Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in May 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.
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
England
Unicameral area
Council Previous control Result DetailsGreater London gainDetails
Metropolitan county councils
Council Previous control Result DetailsGreater Manchester gainDetailsMerseyside gainDetailsSouth Yorkshire holdDetailsTyne and Wear holdDetailsWest Midlands gainDetailsWest Yorkshire gainDetails
Non-metropolitan county councils
Council Previous control Result DetailsAvon gainDetailsBedfordshire gainDetailsBerkshire gainDetailsBuckinghamshire holdDetailsCambridgeshire gainDetailsCheshire holdDetailsCleveland gainDetailsCornwall holdDetailsCumbria gainDetailsDerbyshire gainDetailsDevon holdDetailsDorset holdDetailsDurham holdDetailsEast Sussex holdDetailsEssex holdDetailsGloucestershire gainDetailsHampshire gainDetailsHereford and Worcester gainDetailsHertfordshire gainDetailsHumberside gainDetailsIsle of Wight gainDetailsKent holdDetailsLancashire holdDetailsLeicestershire gainDetailsLincolnshire gainDetailsNorfolk holdDetailsNorth Yorkshire gainDetailsNorthamptonshire gainDetailsNorthumberland holdDetailsNottinghamshire gainDetailsOxfordshire holdDetailsSalop holdDetailsSomerset holdDetailsStaffordshire gainDetailsSuffolk holdDetailsSurrey holdDetailsWarwickshire gainDetailsWest Sussex holdDetailsWiltshire gainDetails
Sui generis
Council Previous control Result DetailsIsles of ScillyDetails
Northern Ireland
Council Previous control Result DetailsAntrim DetailsArds DetailsArmagh DetailsBallymena DetailsBallymoney DetailsBanbridge DetailsBelfast DetailsCarrickfergus DetailsCastlereagh DetailsColeraine DetailsCookstown DetailsCraigavon DetailsDown DetailsDungannon DetailsFermanagh DetailsLarne Loyalist Coalition DetailsLimavadyUnited Unionists DetailsLisburn DetailsLondonderry DetailsMagherafelt DetailsMoyle DetailsNewry and Mourne DetailsNewtownabbey DetailsNorth Down DetailsOmagh DetailsStrabane Details
Scotland
District councils
Council Previous control Result DetailsAberdeen gainDetailsAngus holdDetailsAnnandale and Eskdale holdDetailsArgyll holdDetailsBadenoch and Strathspey holdDetailsBanff and Buchan holdDetailsBearsden and Milngavie gainDetailsBerwickshire holdDetailsCaithness holdDetailsClackmannan gainDetailsClydebank gainDetailsCumbernauld and Kilsyth holdDetailsCumnock and Doon Valley holdDetailsCunninghame gainDetailsDumbarton gainDetailsDundee holdDetailsDunfermline holdDetailsEast Kilbride gainDetailsEast Lothian holdDetailsEastwood holdDetailsEdinburgh gainDetailsEttrick and Lauderdale holdDetailsFalkirk gainDetailsGlasgow gainDetailsGordon holdDetailsHamilton holdDetailsInverclyde gainDetailsInverness holdDetailsKilmarnock and Loudoun gainDetailsKincardine and Deeside holdDetailsKirkcaldy gainDetailsKyle and Carrick holdDetailsLanark gainDetailsLochaber holdDetailsMidlothian gainDetailsMonklands holdDetailsMoray holdDetailsMotherwell holdDetailsNairn holdDetailsNithsdale holdDetailsNorth East Fife holdDetailsPerth and Kinross holdDetailsRenfrew gainDetailsRoss and Cromarty holdDetailsRoxburgh holdDetailsSkye and Lochalsh holdDetailsStewartry holdDetailsStirling holdDetailsStrathkelvin holdDetailsSutherland holdDetailsTweeddale holdDetailsWest Lothian holdDetailsWigtown holdDetails
Wales
County councils
Council Previous control Result DetailsClwyd holdDetailsDyfed holdDetailsGwent gainDetailsGwynedd holdDetailsMid Glamorgan holdDetailsPowys holdDetailsSouth Glamorgan gainDetailsWest Glamorgan holdDetails
References
Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 2001 BBC News Vote 2009 BBC News