |
| Labour | D Timothy | 932 | |
| Labour | M Garbett | 767 | |

### Newcomen

Newcomen :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | D Evans | 683 | 32.6% |
| Conservative | O Jessop | 591 | 28.2 |
| Labour | W Dagg | 540 | 25.7% |
| Labour | A Mills | 494 | |
| Conservative | C Ridsdale | 433 | |
| Liberal | S Wilson | 284 | 13.5% |

### Normanby

Normanby :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | D Moore | 1,010 | 72.8% |
| Conservative | A Wright | 907 | |
| Labour | K Mole | 378 | 27.2% |
| Labour | T Moss | 319 | |

### Ormesby

Ormesby :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | J Fagan | 859 | 77.8% |
| Conservative | P Zoryk | 824 | |
| Labour | D Watson | 245 | 22.2% |
| Labour | G Ansell | 245 | |

### Overfields

Overfields :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | J Sickling | 551 | 51.4% |
| Conservative | A Fagan | 522 | 48.6% |
| Labour | W Towers | 521 | |
| Conservative | R Porritt | 479 | |

### Redcar

Redcar :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | A Kidd | 925 | 33.3% |
| Independent | G Smith | 923 | 33.2% |
| Conservative | R Cowie | 839 | |
| Independent | F Walker | 608 | 21.9% |
| Labour | J Coombs | 321 | 11.6% |

### Saltburn

Saltburn :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | A Collins | 1,628 | 58.4% |
| Independent | A Atterton | 1,159 | 41.6% |
| Conservative | D Reid | 1,129 | |
| Conservative | S Turner | 1,093 | |

### Skelton

Skelton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | L Douglass | 1,579 | 59.7% |
| Conservative | J Mussett | 1,190 | |
| Labour | I Johnson | 1,067 | 40.3% |
| Conservative | E Laverick | 1,059 | |
| Labour | K Price | 717 | |

### Skinningrove

Skinningrove :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | R Grant | 487 | 61.5% | |
| | Labour | V Teesdale | 305 | 38.5% | |

### South Bank

South Bank :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | A Seed | 732 | 43.1% |
| Labour | C Christie | 608 | |
| Conservative | J Myrddin-Baker | 608 | 35.8% |
| Conservative | T Myrddin-Baker | 593 | |
| Independent | A Smith | 359 | 21.1% |

### St. Germains

St. Germains :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | K Barker | 1,019 | 40.7% |
| Conservative | R Lawrenson | 783 | 31.3% |
| Conservative | J Bower | 728 | |
| Labour | J Vinton | 703 | 28.1% |
| Labour | W Vennard | 568 | |

### Teesville

Teesville :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | J Robinson | 1,328 | 62.4% |
| Conservative | W Bray | 1,267 | |
| Conservative | J Soakell | 1,248 | |
| Labour | I Hewitson | 799 | 37.6% |
| Labour | J Finegan | 690 | |
| Labour | J Briggs | 676 | |

### West Dyke

West Dyke :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | A Gwenlan | 1,382 | 44.9% |
| Conservative | D Lane | 1,324 | |
| Independent | D Bell | 1,249 | 40.6% |
| Conservative | B Lane | 1,201 | |
| Labour | A Carr | 445 | 14.5% |
| Labour | R Dowling | 430 | |