1977 Essex County Council election explained

Election Name:	1977 Essex County Council election
Country:	Essex
Type:	parliamentary
Previous Election:	1973 Essex County Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Essex County Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 97 seats to Essex County Council
Majority Seats:	49
Party1:	Conservative Party (UK)
Seats1:	83
Seat Change1:	33
Popular Vote1:	256,703
Percentage1:	62.1%
Swing1:	14.8%
Party2:	Labour Party (UK)
Seats2:	12
Seat Change2:	28
Popular Vote2:	110,591
Percentage2:	26.8%
Swing2:	16.3%
Party3:	Liberal Party (UK)
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	3
Popular Vote3:	36,240
Percentage3:	8.8%
Swing3:	1.5%
Council control
Posttitle:	Council control after election
Before Party:	Conservative Party (UK)
After Party:	Conservative Party (UK)

The 1977 Essex County Council election took place on 5 May 1977 to elect members of Essex County Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Division results by authority

Basildon

Summary

**Basildon Borough Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	5	3	23,343	52.6	+18.8
	3	2	13,768	31.0	–17.1
	0	1	4,373	9.9	–0.7
	0		1,732	3.9	+2.1
	0		927	2.1	N/A
	0		222	0.5	–0.6
Total	8		44,365	46.7	+12.3

Division results

Braintree

Summary

**Braintree District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	7	3	<	-- votes -->16,881	<	-- pp -->61.8	<	-- change -->+15.5
	0	3	<	-- votes -->7,506	<	-- pp -->27.5	<	-- change -->–14.9
	0		<	-- votes -->2,799	<	-- pp -->10.2	<	-- change -->–0.6
	0		<	-- votes -->138	<	-- pp -->0.5	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	7		<	-- votes -->27,324	<	-- pp -->39.4	–1.5

Division results

Brentwood

Summary

**Brentwood District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	4	1	<	-- votes -->13,045	<	-- pp -->70.4	<	-- change -->+13.8
	0	1	<	-- votes -->4,836	<	-- pp -->26.1	<	-- change -->–11.4
	0		<	-- votes -->587	<	-- pp -->3.2	<	-- change -->–2.1
	0		<	-- votes -->65	<	-- pp -->0.4	<	-- change -->–0.3
Total	4		<	-- votes -->18,533	<	-- pp -->44.1	+9.6

Division results

Castle Point

Summary

**Castle Point District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	5	3	<	-- votes -->16,409	<	-- pp -->71.3	<	-- change -->+20.0
	0	3	<	-- votes -->5,876	<	-- pp -->25.5	<	-- change -->–22.5
	0		<	-- votes -->727	<	-- pp -->3.2	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	5		<	-- votes -->23,012	<	-- pp -->38.5	+2.0

Division results

Chelmsford

Summary

**Chelmsford District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	8	3	<	-- votes -->17,981	<	-- pp -->58.0	<	-- change -->+7.0
	0	1	<	-- votes -->7,352	<	-- pp -->23.7	<	-- change -->+13.2
	0	2	<	-- votes -->5,460	<	-- pp -->17.6	<	-- change -->–21.0
	0		<	-- votes -->199	<	-- pp -->0.6	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	8		<	-- votes -->30,992	<	-- pp -->42.9	+6.9

Division results

Colchester

Summary

**Colchester District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	7	3	<	-- votes -->24,965	<	-- pp -->68.0	<	-- change -->+15.5
	1	3	<	-- votes -->10,164	<	-- pp -->27.7	<	-- change -->–15.7
	0		<	-- votes -->1,603	<	-- pp -->4.4	<	-- change -->+0.3
Total	8		<	-- votes -->36,732	<	-- pp -->40.9	+2.3

Division results

Epping Forest

Summary

**Epping Forest District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	9	1	<	-- votes -->28,302	<	-- pp -->72.0	<	-- change -->+12.3
	0	1	<	-- votes -->9,640	<	-- pp -->24.5	<	-- change -->–13.6
	0		<	-- votes -->1,375	<	-- pp -->3.5	<	-- change -->+1.2
Total	9		<	-- votes -->39,317	<	-- pp -->40.2	+5.6

Division results

Harlow

**District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	4	1	<	-- votes -->10,783	<	-- pp -->49.1	<	-- change -->–24.0
	1	1	<	-- votes -->8,468	<	-- pp -->38.5	<	-- change -->+15.6
	0		<	-- votes -->2,632	<	-- pp -->12.0	<	-- change -->+8.0
	0		<	-- votes -->95	<	-- pp -->0.4	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	5		<	-- votes -->21,978	<	-- pp -->39.1	+4.4

Division results

Maldon

**District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	3	1	<	-- votes -->6,154	<	-- pp -->64.9	<	-- change -->+10.8
	0	1	<	-- votes -->2,204	<	-- pp -->23.2	<	-- change -->–8.9
	0		<	-- votes -->779	<	-- pp -->8.2	<	-- change -->–5.6
	0		<	-- votes -->349	<	-- pp -->3.7	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	3		<	-- votes -->9,486	<	-- pp -->44.4	+8.2

Division results

Rochford

**Rochford District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	5	2	<	-- votes -->12,525	<	-- pp -->62.3	<	-- change -->+13.6
	0	1	<	-- votes -->3,876	<	-- pp -->19.3	<	-- change -->–24.1
	0	1	<	-- votes -->2,804	<	-- pp -->13.9	<	-- change -->+6.0
	0		<	-- votes -->910	<	-- pp -->4.5	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	5		<	-- votes -->20,115	<	-- pp -->39.9	+3.7

Division results

Southend

**Southend District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	11	6	<	-- votes -->38,009	<	-- pp -->64.5	<	-- change -->+18.1
	2	1	<	-- votes -->11,542	<	-- pp -->19.6	<	-- change -->+0.9
	0	5	<	-- votes -->9,329	<	-- pp -->15.8	<	-- change -->–18.8
	0		<	-- votes -->80	<	-- pp -->0.1	<	-- change -->–0.2
Total	13		<	-- votes -->47,557	<	-- pp -->38.4	+0.2

Division results

Tendring

**District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	8	2	<	-- votes -->22,307	<	-- pp -->68.7	<	-- change -->+14.7
	0	1	<	-- votes -->7,337	<	-- pp -->22.6	<	-- change -->–13.3
	0	1	<	-- votes -->2,806	<	-- pp -->8.6	<	-- change -->+1.4
Total	8		<	-- votes -->32,450	<	-- pp -->37.3	–1.9

Division results

Thurrock

**Thurrock District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	5	5	<	-- votes -->15,816	<	-- pp -->48.8	<	-- change -->+22.0
	4	5	<	-- votes -->13,429	<	-- pp -->41.5	<	-- change -->–27.1
	0		<	-- votes -->2,555	<	-- pp -->7.9	<	-- change -->N/A
	0		<	-- votes -->556	<	-- pp -->1.7	<	-- change -->N/A
	0		<	-- votes -->38	<	-- pp -->0.1	<	-- change -->–4.6
Total	9		<	-- votes -->32,394	<	-- pp -->35.6	+7.6

Division results

Uttlesford

**Uttlesford District Summary**
Party	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
	4	<	-- votes -->10,495	<	-- pp -->73.3	<	-- change -->+15.9
	0	<	-- votes -->2,781	<	-- pp -->19.4	<	-- change -->–13.9
	0	<	-- votes -->1,038	<	-- pp -->7.3	<	-- change -->–2.0
Total	4	<	-- votes -->14,314	<	-- pp -->45.0	<	-- change -->+3.5

Division results

Notes and References

Web site: Essex County Council Election Results 1973–2009 . 9 January 2023 . Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University.