264:
666:
1474:
30:
573:
540:
502:
464:
424:
236:
151:
141:
649:
627:
1066:
1061:
1026:
1151:
1146:
1016:
1462:
1440:
2238:
642:
1231:
1221:
1106:
1391:
1031:
1006:
2217:
1206:
1121:
1021:
1967:
1962:
1957:
1952:
1947:
1693:
1688:
1683:
1678:
1673:
963:
848:
635:
1321:
1261:
1096:
968:
843:
2212:
2119:
1396:
1381:
953:
1904:
1326:
1251:
1176:
1136:
2248:
1894:
1505:
1401:
1356:
1351:
1336:
1311:
1306:
1256:
1141:
1046:
853:
2043:
1455:
1411:
1366:
1341:
1331:
1301:
1226:
1171:
1131:
1101:
823:
808:
2195:
2056:
1376:
1116:
913:
2243:
1495:
1371:
1296:
1276:
1126:
863:
728:
1406:
1386:
1286:
1196:
1186:
1111:
1036:
1011:
986:
878:
828:
733:
783:
1980:
1889:
1884:
1879:
1874:
1869:
1864:
1859:
1854:
1849:
1844:
1839:
1834:
1829:
1824:
1819:
1814:
1809:
1804:
1799:
1361:
1346:
883:
748:
674:
670:
659:
2132:
1448:
1316:
1291:
1211:
938:
858:
763:
743:
1161:
773:
1487:
1942:
1937:
1932:
1927:
1922:
1917:
1912:
838:
1668:
1663:
1658:
1653:
1648:
1638:
1633:
1628:
1623:
1618:
1613:
1608:
1603:
1598:
1593:
1588:
1583:
1578:
1573:
1568:
1563:
1558:
1553:
1548:
1543:
1538:
1533:
1528:
1523:
1518:
1513:
1429:
1091:
868:
833:
768:
2074:
2069:
2064:
1789:
1784:
1779:
1774:
1769:
1764:
1759:
1754:
1749:
1744:
1739:
1734:
1729:
1724:
1719:
1714:
1246:
1041:
908:
813:
713:
2114:
2109:
2104:
2099:
2094:
2089:
2084:
2079:
1086:
1071:
1051:
898:
888:
873:
798:
788:
1706:
1191:
893:
818:
698:
1236:
1201:
1181:
1156:
1076:
1056:
903:
758:
2038:
2033:
2028:
2023:
2018:
2013:
2008:
2003:
1998:
1993:
1988:
1241:
793:
738:
312:
62:
2190:
2185:
2180:
2175:
2170:
2165:
2160:
2155:
2150:
2145:
2140:
1266:
1216:
778:
723:
703:
1166:
718:
1081:
996:
948:
1794:
753:
958:
943:
933:
803:
693:
923:
437:
332:
328:
385:
320:
296:
284:
98:
103:
263:
615:
513:
336:
323:
comfortably retained their control, winning sixty-four seats, a gain of eighteen. The ranks of
475:
324:
200:
316:
were held on
Thursday, 5 May 1977, when the whole council of 70 members was up for election.
327:
were decimated, and the party was left with only one county councillor, a loss of fifteen.
1479:
1473:
683:
665:
2232:
978:
1421:
600:
339:
lost the single seat they had had. Three other candidates also won seats.
598:'Conservatives triumph in Greater London and metropolitan counties' in
1444:
631:
620:. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. p. 12.
2131:
2055:
1979:
1903:
1705:
1504:
1486:
1420:
1275:
995:
977:
922:
682:
59:
275:
348:Buckinghamshire County Council election, 1977
1456:
643:
604:of London, issue 59997 dated 7 May 1977, p. 3
268:The County of Buckinghamshire within England.
8:
22:1977 Buckinghamshire County Council election
21:
1463:
1449:
1441:
650:
636:
628:
20:
2239:Buckinghamshire County Council elections
346:
331:gained two seats, one Ratepayer and one
594:
592:
588:
7:
614:Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael.
671:1977 United Kingdom local elections
175:
73:
14:
16:1977 UK local government election
1472:
664:
572:
571:
539:
538:
501:
500:
463:
462:
423:
422:
262:
235:
234:
150:
149:
140:
139:
28:
2249:20th century in Buckinghamshire
1905:Aylesbury Vale District Council
280:Council control before election
1506:Buckinghamshire County Council
313:Buckinghamshire County Council
292:Council control after election
66:36 seats needed for a majority
63:Buckinghamshire County Council
1:
617:Local Elections Handbook 1977
2244:1977 English local elections
2057:South Bucks District Council
2265:
2207:
1981:Chiltern District Council
352:
273:
260:
171:
70:
38:
26:
2133:Wycombe District Council
333:Independent Conservative
319:The result was that the
1488:Buckinghamshire Council
1067:Cumnock and Doon Valley
1062:Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
1027:Badenoch and Strathspey
335:, but lost one and the
1152:Kincardine and Deeside
1147:Kilmarnock and Loudoun
1112:Ettrick and Lauderdale
1037:Bearsden and Milngavie
784:Hereford and Worcester
1707:Milton Keynes Council
1478:Council elections in
1017:Annandale and Eskdale
349:
23:
1280:(Northern Ireland)
774:Greater Manchester
347:
210:Seats before
110:Seats before
2226:
2225:
1438:
1437:
1277:District councils
1232:Skye and Lochalsh
1222:Ross and Cromarty
1212:Perth and Kinross
997:District councils
580:
579:
308:
307:
304:
303:
256:
255:
231:Seat change
136:Seat change
55:
54:
51:1981 →
43:← 1973
2256:
2218:Boundary changes
1477:
1476:
1465:
1458:
1451:
1442:
1392:Newry and Mourne
1162:Kyle and Carrick
1032:Banff and Buchan
839:Northamptonshire
669:
668:
652:
645:
638:
629:
622:
621:
611:
605:
596:
575:
574:
542:
541:
504:
503:
466:
465:
426:
425:
350:
276:
266:
238:
237:
153:
152:
143:
142:
72:
71:
61:All 70 seats of
40:
39:
33:
32:
31:
24:
2264:
2263:
2259:
2258:
2257:
2255:
2254:
2253:
2229:
2228:
2227:
2222:
2203:
2127:
2051:
1975:
1899:
1701:
1500:
1482:
1480:Buckinghamshire
1471:
1469:
1439:
1434:
1430:Isles of Scilly
1416:
1279:
1271:
1207:North East Fife
1022:Argyll and Bute
999:
991:
979:Unicameral area
973:
964:South Glamorgan
926:
924:County councils
918:
869:South Yorkshire
849:Nottinghamshire
834:North Yorkshire
769:Gloucestershire
709:Buckinghamshire
686:
684:County councils
678:
663:
656:
626:
625:
613:
612:
608:
597:
590:
585:
345:
343:Election result
299:
294:
287:
282:
274:
269:
261:
220:Seats won
172:
123:Seats won
65:
60:
34:
29:
27:
17:
12:
11:
5:
2262:
2260:
2252:
2251:
2246:
2241:
2231:
2230:
2224:
2223:
2221:
2220:
2215:
2208:
2205:
2204:
2202:
2201:
2198:
2193:
2188:
2183:
2178:
2173:
2168:
2163:
2158:
2153:
2148:
2143:
2137:
2135:
2129:
2128:
2126:
2125:
2122:
2117:
2112:
2107:
2102:
2097:
2092:
2087:
2082:
2077:
2072:
2067:
2061:
2059:
2053:
2052:
2050:
2049:
2046:
2041:
2036:
2031:
2026:
2021:
2016:
2011:
2006:
2001:
1996:
1991:
1985:
1983:
1977:
1976:
1974:
1973:
1970:
1965:
1960:
1955:
1950:
1945:
1940:
1935:
1930:
1925:
1920:
1915:
1909:
1907:
1901:
1900:
1898:
1897:
1892:
1887:
1882:
1877:
1872:
1867:
1862:
1857:
1852:
1847:
1842:
1837:
1832:
1827:
1822:
1817:
1812:
1807:
1802:
1797:
1792:
1787:
1782:
1777:
1772:
1767:
1762:
1757:
1752:
1747:
1742:
1737:
1732:
1727:
1722:
1717:
1711:
1709:
1703:
1702:
1700:
1699:
1696:
1691:
1686:
1681:
1676:
1671:
1666:
1661:
1656:
1651:
1646:
1641:
1636:
1631:
1626:
1621:
1616:
1611:
1606:
1601:
1596:
1591:
1586:
1581:
1576:
1571:
1566:
1561:
1556:
1551:
1546:
1541:
1536:
1531:
1526:
1521:
1516:
1510:
1508:
1502:
1501:
1499:
1498:
1492:
1490:
1484:
1483:
1470:
1468:
1467:
1460:
1453:
1445:
1436:
1435:
1433:
1432:
1426:
1424:
1418:
1417:
1415:
1414:
1409:
1404:
1399:
1394:
1389:
1384:
1379:
1374:
1369:
1364:
1359:
1354:
1349:
1344:
1339:
1334:
1329:
1324:
1319:
1314:
1309:
1304:
1299:
1294:
1289:
1283:
1281:
1273:
1272:
1270:
1269:
1264:
1259:
1254:
1249:
1244:
1239:
1234:
1229:
1224:
1219:
1214:
1209:
1204:
1199:
1194:
1189:
1184:
1179:
1174:
1169:
1164:
1159:
1154:
1149:
1144:
1139:
1134:
1129:
1124:
1119:
1114:
1109:
1104:
1099:
1094:
1089:
1084:
1079:
1074:
1069:
1064:
1059:
1054:
1049:
1044:
1039:
1034:
1029:
1024:
1019:
1014:
1009:
1003:
1001:
993:
992:
990:
989:
987:Greater London
983:
981:
975:
974:
972:
971:
969:West Glamorgan
966:
961:
956:
951:
946:
941:
936:
930:
928:
920:
919:
917:
916:
911:
909:West Yorkshire
906:
901:
896:
891:
886:
881:
876:
871:
866:
861:
856:
851:
846:
844:Northumberland
841:
836:
831:
826:
821:
816:
814:Leicestershire
811:
806:
801:
796:
791:
786:
781:
776:
771:
766:
761:
756:
751:
746:
741:
736:
731:
726:
721:
716:
714:Cambridgeshire
711:
706:
701:
696:
690:
688:
680:
679:
657:
655:
654:
647:
640:
632:
624:
623:
606:
587:
586:
584:
581:
578:
577:
569:
567:
564:
561:
559:
557:
555:
552:
549:
545:
544:
536:
534:
531:
528:
525:
522:
519:
516:
511:
507:
506:
498:
496:
493:
490:
487:
484:
481:
478:
473:
469:
468:
460:
458:
455:
452:
449:
446:
443:
440:
435:
431:
430:
420:
418:
413:
408:
403:
398:
393:
388:
383:
379:
378:
375:
372:
369:
366:
365:Net gain/loss
363:
360:
357:
354:
344:
341:
306:
305:
302:
301:
289:
271:
270:
267:
258:
257:
254:
253:
250:
247:
243:
242:
240:
232:
228:
227:
224:
221:
217:
216:
214:
211:
207:
206:
203:
198:
194:
193:
191:
189:
185:
184:
181:
178:
174:
173:
169:
168:
165:
160:
156:
155:
147:
137:
133:
132:
129:
124:
120:
119:
116:
111:
107:
106:
101:
96:
92:
91:
89:
87:
83:
82:
79:
76:
68:
67:
57:
56:
53:
52:
49:
44:
36:
35:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
2261:
2250:
2247:
2245:
2242:
2240:
2237:
2236:
2234:
2219:
2216:
2214:
2210:
2209:
2206:
2199:
2197:
2194:
2192:
2189:
2187:
2184:
2182:
2179:
2177:
2174:
2172:
2169:
2167:
2164:
2162:
2159:
2157:
2154:
2152:
2149:
2147:
2144:
2142:
2139:
2138:
2136:
2134:
2130:
2123:
2121:
2118:
2116:
2113:
2111:
2108:
2106:
2103:
2101:
2098:
2096:
2093:
2091:
2088:
2086:
2083:
2081:
2078:
2076:
2073:
2071:
2068:
2066:
2063:
2062:
2060:
2058:
2054:
2047:
2045:
2042:
2040:
2037:
2035:
2032:
2030:
2027:
2025:
2022:
2020:
2017:
2015:
2012:
2010:
2007:
2005:
2002:
2000:
1997:
1995:
1992:
1990:
1987:
1986:
1984:
1982:
1978:
1971:
1969:
1966:
1964:
1961:
1959:
1956:
1954:
1951:
1949:
1946:
1944:
1941:
1939:
1936:
1934:
1931:
1929:
1926:
1924:
1921:
1919:
1916:
1914:
1911:
1910:
1908:
1906:
1902:
1896:
1893:
1891:
1888:
1886:
1883:
1881:
1878:
1876:
1873:
1871:
1868:
1866:
1863:
1861:
1858:
1856:
1853:
1851:
1848:
1846:
1843:
1841:
1838:
1836:
1833:
1831:
1828:
1826:
1823:
1821:
1818:
1816:
1813:
1811:
1808:
1806:
1803:
1801:
1798:
1796:
1793:
1791:
1788:
1786:
1783:
1781:
1778:
1776:
1773:
1771:
1768:
1766:
1763:
1761:
1758:
1756:
1753:
1751:
1748:
1746:
1743:
1741:
1738:
1736:
1733:
1731:
1728:
1726:
1723:
1721:
1718:
1716:
1713:
1712:
1710:
1708:
1704:
1697:
1695:
1692:
1690:
1687:
1685:
1682:
1680:
1677:
1675:
1672:
1670:
1667:
1665:
1662:
1660:
1657:
1655:
1652:
1650:
1647:
1645:
1642:
1640:
1637:
1635:
1632:
1630:
1627:
1625:
1622:
1620:
1617:
1615:
1612:
1610:
1607:
1605:
1602:
1600:
1597:
1595:
1592:
1590:
1587:
1585:
1582:
1580:
1577:
1575:
1572:
1570:
1567:
1565:
1562:
1560:
1557:
1555:
1552:
1550:
1547:
1545:
1542:
1540:
1537:
1535:
1532:
1530:
1527:
1525:
1522:
1520:
1517:
1515:
1512:
1511:
1509:
1507:
1503:
1497:
1494:
1493:
1491:
1489:
1485:
1481:
1475:
1466:
1461:
1459:
1454:
1452:
1447:
1446:
1443:
1431:
1428:
1427:
1425:
1423:
1419:
1413:
1410:
1408:
1405:
1403:
1400:
1398:
1395:
1393:
1390:
1388:
1385:
1383:
1380:
1378:
1375:
1373:
1370:
1368:
1365:
1363:
1360:
1358:
1355:
1353:
1350:
1348:
1345:
1343:
1340:
1338:
1335:
1333:
1330:
1328:
1325:
1323:
1322:Carrickfergus
1320:
1318:
1315:
1313:
1310:
1308:
1305:
1303:
1300:
1298:
1295:
1293:
1290:
1288:
1285:
1284:
1282:
1278:
1274:
1268:
1265:
1263:
1260:
1258:
1255:
1253:
1250:
1248:
1245:
1243:
1240:
1238:
1235:
1233:
1230:
1228:
1225:
1223:
1220:
1218:
1215:
1213:
1210:
1208:
1205:
1203:
1200:
1198:
1195:
1193:
1190:
1188:
1185:
1183:
1180:
1178:
1175:
1173:
1170:
1168:
1165:
1163:
1160:
1158:
1155:
1153:
1150:
1148:
1145:
1143:
1140:
1138:
1135:
1133:
1130:
1128:
1125:
1123:
1120:
1118:
1115:
1113:
1110:
1108:
1105:
1103:
1100:
1098:
1095:
1093:
1092:East Kilbride
1090:
1088:
1085:
1083:
1080:
1078:
1075:
1073:
1070:
1068:
1065:
1063:
1060:
1058:
1055:
1053:
1050:
1048:
1045:
1043:
1040:
1038:
1035:
1033:
1030:
1028:
1025:
1023:
1020:
1018:
1015:
1013:
1010:
1008:
1005:
1004:
1002:
998:
994:
988:
985:
984:
982:
980:
976:
970:
967:
965:
962:
960:
957:
955:
954:Mid Glamorgan
952:
950:
947:
945:
942:
940:
937:
935:
932:
931:
929:
925:
921:
915:
912:
910:
907:
905:
902:
900:
899:West Midlands
897:
895:
892:
890:
889:Tyne and Wear
887:
885:
882:
880:
877:
875:
874:Staffordshire
872:
870:
867:
865:
862:
860:
857:
855:
852:
850:
847:
845:
842:
840:
837:
835:
832:
830:
827:
825:
822:
820:
817:
815:
812:
810:
807:
805:
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800:
799:Isle of Wight
797:
795:
792:
790:
789:Hertfordshire
787:
785:
782:
780:
777:
775:
772:
770:
767:
765:
762:
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755:
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750:
747:
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742:
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619:
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582:
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371:Votes %
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368:Seats %
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364:
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351:
342:
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321:Conservatives
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183:Fourth party
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179:
176:
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166:
164:
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158:
157:
148:
146:
138:
135:
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130:
128:
125:
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117:
115:
112:
109:
108:
105:
102:
100:
97:
94:
93:
90:
88:
85:
84:
81:Second party
80:
77:
74:
69:
64:
58:
50:
48:
45:
42:
41:
37:
25:
19:
1643:
1397:Newtownabbey
1262:West Lothian
1247:Strathkelvin
1097:East Lothian
1042:Berwickshire
894:Warwickshire
819:Lincolnshire
708:
699:Bedfordshire
675:→ 1978
660:1976 ←
616:
609:
599:
427:
415:
410:
405:
400:
395:
390:
386:Conservative
329:Independents
318:
310:
309:
297:Conservative
295:
291:
285:Conservative
283:
279:
180:Third party
162:
144:
126:
113:
99:Conservative
78:First party
46:
18:
1422:Sui generis
1382:Magherafelt
1377:Londonderry
1327:Castlereagh
1087:Dunfermline
1072:Cunninghame
1052:Clackmannan
904:West Sussex
854:Oxfordshire
759:East Sussex
438:Independent
246:Percentage
159:Percentage
104:Independent
2233:Categories
2211:See also:
1402:North Down
1307:Ballymoney
1252:Sutherland
1192:Motherwell
1177:Midlothian
1137:Inverclyde
1000:(Scotland)
824:Merseyside
809:Lancashire
794:Humberside
739:Derbyshire
47:5 May 1977
2200:Abolished
2124:Abolished
2048:Abolished
1972:Abolished
1698:Abolished
1357:Fermanagh
1352:Dungannon
1342:Craigavon
1337:Cookstown
1332:Coleraine
1312:Banbridge
1302:Ballymena
1257:Tweeddale
1237:Stewartry
1202:Nithsdale
1182:Monklands
1157:Kirkcaldy
1142:Inverness
1107:Edinburgh
1077:Dumbarton
1057:Clydebank
1047:Caithness
914:Wiltshire
779:Hampshire
724:Cleveland
704:Berkshire
687:(England)
601:The Times
1412:Strabane
1367:Limavady
1242:Stirling
1227:Roxburgh
1172:Lochaber
1132:Hamilton
1102:Eastwood
1007:Aberdeen
864:Somerset
729:Cornwall
719:Cheshire
337:Liberals
1372:Lisburn
1317:Belfast
1267:Wigtown
1217:Renfrew
1122:Glasgow
1117:Falkirk
949:Gwynedd
927:(Wales)
879:Suffolk
829:Norfolk
734:Cumbria
551:Others
548:
514:Liberal
510:
472:
434:
382:
362:Losses
205:Others
188:
177:
86:
75:
1297:Armagh
1287:Antrim
1167:Lanark
1127:Gordon
1082:Dundee
884:Surrey
754:Durham
749:Dorset
476:Labour
374:Votes
359:Gains
356:Seats
353:Party
325:Labour
249:19.8%
201:Labour
197:Party
95:Party
2213:Wards
1407:Omagh
1387:Moyle
1362:Larne
1197:Nairn
1187:Moray
1012:Angus
959:Powys
944:Gwent
939:Dyfed
934:Clwyd
859:Salop
764:Essex
744:Devon
583:Notes
505:12.3
495:19.8
252:2.8%
167:5.3%
163:63.1%
2196:2015
2191:2011
2186:2007
2181:2003
2176:1999
2171:1995
2166:1991
2161:1987
2156:1983
2151:1979
2146:1976
2141:1973
2120:2015
2115:2011
2110:2007
2105:2003
2100:1999
2095:1995
2090:1991
2085:1987
2080:1983
2075:1979
2070:1976
2065:1973
2044:2015
2039:2011
2034:2007
2029:2003
2024:1999
2019:1995
2014:1991
2009:1987
2004:1983
1999:1979
1994:1976
1989:1973
1968:2015
1963:2011
1958:2007
1953:2003
1948:1999
1943:1995
1938:1991
1933:1987
1928:1983
1923:1979
1918:1976
1913:1973
1895:2023
1890:2022
1885:2021
1880:2019
1875:2018
1870:2016
1865:2015
1860:2014
1855:2012
1850:2011
1845:2010
1840:2008
1835:2007
1830:2006
1825:2004
1820:2003
1815:2002
1810:2000
1805:1999
1800:1998
1795:1996
1790:1995
1785:1994
1780:1992
1775:1991
1770:1990
1765:1988
1760:1987
1755:1986
1750:1984
1745:1983
1740:1982
1735:1980
1730:1979
1725:1978
1720:1976
1715:1973
1694:2017
1689:2013
1684:2009
1679:2005
1674:2001
1669:1997
1664:1993
1659:1989
1654:1985
1649:1981
1644:1977
1639:1973
1634:1970
1629:1967
1624:1964
1619:1961
1614:1958
1609:1955
1604:1952
1599:1949
1594:1946
1589:1937
1584:1934
1579:1931
1574:1928
1569:1925
1564:1922
1559:1919
1554:1913
1549:1910
1544:1907
1539:1904
1534:1901
1529:1898
1524:1895
1519:1892
1514:1889
1496:2021
1347:Down
1292:Ards
804:Kent
694:Avon
576:0.9
566:2.8
563:4.3
543:0.7
533:8.9
530:0.0
492:1.4
489:-15
467:4.5
457:5.3
454:2.9
428:18.4
416:63.1
411:91.4
377:+/−
527:-1
486:15
451:+1
406:+18
239:15
213:16
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524:1
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391:64
226:3
223:1
154:1
145:18
131:2
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