The 1977 Essex County Council election took place on 5 May 1977 to elect members of Essex County Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
Division results by authority
Basildon
Summary
+Basildon Borough SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 3 23,343 52.6 +18.8Labour 3 2 13,768 31.0 –17.1Residents 0 1 4,373 9.9 –0.7Liberal 0 1,732 3.9 +2.1National Front 0 927 2.1N/AInd. Labour 0 222 0.5 –0.6Total844,36546.7 +12.3
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Braintree
Summary
+Braintree District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 7 3 16,881 61.8 +15.5Labour 0 3 7,506 27.5 –14.9Liberal 0 2,799 10.2 –0.6Independent 0 138 0.5 N/ATotal727,32439.4 –1.5
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Brentwood
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+Brentwood District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 1 13,045 70.4 +13.8Labour 0 1 4,836 26.1 –11.4Liberal 0 587 3.2 –2.1Communist 0 65 0.4 –0.3Total418,53344.1 +9.6
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Castle Point
Summary
+Castle Point District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 3 16,409 71.3 +20.0Labour 0 3 5,876 25.5 –22.5Liberal 0 727 3.2 N/ATotal523,01238.5 +2.0
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Chelmsford
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+Chelmsford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 8 3 17,981 58.0 +7.0Liberal 0 1 7,352 23.7 +13.2Labour 0 2 5,460 17.6 –21.0Independent 0 199 0.6 N/ATotal830,99242.9 +6.9
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Colchester
Summary
+Colchester District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 7 3 24,965 68.0 +15.5Labour 1 3 10,164 27.7 –15.7Liberal 0 1,603 4.4 +0.3Total836,73240.9 +2.3
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Epping Forest
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+Epping Forest District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 9 1 28,302 72.0 +12.3Labour 0 1 9,640 24.5 –13.6Liberal 0 1,375 3.5 +1.2Total939,31740.2 +5.6
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Harlow
+District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 4 1 10,783 49.1 –24.0Conservative 1 1 8,468 38.5 +15.6Liberal 0 2,632 12.0 +8.0Independent 0 95 0.4 N/ATotal521,97839.1 +4.4
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Maldon
+District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 3 1 6,154 64.9 +10.8Labour 0 1 2,204 23.2 –8.9Liberal 0 779 8.2 –5.6Independent 0 349 3.7 N/ATotal39,48644.4 +8.2
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Rochford
+Rochford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 2 12,525 62.3 +13.6Labour 0 1 3,876 19.3 –24.1Independent 0 1 2,804 13.9 +6.0Liberal 0 910 4.5 N/ATotal520,11539.9 +3.7
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Southend
+Southend District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 11 6 38,009 64.5 +18.1Liberal 2 1 11,542 19.6 +0.9Labour 0 5 9,329 15.8 –18.8Independent 0 80 0.1 –0.2Total1347,55738.4 +0.2
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Tendring
+District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 8 2 22,307 68.7 +14.7Labour 0 1 7,337 22.6 –13.3Liberal 0 1 2,806 8.6 +1.4Total832,45037.3 –1.9
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Thurrock
+Thurrock District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 5 15,816 48.8 +22.0Labour 4 5 13,429 41.5 –27.1Liberal 0 2,555 7.9 N/ANational Front 0 556 1.7 N/AIndependent 0 38 0.1 –4.6Total932,39435.6 +7.6
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Uttlesford
+Uttlesford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 10,495 73.3 +15.9Labour 0 2,781 19.4 –13.9Liberal 0 1,038 7.3 –2.0Total414,31445.0+3.5
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