1977 United Kingdom local elections

United Kingdom local elections, 1977
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
	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 in Northern Ireland.^[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

File:Local Election 1977.png

Map of County Council results in England and Wales.

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Greater London style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details

Metropolitan county councils

Council	Previous control		Result
Greater Manchester style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Merseyside style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
South Yorkshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Tyne and Wear style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
West Midlands style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
West Yorkshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details

Non-metropolitan county councils

Council	Previous control		Result
Avon style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Bedfordshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Berkshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Buckinghamshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Cambridgeshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Cheshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Cleveland style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Cornwall style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Cumbria style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Derbyshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Devon style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Dorset style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Durham style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
East Sussex style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Essex style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Gloucestershire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Hampshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Hereford and Worcester style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Hertfordshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Humberside style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Isle of Wight style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Kent style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Lancashire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Leicestershire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Lincolnshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Norfolk style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
North Yorkshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Northamptonshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Northumberland style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Nottinghamshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Oxfordshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Salop style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Somerset style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Staffordshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Suffolk style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Surrey style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Warwickshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
West Sussex style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Wiltshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details

Sui generis

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Isles of Scilly					Details

Northern Ireland

Council	Previous control		Result
Antrim style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	Ulster Unionist style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	Ulster Unionist	Details
Ards style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	Ulster Unionist style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Armagh style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	Ulster Unionist style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Ballymena style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	Details
Ballymoney style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Banbridge style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	Ulster Unionist style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	Ulster Unionist	Details
Belfast style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Carrickfergus style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Castlereagh style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Coleraine style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	Ulster Unionist style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	Ulster Unionist	Details
Cookstown style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Craigavon style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Down style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP	Details
Dungannon style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	Ulster Unionist style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Fermanagh style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Larne		Loyalist Coalition style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Limavady		United Unionists style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Lisburn style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	Ulster Unionist style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Londonderry style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Magherafelt style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Moyle style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Newry and Mourne style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP	Details
Newtownabbey style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
North Down style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Omagh style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details
Strabane style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control	Details

Scotland

District councils

Council	Previous control		Result
Aberdeen style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Angus style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Annandale and Eskdale style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Argyll style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Badenoch and Strathspey style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Banff and Buchan style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Bearsden and Milngavie style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Berwickshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Caithness style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Clackmannan style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP gain	Details
Clydebank style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP gain	Details
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP hold	Details
Cumnock and Doon Valley style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details
Cunninghame style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Dumbarton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Dundee style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Dunfermline style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details
East Kilbride style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP gain	Details
East Lothian style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details
Eastwood style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Edinburgh style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Ettrick and Lauderdale style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Falkirk style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP gain	Details
Glasgow style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Gordon style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Hamilton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details
Inverclyde style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Party" \|	Liberal gain	Details
Inverness style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Kilmarnock and Loudoun style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Kincardine and Deeside style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Kirkcaldy style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Kyle and Carrick style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Lanark style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Lochaber style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Midlothian style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Monklands style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details
Moray style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Motherwell style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details
Nairn style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Nithsdale style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
North East Fife style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Perth and Kinross style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Renfrew style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Ross and Cromarty style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Roxburgh style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Skye and Lochalsh style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Stewartry style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Stirling style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Strathkelvin style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Sutherland style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Tweeddale style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
West Lothian style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Wigtown style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details

Wales

County councils

Council	Previous control		Result
Clwyd style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Dyfed style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Gwent style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Gwynedd style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Mid Glamorgan style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details
Powys style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
South Glamorgan style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservative Party" \|	Conservative gain	Details
West Glamorgan style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details

References

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

[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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