1977 Glasgow City District Council election
Elections for the Glasgow City 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.
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All 72 seats to City of Glasgow District Council 37 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aggregate results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 30 | ![]() |
41.7 | 35.1 | 100,649 | ||||
Conservative | 25 | ![]() |
34.7 | 28.7 | 82,113 | ||||
SNP | 16 | ![]() |
22.2 | 32.7 | 93,695 | ||||
Liberal | 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 |
Ward results
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References
- "District Election Special". Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1977. p. 4.
- J.M. Bochel; D.T. Denver. The Scottish District Elections 1977 (PDF). University of Dundee. pp. 57–62.
- "Local Election Summaries 1977". Elections Centre.
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