1977 Surrey County Council election

Elections to Surrey County Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1977. The whole council of 73 members was up for election and the result was that the Conservatives comfortably retained their control, winning 68 seats, gaining ten from Labour, nine from the Liberals (who lost all their seats), and two from Independents. Labour ended with only two county councillors and the Independents with three, including one who stood as a "Resident" and another who stood as a "Ratepayer".[1]

5 May 1977


Party	Conservative	Independent	Labour

The County of Surrey within England

Party before election

Conservative

Elected Party

Conservative

Election result

Result of Surrey County Council election, 1977[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Conservative	68	21	0	+ 21	93.2 %
Independent	3	0	2	- 2	4.1 %
Labour	2	0	10	- 10	2.7 %
Liberal	0	0	9	- 9	0 %

Notes

'Conservatives triumph in Greater London and metropolitan counties' in The Times of London, issue 59997 dated 7 May 1977, p. 3

Council elections in Surrey
Surrey CC	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
Elmbridge BC	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
Epsom and Ewell BC	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Guildford BC	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Mole Valley DC	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
Reigate and Banstead BC	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
Runnymede BC	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
Spelthorne BC	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Surrey Heath BC	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Tandridge DC	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
Waverley BC	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Woking BC	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
See also: Wards Boundary changes Middlesex County Council elections (1889–1965)

(1976 ←) 1977 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1978)
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gollark: Troubling.

gollark: It's not like they won't exist if they don't get some money, in most scenarios.

gollark: Well, you shouldn't trust people just because of "love".

gollark: I would be nice and lend people I know money for reasonable things, with interest, unless they had previously done bees financially.

gollark: [REDACTED, THEN FILLED WITH BEES OF THE CRYOAPIOFORM CLASS]

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