1976 Horsham District Council election

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All 43 seats to Horsham District Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
Party	Conservative	Independent	RA
Seats won	30	12	1
Seat change	Increase 13	Decrease 11	Increase 1
	Fourth party
Party	Liberal
Seats won	0
Seat change	Decrease 2

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

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1976 Horsham District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	30	12	0	Increase 12	69.8	54.2	30,945	+19.0
	Independent	12	0	11	Decrease 11	27.9	20.3	11,607	-14.9
	RA	1	1	0	Increase 1	2.3	2.4	1,342	+2.4
	Labour	0	–	–	Steady	0.0	18.0	10,285	-3.4
	Liberal	0	0	2	Decrease 2	0.0	4.8	2,765	-10.3
	National Party	0	–	–	Steady	0.0	0.3	180	+0.3

Ashington & Washington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Rowland T.	676	73.5	+2.0
Liberal	Francis V.	244	26.5	+26.5
Turnout			42.3
Independent hold		Swing

Billingshurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Longhurst K.	981	48.8
Independent	Griffin C.	850	42.3
National Party	Saunders D.	180	9.0
Turnout			36.9
Conservative hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Griffin C. stood as a Conservative candidate and Longhurst K. stood as an Independent in 1973, when this seat was last contested.

Bramber & Upper Beeding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Milburn M.	983	46.2	+46.2
Independent	Sanford L.	765	35.9	+2.5
Liberal	Callard P.	380	17.9	−8.8
Turnout			39.1
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Broadbridge Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	McGregor R.	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Cowfold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Fowler S.	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A
Independent hold		Swing

Henfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
RA	Jones K.	832	30.7
Conservative	Jones T.	811	30.0
Conservative	Corp G.	750
Conservative	Wright F.	633
Independent	Bishop L. Ms.	537	19.8
RA	Summarsell R.	510
Independent	Rickard W.	329	12.2
Liberal	Seymour E.	198	7.3
Liberal	Tysoe F.	174
Turnout			45.2
Residents’ association gain from Independent		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Horsham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Pinion G.	1,512	59.5	+17.7
Conservative	Mauchel E. Ms.	1,503
Conservative	Gould G.	1,458
Conservative	Roberts W.	1,450
Labour	O'Connor T.	1,029	40.5	+4.2
Labour	Thurston J. Ms.	900
Labour	Colville P.	892
Labour	Clements R.	882
Turnout
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Horsham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Parsons W.	1,991	36.0	−2.7
Conservative	Jeffries D.	1,794	32.3	+1.0
Conservative	Collins M.	1,715
Conservative	Moore B. Ms.	1,686
Independent	Martin G.	987	17.9	−12.1
Labour	Evenden R.	756	13.7	+13.7
Turnout			51.4
Independent hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Horsham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Murrell A.	2,132	66.8	+29.3
Conservative	Link C. Ms.	2,122
Conservative	Miller E.	2,092
Conservative	West H. Ms.	2,061
Conservative	Taylor J.	1,065
Labour	Lamb P.	1,059	33.2	+4.6
Labour	Nevins R.	1,042
Labour	Harris J.	1,033
Labour	Battersby R.	1,007
Labour	Prodger T.	949
Turnout			46.7
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Here

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Mackenzie J.	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Mackenzie J. was elected as an Independent unopposed when this seat was last contested.

Pulborough & Coldwatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Cousins B.	Unopposed
Conservative	Gocher H.	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Roffey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Bosanquet D.	1,043	78.6
Conservative	Sheppard A.	935
Labour	Harris R. Ms.	284	21.4
Labour	Ivatts J.	249
Turnout			38.8
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
Conservative win (new seat)

Bosanquet D. was elected as an Independent in 1973, when this seat was last contested.

Rudgwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Henderson P. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A
Independent hold		Swing

Rusper

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Phelps A. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Phelps A. Ms. was elected unopposed as an Independent in 1973, when this seat was last contested.

Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Keen D.	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A
Independent hold		Swing

Slinfold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Anderson A.	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Southwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Cheal J.	813	34.3	−2.3
Independent	Charman M. Ms.	795	33.6	+1.3
Independent	Charman E.	512	21.7	+21.7
Independent	Francis R.	243	10.3	+10.3
Turnout			39.1
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Steyning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Dingemans M. Ms	1,121	40.6	−5.0
Independent	Mimmack J.	755	27.3	−5.0
Conservative	Foster P.	600	21.7	+21.7
Liberal	Paice R.	286	10.4	−8.8
Turnout			51.1
Independent hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Storrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Shepherd F.	979	49.6	+12.5
Conservative	Tunnell R.	707
Independent	Ellis L.	558	28.3	+28.3
Liberal	Marlow D.	438	22.2	−15.1
Liberal	Dean P.	245
Turnout			51.6
Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Sullington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Rogers H.	406	58.8	−3.7
Liberal	Donaldson P.	284	41.2	+3.7
Turnout			49.3
Conservative hold		Swing

Thakeham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Jenkins E.	366	66.7	+24.0
Independent	Skinner H.	183	33.3	−24.0
Turnout			60.6
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Warnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Hodgson A.	484	70.5
Labour	Ward G.	203	29.5
Turnout			51.8
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Hodgson A. was elected unopposed as an Independent in 1973, when this seat was last contested.

West Chiltington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Gardner J.	677	84.3
Liberal	Cleaver M. Ms.	126	15.7
Turnout			52.0
Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Gardner J. was elected unopposed as an Independent in 1973, when this seat was last contested.

West Grinstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Scragg J.	492	55.8
Liberal	Pike D.	390	44.2
Turnout			50.9
Independent hold		Swing