Glasgow City District Council election, 1977

Glasgow City Council election, 2012

3 May 1977 (1977-05-03)

All 72 seats to Glasgow City Council 37 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Dick Dynes Frank Hannigan Party Labour Conservative SNP Last election 55 seats 17 seats 0 seats Seats won 30 25 16 Seat change 25 8 16

Elections for the Glasgow City District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. These was the second election to the Glasgow City 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.

Aggregate results

Glasgow City District Council election, 1977[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	30			25	41.7
	Conservative	25			8	34.7
	SNP	16			16	22.2
	Liberal	1			1	1.4
	Independent	0				0.0

References

Elections in Glasgow
Glasgow Corporation	1895 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Glasgow City District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994
Glasgow City Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017
General Elections	1997 2001 2005 2010

(1976 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1977 (→ 1978)
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