1978 United Kingdom local elections

none 1978 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1977 United Kingdom local elections 1977 1979 United Kingdom local elections 1979 All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,44 out of 296 English districts and all 12 Scottish regions 2 May 1978 (Scotland)4 May 1978 (England) Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Margaret Thatcher 1977.jpg 128 120 160 0 0 Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Conservative Party (UK) 12,645 275 Prime Minister James Callaghan (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 James Callaghan 5 April 1976 Labour Party (UK) 6,644 461 David Steel 1985 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 David Steel 7 July 1976 Liberal Party (UK) 923 163 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in May 1978. Elections took place in the London boroughs and metropolitan districts.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1978 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3WUxIV2hNa3IwMHc/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 main opposition Conservative Party gained 275 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 12,645. They gained Oldham and Havering from no overall control, and Ealing, Hillingdon, Wandsworth and Sandwell from Labour. The governing Labour Party lost 461 seats, leaving them with 6,644 councillors. In addition to their losses to the Conservatives they also lost South Tyneside, Hammersmith and Fulham and Wolverhampton to no overall control. The Liberal Party lost 163 seats in total, leaving them with 923 councillors. England London boroughs 1978 London local elections In all 32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result Details Barking ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Barnet ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Bexley ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Brent ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Bromley ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Camden ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Croydon ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Ealing ‡ Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gain Details Enfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Greenwich ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Hackney ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Hammersmith ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gain Details Haringey ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Harrow ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Havering ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gain Details Hillingdon ‡ Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gain Details Hounslow ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Islington ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Kensington and Chelsea ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Kingston upon Thames ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Lambeth ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Lewisham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Merton ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Newham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Redbridge ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Richmond upon Thames ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Southwark ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Sutton ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Tower Hamlets ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Waltham Forest ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Wandsworth ‡ Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gain Details Westminster ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details ‡ New ward boundaries Metropolitan boroughs All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBirmingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBolton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBury Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCalderdale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool No overall control No overall control holdDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOldham No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsRochdale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSefton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSolihull Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWolverhampton Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails District councils In 44 districts one third of the council was up for election. These were the first councils which had passed a resolution under section 7 (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972, requesting a system of elections by thirds. They could do so because they had had their new ward boundaries introduced at the 1976 elections. Council Previous control Result DetailsBasingstoke and Deane Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBath Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBrentwood Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsChorley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsColchester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCongleton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastleigh Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Fareham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Hart Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsHartlepool No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHavant No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsHertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMilton Keynes Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMole Valley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPendle Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsPeterborough Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsPreston Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRochford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRossendale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTamworth No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsTandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThamesdown No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsThree Rivers Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWinchester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWoking Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Scotland Regional councils 1978 Scottish regional elections Council Previous control Result Details Borders Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails Central Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetails Dumfries and Galloway Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails Fife Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetails Grampian Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetails Highland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails Lothian No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetails Orkney Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails Shetland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails Strathclyde Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetails Tayside No overall control Scottish Conservatives gainDetails Western Isles Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails References Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News Local elections