# 1976 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council in Mid Bedfordshire, England, were held in May 1976. All 53 seats were up for election.

## Result

Gains and losses in the results table are compared with the 1973 district council election.
Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 1976 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 30 | +13 | 61.2 | 43.3 | 13,973 | +19.7 |
| Independent | 14 | -7 | 28.6 | 24.0 | 7,733 | -19.0 |
| Labour | 3 | -6 | 6.1 | 25.7 | 8,276 | -2.0 |
| Liberal | 1 | -1 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 1,757 | -0.3 |
| Ind. Conservative | 1 | +1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 509 | +1.6 |

## Ward Results

All results are listed below:
Figures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 1973 District Council election.
The percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 1973 District Council election.
Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.

### Ampthill

Ampthill (3 seats, 4,100 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | P Cowell | 1,174 | 39.2 | |
| | Conservative | Ms A Palmer | 1,172 | 39.2 | +18.3 |
| | Liberal | P Cruse* | 925 | 30.9 | +9.1 |
| | Labour | Ms G Wagstaff* | 893 | 29.8 | +6.5 |
| | Labour | G Lane | 413 | 13.8 | −0.8 |
| | Labour | P Norton | 358 | 12.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,993 | 73.0 | −2.4 |

### Arlesey

Arlesey (2 seats, 2,540 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms A Albon* | 727 | 56.0 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | June Harrowell* | 570 | 43.9 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | R Turner | 528 | 40.7 | −2.4 |
| | Labour | R Walker | 491 | 37.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,298 | 51.1 | +14.4 |

### Aspley (No 13)

Aspley (No 13) (2 seats, 2,144 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | W Klinner* | Unopposed | NA | |
| | Independent | Ms W Campbell | Unopposed | NA | |

### Biggleswade (No 2)

Biggleswade (No 2) (6 seats, 7,379 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ms C Cook* | 2,164 | 36.0 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | Ms F Killeen | 1,963 | 32.7 | |
| | Labour | L Chambers* | 1,884 | 31.3 | −7.3 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Rouse* | 1,789 | 29.8 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Bennett | 1,630 | 27.1 | |
| | Labour | Victor Brunt* | 1,588 | 26.4 | −8.9 |
| | Independent | Ms M Armstrong* | 1,484 | 24.7 | +0.0 |
| | Labour | R Pepper* | 1,198 | 19.9 | −9.3 |
| | Labour | Alistair Costley | 1,030 | 17.1 | −20.2 |
| | Labour | Ms A Wheeler | 954 | 15.9 | |
| | Labour | C James | 761 | 12.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,012 | 81.5 | +13.5 |

### Blunham (No 17)

Blunham (No 17) (1 seat, 1,289 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms E Woods* | 531 | 84.4 | +40.6 |
| | Labour | Ms I Chapman | 98 | 15.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 629 | 48.8 | +0.0 |

### Campton & Meppershall & Shefford (No 20)

Campton & Meppershall & Shefford (No 20) (4 seats, 5,105 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F Burrows* | 1,540 | 42.0 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | D Cadman | 1,346 | 36.7 | |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Rogers* | 1,316 | 35.9 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | J Buxton | 950 | 25.9 | |
| | Labour | A Smythe* | 771 | 21.0 | −10.1 |
| | Independent | F Pettifar | 692 | 18.9 | |
| | Liberal | Ms P Bowry | 668 | 18.2 | |
| | Independent | Ms M Faircloth | 479 | 13.1 | −10.6 |
| | Labour | R Evans | 458 | 12.5 | |
| | Labour | Ms G Emmerson | 363 | 9.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,670 | 71.9 | +7.2 |

### Clophill

Clophill (1 seat, 1,168 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W Russell* | 397 | 73.2 | +13.9 |
| | Labour | R Bailey | 145 | 26.8 | −13.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 542 | 46.4 | +0.6 |

### Cranfield

Cranfield (2 seats, 3,006 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | A Wheewall* | Unopposed | NA | |
| | Independent | J Salisbury* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Flitton & Pulloxhill & Westoning (No 10)

Flitton & Pulloxhill & Westoning (No 10) (2 seats, 2,209 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms J Eells* | Unopposed | NA | |
| | Conservative | Jean Kent* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Flitwick & Steppingly (No 11)

Flitwick & Steppingly (No 11) (3 seats, 4,260 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Randall* | 1,152 | 65.3 | +25.3 |
| | Conservative | M Humphrey | 1,142 | 64.7 | |
| | Conservative | Dennis Gale | 1,119 | 63.4 | |
| | Labour | Ms F Rolls* | 613 | 34.7 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | G Gammons | 532 | 30.1 | |
| | Labour | R Lescott | 422 | 23.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,765 | 41.4 | +2.3 |

### Harlington

Harlington (1 seat, 1,413 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A Giles* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Haynes & Houghton Conquest

Haynes & Houghton Conquest (1 seat, 1,597 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | H Craddock | 507 | 82.7 | +42.9 |
| | Labour | R Sparshott | 106 | 17.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 613 | 38.4 | −8.7 |

### Henlow & Langford (No 21)

Henlow & Langford (No 21) (3 seats, 3,630 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | G Gates* | 915 | 38.7 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Cook | 837 | 35.4 |
| | Ind. Conservative | William Cliff | 509 | 21.5 |
| | Labour | A Loney | 501 | 21.2 |
| | Independent | G Charles* | 438 | 18.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,363 | 65.1 |

### Lidlington (No 15)

Lidlington (No 15) (1 seat, 1,477 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Fiona Chapman | 384 | 57.1 | |
| | Labour | A Donnelley* | 289 | 42.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 673 | 45.6 | +5.6 |

### Maulden

Maulden (1 seat, 1,592 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ms I Robinson* | 644 | 87.1 | +36.8 |
| | Labour | J Brown | 95 | 12.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 739 | 46.4 | −6.7 |

### Marston (No 14)

Marston (No 14) (1 seat, 1,150 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms C Barnes | 525 | 61.8 | |
| | Labour | M Deacy | 324 | 38.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 849 | 73.8 | +17.8 |

### Old Warden & Southill

Old Warden & Southill (1 seat, 1,173 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J Saunderson* | 375 | 64.0 | +11.5 |
| | Labour | Ms M Hamer-Harries | 211 | 36.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 586 | 50.0 | +11.6 |

### Northill (No 18)

Northill (No 18) (1 seat, 1,908 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Turner | 872 | 84.2 | |
| | Labour | Ms M Berry | 164 | 15.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,036 | 54.3 | +6.1 |

### Potton (No 24)

Potton (No 24) (2 seats, 2,693 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | F Jakes* | 746 | 42.7 | −11.4 |
| | Conservative | J Ream* | 698 | 40.0 | −5.8 |
| | Labour | D Forbes | 302 | 17.3 | |
| | Labour | J Berry | 293 | 16.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,746 | 64.8 | +39.6 |

### Sandy (No 3)

Sandy (No 3) (3 seats, 4,784 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A Sherwood-King* | 1,356 | 41.9 | +4.9 |
| | Independent | K Quince* | 1,323 | 40.9 | −2.2 |
| | Conservative | Alistair Gammell | 1,215 | 37.6 | |
| | Labour | P Monahan | 555 | 17.2 | |
| | Labour | J Buckle | 493 | 15.2 | |
| | Labour | W Hibbert | 99 | 3.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,234 | 67.6 | +19.7 |

### Shillington & Stondon

Shillington & Stondon (2 seats, 2,529 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | R Roe* | Unopposed | NA | |
| | Independent | G Cooper* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Stotfold

Stotfold (3 seats, 4,105 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | F Hyde* | 763 | 34.8 | −11.2 |
| | Conservative | J Long | 748 | 34.1 | |
| | Independent | B Clark* | 717 | 32.7 | −8.6 |
| | Labour | H Wood* | 682 | 31.1 | −22.9 |
| | Independent | R Watkins | 663 | 30.2 | |
| | Labour | W McColl | 435 | 19.8 | −6.4 |
| | Labour | Ms S Tookey | 384 | 17.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,192 | 53.4 | +18.8 |

### Wensley (No 25)

Wensley (No 25) (1 seat, 915 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W Goodyer* | 308 | 56.5 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal | D Walker | 164 | 30.1 | −17.3 |
| | Labour | Ms J Monahan | 73 | 13.4 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 545 | 59.6 | +9.5 |

### Woburn

Woburn (1 seat, 1,236 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D Woodward* | 308 | 40.3 | +5.8 |
| | Independent | Ms G Glasse* | 241 | 31.5 | −34.0 |
| | Independent | J Ellis | 215 | 28.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 764 | 61.8 | +15.2 |

### Wrest

Wrest (1 seat, 1,416 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | G Wood* | Unopposed | NA | |