| Election Name: | 1977 United Kingdom local elections |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Type: | legislative |
| Previous Election: | 1976 United Kingdom local elections |
| Previous Year: | 1976 |
| Next Election: | 1978 United Kingdom local elections |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
| Seats For Election: | 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 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 1977 (Scotland) 5 May 1977 (England & Wales) 18 May 1977 (Northern Ireland) |
| 1Blank: | Councils |
| 2Blank: | Councils +/- |
| 3Blank: | Councillors |
| 4Blank: | Councillors +/- |
| Leader1: | Margaret Thatcher |
| Leader Since1: | 11 February 1975 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| 3Data1: | 12,370 |
| 4Data1: | 1,293 |
| Leader2: | James Callaghan |
| Leader Since2: | 5 April 1976 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| 3Data2: | 7,115 |
| 4Data2: | 1,098 |
| Leader3: | David Steel |
| Leader Since3: | 7 July 1976 |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| 3Data3: | 950 |
| 4Data3: | 163 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
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:
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Manchester | gain | Details | |||
| Merseyside | gain | Details | |||
| South Yorkshire | hold | Details | |||
| Tyne and Wear | hold | Details | |||
| West Midlands | gain | Details | |||
| West Yorkshire | gain | Details | |||
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | gain | Details | |||
| Bedfordshire | gain | Details | |||
| Berkshire | gain | Details | |||
| Buckinghamshire | hold | Details | |||
| Cambridgeshire | gain | Details | |||
| Cheshire | hold | Details | |||
| Cleveland | gain | Details | |||
| Cornwall | hold | Details | |||
| Cumbria | gain | Details | |||
| Derbyshire | gain | Details | |||
| Devon | hold | Details | |||
| Dorset | hold | Details | |||
| Durham | hold | Details | |||
| East Sussex | hold | Details | |||
| Essex | hold | Details | |||
| Gloucestershire | gain | Details | |||
| Hampshire | gain | Details | |||
| Hereford and Worcester | gain | Details | |||
| Hertfordshire | gain | Details | |||
| Humberside | gain | Details | |||
| Isle of Wight | gain | Details | |||
| Kent | hold | Details | |||
| Lancashire | hold | Details | |||
| Leicestershire | gain | Details | |||
| Lincolnshire | gain | Details | |||
| Norfolk | hold | Details | |||
| North Yorkshire | gain | Details | |||
| Northamptonshire | gain | Details | |||
| Northumberland | hold | Details | |||
| Nottinghamshire | gain | Details | |||
| Oxfordshire | hold | Details | |||
| Salop | hold | Details | |||
| Somerset | hold | Details | |||
| Staffordshire | gain | Details | |||
| Suffolk | hold | Details | |||
| Surrey | hold | Details | |||
| Warwickshire | gain | Details | |||
| West Sussex | hold | Details | |||
| Wiltshire | gain | Details | |||
See main article: 1977 Northern Ireland local elections.
See main article: 1977 Scottish local elections.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clwyd | hold | Details | |||
| Dyfed | hold | Details | |||
| Gwent | gain | Details | |||
| Gwynedd | hold | Details | |||
| Mid Glamorgan | hold | Details | |||
| Powys | hold | Details | |||
| South Glamorgan | gain | Details | |||
| West Glamorgan | hold | Details | |||