1977 Greater London Council election

Elections to the Greater London Council were held on 5 May 1977.

1977 Greater London Council election

5 May 1977
92 councillors 47 seats needed for a majority
Con Lab Leader Horace Cutler Reg Goodwin Party Conservative Labour Seats before 32 58 Seats won 64 28 Seat change 32 30 Popular vote 1,177,390 737,194 Percentage 52.5% 32.9% Swing 14.5% 14.5%   Lib NF Party Liberal National Front Seats before 2 0 Seats won 0 0 Seat change 2 Popular vote 174,405 119,060 Percentage 7.8% 5.3% Swing 4.7% 4.8%
Results by parliamentary constituency.

Results

Party		Votes			Seats
		Number	%	+/-	Stood	Seats	%	+/-
	Conservative	1,177,390	52.5	14.5	92	64	69.6	32
	Labour	737,194	32.9	14.5	92	28	30.4	30
	Liberal	174,405	7.8	4.7	92	0		2
	National Front	119,060	5.3	4.8	91	0
	National Party	8,300	0.4	n/a	22	0
	Communist	8,267	0.4	0.2	24	0
	GLC Abolitionist Campaign	7,869	0.4	n/a	31	0
	International Marxist	1,930	0.1	n/a	4	0
	Independent	1,834	0.1	0.1	9	0
	People	1,621	0.1	n/a	2	0
	Ind. Conservative	1,025	0.0	0.1	1	0
	Independent Liberal	878	0.0	n/a	3	0
	English National	685	0.0	n/a	5	0
	Fellowship	552	0.0	n/a	1	0
	Socialist (GB)	502	0.0	0.1	4	0
	Ecology	298	0.0	n/a	1	0
	New Britain	254	0.0	n/a	1	0

Turnout: 2,242,064 people voted.

References

• GLC Election Results