1976 Cardiff City Council election


The 1976 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1976 to elect councillors to Cardiff District Council in Cardiff, Wales. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.
This was the second election to the district council.
The 1976 election saw the Labour Party lose their majority to the Conservative Party.

Background

206 Candidates from 6 parties ran.
No party ran a full slate of candidates. The Conservative party ran 73 candidates, the Labour Party ran 69 candidates, Plaid Cymru ran 33 candidates and the Liberal Party ran 21 candidates.

Results

Contests took place in all except one of the wards at this election.

Results by ward

Adamsdown

Canton

Cathays

Central

Ely

Gabalfa

Grangetown

Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons

Llandaff

Llanishen

Penylan

Plasmawr

Plasnewydd

Radyr, St Fagans, Tongwynlais

Rhiwbina

Riverside

Roath

Rumney

South

Splott

Whitchurch