# 1977 United Kingdom local elections

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.
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 | Previous control | Result | Result | Details |
| Greater London | | Labour | | Conservative gain | Details |

### Metropolitan county councils

| Council | Previous control | Result | Details |
| Greater Manchester | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| Merseyside | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| South Yorkshire | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Tyne and Wear | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| West Midlands | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| West Yorkshire | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |

### Non-metropolitan county councils

| Council | Previous control | Result | Details |
| Avon | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Bedfordshire | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Berkshire | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Buckinghamshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Cambridgeshire | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Cheshire | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Cleveland | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| Cornwall | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Cumbria | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Derbyshire | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| Devon | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Dorset | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Durham | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| East Sussex | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Essex | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Gloucestershire | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Hampshire | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Hereford and Worcester | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Hertfordshire | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Humberside | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| Isle of Wight | Independent | Conservative gain | Details |
| Kent | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Lancashire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Leicestershire | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Lincolnshire | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Norfolk | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| North Yorkshire | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Northamptonshire | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| Northumberland | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Nottinghamshire | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| Oxfordshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Salop | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Somerset | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Staffordshire | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| Suffolk | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Surrey | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Warwickshire | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| West Sussex | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Wiltshire | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |

### Sui generis

| Council | Previous control | Previous control | Result | Result | Details |
| Isles of Scilly | | | | | Details |

## Northern Ireland

| Council | Previous control | Result | Details |
| Antrim | UUP | UUP | Details |
| Ards | UUP | No overall control | Details |
| Armagh | UUP | No overall control | Details |
| Ballymena | No overall control | DUP | Details |
| Ballymoney | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Banbridge | UUP | UUP | Details |
| Belfast | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Carrickfergus | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Castlereagh | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Coleraine | UUP | UUP | Details |
| Cookstown | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Craigavon | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Down | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Dungannon | UUP | No overall control | Details |
| Fermanagh | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Larne | Loyalist Coalition | No overall control | Details |
| Limavady | United Unionists | No overall control | Details |
| Lisburn | UUP | No overall control | Details |
| Londonderry | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Magherafelt | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Moyle | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Newry and Mourne | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Newtownabbey | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| North Down | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Omagh | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Strabane | No overall control | No overall control | Details |

## Scotland
### District councils

| Council | Previous control | Result | Details |
| Aberdeen | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Angus | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Annandale and Eskdale | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Argyll | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Badenoch and Strathspey | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Banff and Buchan | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Bearsden and Milngavie | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Berwickshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Caithness | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Clackmannan | No overall control | SNP gain | Details |
| Clydebank | Labour | SNP gain | Details |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | SNP | SNP hold | Details |
| Cumnock and Doon Valley | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Cunninghame | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Dumbarton | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Dundee | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Dunfermline | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| East Kilbride | No overall control | SNP gain | Details |
| East Lothian | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Eastwood | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Edinburgh | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Falkirk | No overall control | SNP gain | Details |
| Glasgow | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Gordon | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Hamilton | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Inverclyde | Labour | Liberal gain | Details |
| Inverness | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Kincardine and Deeside | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Kirkcaldy | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Kyle and Carrick | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Lanark | Independent | No overall control gain | Details |
| Lochaber | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Midlothian | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Monklands | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Moray | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Motherwell | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Nairn | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Nithsdale | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| North East Fife | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Perth and Kinross | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Renfrew | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Ross and Cromarty | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Roxburgh | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Skye and Lochalsh | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Stewartry | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Stirling | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Strathkelvin | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Sutherland | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Tweeddale | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| West Lothian | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Wigtown | Independent | Independent hold | Details |

## Wales
### County councils

| Council | Previous control | Result | Details |
| Clwyd | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Dyfed | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Gwent | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Gwynedd | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Mid Glamorgan | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Powys | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| South Glamorgan | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| West Glamorgan | Labour | Labour hold | Details |