46 seats (whole council) 24 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Con
Lab
Lib
Leader
Deryck Morton
Chris Goodall
Jim Day
Party
Conservative
Labour
Liberal
Seats before
16
16
14
Seats after
21
14
11
Seat change
5
2
3
The 1976 Reading Borough Council election was held on 6 May 1976, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. All 46 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election. The council remained under no overall control, but with the Conservatives becoming the largest party. The Conservative group leader, Deryck Morton, subsequently took the council's most senior political job as chairman of the policy committee, leading a Conservative minority administration.[1]
^"Councillors slam hotel decision". Evening Post. Reading. 7 January 1977. p. 13. Retrieved 21 April 2022. Policy committee chairman Councillor Deryck Morton...
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