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

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Langbaurgh Borough Council local election result 1976
Party Seats Gains Losses 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 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

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