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.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