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Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1976. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1980. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party		40,753 (57.4%)		1.3	17 (81.0%)	17 / 21	5	47 (74.6%)	47 / 63
Labour Party		19,344 (27.3%)		5.1	4 (19.0%)	4 / 21	1	12 (19.0%)	12 / 63
Liberal Party		10,421 (14.7%)		6.6	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21	4	4 (6.3%)	4 / 63
Communist Party		263 (0.4%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 21	0	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
Independent		192 (0.3%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

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Ward results

No.1 (Altrincham South West)

Altrincham South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. S. Gordon	1,373	53.5	+10.6
	Labour	E. Axon	687	26.8	-0.2
	Liberal	P. C. Feanhley	506	19.7	-10.4
Majority			686	26.7	+13.9
Turnout			2,566	40.3	-1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.2 (Altrincham East)

Altrincham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Hall	2,209	54.5	+6.8
	Liberal	Glen Stuart	1,153	28.4	-8.9
	Labour	Robert Coulthard	691	17.0	+2.0
Majority			1,056	26.1	+15.6
Turnout			4,053	42.6	-2.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

No.3 (Altrincham North)

Altrincham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Finch	1,610	54.3	+6.4
	Liberal	Eric Faulkner	719	24.3	-3.4
	Labour	Alan Hadley	635	21.4	-2.9
Majority			891	30.1	+9.9
Turnout			2,964	45.0	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.4 (Timperley)

Timperley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Audrey Weedall	1,695	47.6	-0.3
	Liberal	Raymond Bowker*	983	27.6	+5.8
	Labour	J. Gregory	884	24.8	-5.4
Majority			712	20.0	+2.3
Turnout			3,562	44.5	+1.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)

Mersey-St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivor Hurst*	2,451	60.8	+4.3
	Liberal	R. Elliott	1,184	29.4	-14.1
	Labour	Raymond Tully	393	9.8	+9.8
Majority			1,267	31.5	+18.4
Turnout			4,028	45.0	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.6 (St. Martin’s)

St. Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Morgan Evans*	2,778	66.8	-2.3
	Labour	G. T. Pollitt	1,378	33.2	+2.3
Majority			1,400	33.7	-4.4
Turnout			4,156	38.2	+7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.7 (Sale Moor)

Sale Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. D. Turner	1,231	43.9	+1.5
	Labour	Barry Brotherton	1,221	43.6	+9.5
	Liberal	B. Willshaw	301	10.7	-10.4
	Communist	V. T. Eddisford	49	1.7	-0.6
Majority			10	0.4	-4.7
Turnout			2,802	42.1	+2.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

No.8 (St. Anne’s)

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sutton	1,789	46.4	-0.9
	Liberal	John Golding*	1,208	31.3	-3.2
	Labour	J. K. Morgan	858	22.3	+4.1
Majority			581	15.1	+2.2
Turnout			3,855	45.3	+4.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

No.9 (Brooklands)

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. B. Ludlam	2,393	64.8	+6.8
	Liberal	Hilary Hughes	1,302	35.2	+1.5
Majority			1,091	29.5	+5.3
Turnout			3,695	45.2	-0.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

No.10 (Talbot North)

Talbot North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Sullivan*	1,786	52.8	+7.2
	Conservative	T. W. Thompson	1,143	33.8	+3.0
	Liberal	T. A. Dixon	451	13.3	-10.3
Majority			643	19.0	+4.2
Turnout			3,380	37.9	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

No.11 (Clifford)

Clifford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. J. Wynne*	1,355	49.6	+6.8
	Conservative	Edward Kelson	1,172	42.9	-14.3
	Liberal	R. N. Stott	206	7.5	+7.5
Majority			183	6.7	-7.6
Turnout			2,733	41.5	+6.6
	Labour hold		Swing

No.12 (Longford)

Longford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Olive Chandler*	2,033	53.5	+0.3
	Labour	Tony Lloyd	1,319	34.7	+4.0
	Liberal	H. D. Locksley	446	11.7	-4.4
Majority			714	18.8	-3.7
Turnout			3,798	39.0	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.13 (Stretford)

Stretford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Warbrick*	1,587	64.4	+1.2
	Labour	G. R. Scott	698	28.3	+3.0
	Liberal	C. R. Hedley	181	7.3	-4.2
Majority			889	36.1	-1.8
Turnout			2,466	42.3	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.14 (Park)

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herber Pyper*	1,353	49.9	+8.3
	Conservative	William Matthews	1,282	47.3	+4.5
	Communist	M. A. Murray	75	2.8	+0.3
Majority			71	2.6	+1.4
Turnout			2,710	43.3	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

No.15 (Bowdon)

Bowdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Sutton Hall*	2,948	84.7	+12.8
	Labour	J. Wynne	534	15.3	+2.7
Majority			2,414	69.3	+13.0
Turnout			3,482	48.6	-1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.16 (Hale)

Hale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Godwin*	3,807	87.2	+5.9
	Labour	P. Scott	560	12.8	N/A
Majority			3,247	74.4	+23.4
Turnout			4,367	47.4	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.17 (Partington)

Partington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Paul*	1,438	48.7	+2.1
	Conservative	M. E. Hindley	1,182	40.1	-6.7
	Communist	P. S. Gallagher	139	4.7	-1.9
	Independent	W. J. Graham	120	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	K. M. Stewart	72	2.4	+2.4
Majority			256	8.7	+8.5
Turnout			2,951	37.4	+9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

No.18 (Urmston West East)

Urmston West East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ruth Royle-Higginson*	1,798	56.8	+2.3
	Labour	D. T. Taylor	763	24.1	+0.5
	Liberal	A. Scanlon	604	19.1	-2.8
Majority			1,035	32.7	+1.9
Turnout			3,165	37.6	-5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.19 (Flixton East Central)

Flixton East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Fitzpatrick*	2,492	62.9	+8.4
	Labour	D. J. Watts	894	22.6	+3.0
	Liberal	M. G. Maxfield	575	14.5	-11.4
Majority			1,598	40.3	+11.7
Turnout			3,961	42.9	-4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.20 (Flixton West)

Flixton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. E. Williams*	2,432	60.4	+1.5
	Labour	Laura Seex	1,212	30.1	+3.6
	Liberal	D. J. Gilbert	384	9.5	-5.1
Majority			1,220	30.3	-2.0
Turnout			4,028	41.2	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.21 (Davyhulme East)

Davyhulme East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Eadie*	1,348	59.9	+9.8
	Labour	M. F. Treadaway	685	30.4	+5.2
	Liberal	W. A. Munden	218	9.7	-15.0
Majority			663	29.5	+4.6
Turnout			2,251	41.4	-0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 1976 and 1978

No.4 (Timperley) By-Election 14 October 1976

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Holden	1,307	67.1	+19.5
	Labour	J. Gregory	640	32.9	+8.1
Majority			667	34.3	+11.5
Turnout			1,947	24.3	-20.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

No.3 (Altrincham North) By-Election 24 March 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. G. Currie	1,183	56.7	+2.4
	Liberal	Eric Faulkner	579	27.7	-3.4
	Labour	P. B. Ayo	325	15.6	-5.8
Majority			604	28.9	-1.2
Turnout			2,087	31.7	-13.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

No.6 (St. Martin's) By-Election 24 March 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Almond	1,862	58.7	-8.1
	Labour	Barry Brotherton	744	23.5	-9.7
	Liberal	John Golding	566	17.8	+17.8
Majority			1,118	35.2	+1.5
Turnout			3,172	28.1	-10.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

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