1977 United Kingdom local elections

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1977 United Kingdom local elections

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1 Unicameral area, all 6 metropolitan counties, all 39 non-metropolitan counties,
1 sui generis authority, all 26 Northern Irish districts,
all 53 Scottish districts and all 8 Welsh counties
  Majority party Minority party Third party
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Leader Margaret Thatcher James Callaghan David Steel
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader since 11 February 1975 5 April 1976 7 July 1976
Councillors 12,370 7,115 950
Councillors +/- Increase 1,293 Decrease 1,098 Decrease 163

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Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1977. The results were a major mid-term setback for the Labour government, and the Conservatives, the main opposition, comprehensively regained control of the Greater London Council with 64 seats against Labour's 28. Elections were also held in the county councils and .[1][2]

The Conservative Party gained 1,293 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 12,370. The Labour Party lost 1,098 seats, leaving them with 7,115 councillors. The Liberal Party lost 163 seats, leaving them with 950 councillors.

Changes were as follows:

  • Conservative gain from no overall control - Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
  • Conservative gain from Labour - Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire
  • Conservative gain from Independent - Isle of Wight

Summary of results[]

England[]

Unicameral area[]

Council Previous control Result Details
Greater London Labour Conservative gain Details

Metropolitan county councils[]

Council Previous control Result Details
Greater Manchester Labour Conservative gain
Merseyside Labour Conservative gain Details
South Yorkshire Labour Labour hold
Tyne and Wear Labour Labour hold
West Midlands Labour Conservative gain
West Yorkshire Labour Conservative gain

Non-metropolitan county councils[]

Council Previous control Result Details
Avon No overall control Conservative gain
Bedfordshire No overall control Conservative gain
Berkshire No overall control Conservative gain
Buckinghamshire Conservative Conservative hold Details
Cambridgeshire No overall control Conservative gain
Cheshire No overall control No overall control hold
Cleveland Labour Conservative gain
Cornwall Independent Independent hold Details
Cumbria No overall control Conservative gain Details
Derbyshire Labour Conservative gain
Devon Conservative Conservative hold Details
Dorset Conservative Conservative hold Details
Durham Labour Labour hold
East Sussex Conservative Conservative hold
Essex Conservative Conservative hold
Gloucestershire No overall control Conservative gain
Hampshire No overall control Conservative gain
Hereford and Worcester No overall control Conservative gain
Hertfordshire No overall control Conservative gain
Humberside Labour Conservative gain
Isle of Wight Independent Conservative gain
Kent Conservative Conservative hold
Lancashire Conservative Conservative hold
Leicestershire No overall control Conservative gain
Lincolnshire No overall control Conservative gain
Norfolk Conservative Conservative hold
North Yorkshire No overall control Conservative gain
Northamptonshire Labour Conservative gain
Northumberland No overall control No overall control hold Details
Nottinghamshire Labour Conservative gain Details
Oxfordshire Conservative Conservative hold Details
Salop No overall control No overall control hold Details
Somerset Conservative Conservative hold Details
Staffordshire Labour Conservative gain
Suffolk Conservative Conservative hold
Surrey Conservative Conservative hold Details
Warwickshire No overall control Conservative gain
West Sussex Conservative Conservative hold
Wiltshire No overall control Conservative gain Details

Sui generis[]

Council Previous control Result Details
Isles of Scilly

Northern Ireland[]

Council Previous control Result Details
Antrim UUP UUP Details
Ards UUP No overall control Details
Armagh UUP No overall control Details
Ballymena No overall control DUP Details
Ballymoney No overall control No overall control Details
Banbridge UUP UUP Details
Belfast No overall control No overall control Details
Carrickfergus No overall control No overall control Details
Castlereagh No overall control No overall control Details
Coleraine UUP UUP Details
Cookstown No overall control No overall control Details
Craigavon No overall control No overall control Details
Down No overall control SDLP Details
Dungannon UUP No overall control Details
Fermanagh No overall control No overall control Details
Larne Loyalist Coalition No overall control Details
Limavady United Unionists No overall control Details
Lisburn UUP No overall control Details
Londonderry No overall control No overall control Details
Magherafelt No overall control No overall control Details
Moyle No overall control No overall control Details
Newry and Mourne No overall control SDLP Details
Newtownabbey No overall control No overall control Details
North Down No overall control No overall control Details
Omagh No overall control No overall control Details
Strabane No overall control No overall control Details

Scotland[]

District councils[]

Council Previous control Result Details
Aberdeen Labour No overall control gain
Angus Conservative Conservative hold Details
Annandale and Eskdale Independent Independent hold Details
Argyll Independent Independent hold
Badenoch and Strathspey Independent Independent hold
Banff and Buchan Independent Independent hold
Bearsden and Milngavie No overall control Conservative gain
Berwickshire Conservative Conservative hold
Caithness Independent Independent hold
Clackmannan No overall control SNP gain
Clydebank Labour SNP gain
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth SNP SNP hold
Cumnock and Doon Valley Labour Labour hold Details
Cunninghame Labour No overall control gain
Dumbarton Labour No overall control gain
Dundee No overall control No overall control hold
Dunfermline Labour Labour hold
East Kilbride No overall control SNP gain
East Lothian Labour Labour hold Details
Eastwood Conservative Conservative hold Details
Edinburgh No overall control Conservative gain Details
Ettrick and Lauderdale Independent Independent hold
Falkirk No overall control SNP gain
Glasgow Labour No overall control gain Details
Gordon Independent Independent hold
Hamilton Labour Labour hold
Inverclyde Labour Liberal gain
Inverness Independent Independent hold
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Labour No overall control gain
Kincardine and Deeside Independent Independent hold
Kirkcaldy Labour No overall control gain
Kyle and Carrick Conservative Conservative hold
Lanark Independent No overall control gain
Lochaber Independent Independent hold
Midlothian Labour No overall control gain Details
Monklands Labour Labour hold
Moray Independent Independent hold
Motherwell Labour Labour hold
Nairn Independent Independent hold
Nithsdale Independent Independent hold
North East Fife Conservative Conservative hold Details
Perth and Kinross Conservative Conservative hold
Renfrew Labour No overall control gain
Ross and Cromarty Independent Independent hold
Roxburgh Independent Independent hold
Skye and Lochalsh Independent Independent hold
Stewartry Independent Independent hold
Stirling No overall control No overall control hold
Strathkelvin No overall control No overall control hold
Sutherland Independent Independent hold
Tweeddale Independent Independent hold
West Lothian No overall control No overall control hold
Wigtown Independent Independent hold

Wales[]

County councils[]

Council Previous control Result Details
Clwyd No overall control No overall control hold
Dyfed Independent Independent hold Details
Gwent Labour No overall control gain
Gwynedd Independent Independent hold
Mid Glamorgan Labour Labour hold Details
Powys Independent Independent hold
South Glamorgan Labour Conservative gain Details
West Glamorgan Labour Labour hold Details

References[]

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1977. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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