1977 United Kingdom local elections

none 1977 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1976 United Kingdom local elections 1976 1978 United Kingdom local elections 1978 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 3 May 1977 (Scotland)5 May 1977 (England & Wales)18 May 1977 (Northern Ireland) Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Margaret Thatcher at White House (cropped).jpg 123 113 150 0 0 Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Conservative Party (UK) 12,370 1,293 James Callaghan (1977).jpg 123 113 150 0 0 James Callaghan 5 April 1976 Labour Party (UK) 7,115 1,098 David Steel 1985 (cropped2).jpg 123 113 150 0 0 David Steel 7 July 1976 Liberal Party (UK) 950 163 United Kingdom local elections, 1977.svg 300px Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in May 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 in Northern Ireland.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1977 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3UVdLNjZiNDJwMHM/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 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 England Unicameral area Council Previous control Result DetailsGreater London Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Metropolitan county councils Council Previous control Result DetailsGreater Manchester Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsMerseyside Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSouth Yorkshire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTyne and Wear Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Midlands Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Yorkshire Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Non-metropolitan county councils Council Previous control Result DetailsAvon No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBedfordshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBerkshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBuckinghamshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridgeshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsCheshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCleveland Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsCornwall Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsCumbria No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsDerbyshire Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsDevon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDorset Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDurham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Sussex Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEssex Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGloucestershire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsHampshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsHereford and Worcester No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsHertfordshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsHumberside Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsIsle of Wight Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsKent Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsLancashire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsLeicestershire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsLincolnshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsNorfolk Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Yorkshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsNorthamptonshire Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsNorthumberland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNottinghamshire Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsOxfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSalop No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSomerset Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStaffordshire Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSuffolk Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSurrey Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWarwickshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Sussex Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWiltshire No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails Sui generis Council Previous control Result DetailsIsles of ScillyDetails Northern Ireland 1977 Northern Ireland local elections Council Previous control Result DetailsAntrim Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist PartyDetailsArds Ulster Unionist Party No overall controlDetailsArmagh Ulster Unionist Party No overall controlDetailsBallymena No overall control Democratic Unionist PartyDetailsBallymoney No overall control No overall controlDetailsBanbridge Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist PartyDetailsBelfast No overall control No overall controlDetailsCarrickfergus No overall control No overall controlDetailsCastlereagh No overall control No overall controlDetailsColeraine Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist PartyDetailsCookstown No overall control No overall controlDetailsCraigavon No overall control No overall controlDetailsDown No overall control No overall controlDetailsDungannon Ulster Unionist Party No overall controlDetailsFermanagh No overall control No overall controlDetailsLarne Loyalist Coalition No overall controlDetailsLimavadyUnited Unionists No overall controlDetailsLisburn Ulster Unionist Party No overall controlDetailsLondonderry No overall control No overall controlDetailsMagherafelt No overall control No overall controlDetailsMoyle No overall control No overall controlDetailsNewry and Mourne No overall control No overall controlDetailsNewtownabbey No overall control No overall controlDetailsNorth Down No overall control No overall controlDetailsOmagh No overall control No overall controlDetailsStrabane No overall control No overall controlDetails Scotland District councils 1977 Scottish local elections Council Previous control Result DetailsAberdeen Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsAngus Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsAnnandale and Eskdale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsArgyll Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBadenoch and Strathspey Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBanff and Buchan Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBearsden and Milngavie No overall control Scottish Conservatives gainDetailsBerwickshire Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsCaithness Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsClackmannan No overall control Scottish National Party gainDetailsClydebank Scottish Labour Scottish National Party gainDetailsCumbernauld and Kilsyth Scottish National Party Scottish National Party holdDetailsCumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsCunninghame Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsDumbarton Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsDundee No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDunfermline Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEast Kilbride No overall control Scottish National Party gainDetailsEast Lothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEastwood Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsEdinburgh No overall control Scottish Conservatives gainDetailsEttrick and Lauderdale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsFalkirk No overall control Scottish National Party gainDetailsGlasgow Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsGordon Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsHamilton Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsInverclyde Scottish Labour Scottish Liberal Party gainDetailsInverness Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsKilmarnock and Loudoun Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsKincardine and Deeside Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsKirkcaldy Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsKyle and Carrick Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsLanark Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsLochaber Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsMidlothian Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsMonklands Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsMoray Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsMotherwell Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsNairn Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNithsdale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNorth East Fife Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsPerth and Kinross Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsRenfrew Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsRoss and Cromarty Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsRoxburgh Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSkye and Lochalsh Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStewartry Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStirling No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStrathkelvin No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSutherland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsTweeddale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsWest Lothian No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWigtown Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails Wales County councils Council Previous control Result DetailsClwyd No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDyfed Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsGwent Welsh Labour Party No overall control gainDetailsGwynedd Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsMid Glamorgan Welsh Labour Party Welsh Labour Party holdDetailsPowys Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsSouth Glamorgan Welsh Labour Party Welsh Conservative Party gainDetailsWest Glamorgan Welsh Labour Party Welsh Labour Party holdDetails References Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 2001 BBC News Vote 2009 BBC News Local elections