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
First party Second party   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%   Third party Fourth party   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