Wiltshire County Council election, 1977

5 May 1977



Party	Conservative	Labour	Independent


Party	Liberal

The County of Wiltshire within England

Party before election

Conservative

Elected Party

Conservative

Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1977. The whole council of seventy-nine members was up for election and the result was that the Conservatives retained their control, winning fifty-seven seats, a gain of seventeen. Labour ended with fourteen county councillors, the Liberals and Independents four each.^[1]

The Chairman of the Council since 1973, Frank Willan, was re-elected and continued in office until 1979, when he was succeeded by Nigel Anderson.

Election result

Result of Wiltshire County Council election, 1977^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	57	17	0	+ 17	72.2 %
	Labour	14	0	7	- 7	17.7 %
	Liberal	4	0	3	- 3	5.1 %
	Independent	4	0	7	- 7	5.1 %

Notes

1 2 'Conservatives triumph in Greater London and metropolitan counties' in The Times of London, issue 59997 dated 7 May 1977, p. 3

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

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Council elections in Wiltshire

Wiltshire Council	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

Swindon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 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

Kennet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

North Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Salisbury District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

West Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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