1977 City of Aberdeen District Council election

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1977 City of Aberdeen District Council election
City Flag of Aberdeen.svg
  1974 3 May 1977 1980  

All 48 seats to City of Aberdeen Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election29 seats, 45.0%17 seats, 34.8%2 seats, 14.6%
Seats won22167
Seat changeDecrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg1Increase2.svg5
Popular vote37.5%36.0%15.8%
Percentage19,35218,5528,158
SwingDecrease2.svg7.5%Increase2.svg1.2%Increase2.svg1.2%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party SNP Independent
Last election0 seats, 2.0%0 seats, 3.0%
Seats won21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1
Popular vote5.3%3.5%
Percentage2,7581,817
SwingIncrease2.svg3.3%Increase2.svg0.5%

Aberdeen City Council election 1977.svg
The 48 single-member wards

Council Leader before election


Labour

Council Leader after election


No overall control

The 1977 City of Aberdeen District Council election took place on 3 May 1977 to elect members of City of Aberdeen Council, as part of that years Scottish local elections.

Election results

City of Aberdeen Local Election Result 1977 [1] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 22Decrease2.svg737.519,352Decrease2.svg7.5
  Conservative 16Decrease2.svg136.018,552Increase2.svg1.2
  Liberal 7Increase2.svg515.88,158Increase2.svg1.2
  SNP 2Increase2.svg25.32,758Increase2.svg3.3
  Independent 1Increase2.svg13.51,817Increase2.svg0.5
  SLP 0Steady2.svg00.01.2616New
  Communist 0Steady2.svg00.00.3166Decrease2.svg0.2
 Scottish Socialist0Steady2.svg00.00.3140New

References

  1. "Elections Database 1974 - May 2003". Aberdeen City Council. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. p.102-107