1977 City of Glasgow District Council election

Elections for the City of Glasgow District Council took place on 3 May 1977,[1] alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. These was the second election to the City of Glasgow District Council, and saw Labour losing their control of the council, losing nearly half of their councillors. Among the losing councillors was Dick Dynes, the Labour group leader. Dynes was replaced as leader by Jean McFadden.

1977 City of Glasgow
District Council election

3 May 1977
All 72 seats to City of Glasgow District Council 37 seats needed for a majority
Leader Dick Dynes Party Labour Conservative Last election 55 seats 17 seats Seats won 30 25 Seat change 25 8 Popular vote 100,649 82,113 Percentage 35.1% 28.7%   Leader Frank Hannigan Party SNP Liberal Last election 0 seats 0 seats Seats won 16 1 Seat change 16 1 Popular vote 93,695 5,439 Percentage 32.7% 1.9%
Council Leader before election Labour Elected Council Leader No overall control

Aggregate results

1977 City of Glasgow District Council election[2][3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	30			25	41.7	35.1	100,649
	Conservative	25			8	34.7	28.7	82,113
	SNP	16			16	22.2	32.7	93,695
	Liberal	1			1	1.4	1.9	5,439
	Communist	0				0.0	1.6	4,206
	SLP	0				0.0	0.3	834
	Residents	0				0.0	0.1	298
	Ind. Conservative	0				0.0	0.1	173
	Scottish Socialist	0				0.0	0.0	32

References

1. "District Election Special". Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1977. p. 4.
2. J. M. Bochel; D. T. Denver. The Scottish District Elections 1977 (PDF). University of Dundee. pp. 57–62.
3. "Local Election Summaries 1977". Elections Centre.