1977 Moray District Council election

1977 Moray District Council election

3 May 1977 (1977-05-03)
All 18 seats to Moray District Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Independent SNP Last election 17 seats, 86.7% 1 seats, 8.3% Seats won 15 3 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 10,791 2,144 Percentage 78.0% 15.5% Swing 8.7% 7.2%

Elections to the Moray District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 18 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Background

Main article: 1974 Moray District Council election

At the previous election in 1974, the Independent group took 17 seats, to the Scottish National Party (SNP)'s 1 seat.

1974 Moray District Council election result

Party	Seats	Vote share
Independent	17	86.7%
SNP	1	8.3%

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Summary of results

1977 Moray District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	15	1	3	2	83.3	78.0	10,791	8.7
	SNP	3	3	1	2	16.7	15.5	2,144	7.2
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.6	501	New
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	400	2.1

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