1977 City of Edinburgh District Council election

Elections for the City of Edinburgh 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 City of Edinburgh District Council. Conservatives won a majority with 34 of the Council's 64 seats.

1977 City of Edinburgh Council election

3 May 1977 (1977-05-03)

All 64 seats to Edinburgh City Council
33 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	SNP
Last election	30	29	1
Seats won	34	23	5
Seat change	4	6	4
Popular vote	73,159	43,459	31,525
Percentage	44.8%	26.6%	19.3%
Swing	3.8	9.4	12.6

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Liberal	Independent
Last election	3	1
Seats won	1	1
Seat change	2
Popular vote	12,873	1,703
Percentage	7.9%	1.0%
Swing	5.6	0.7

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Conservative

Aggregate results

City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1977[1][2]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	34	4	53.1	44.8	73,159	3.8
Labour	23	6	35.9	26.6	43,459	9.4
SNP	5	4	7.8	19.3	31,525	12.6
Liberal	1	2	1.6	7.9	12,873	5.6
Independent	1		1.6	1.0	1,703	0.7
Communist	0		0.0	0.1	238	0.1
Independent Labour	0		0.0	0.1	228
Scottish Socialist	0		0.0	0.2	170

References

"District Election Special". The Glasgow Herald. No. 84. 5 May 1977. p. 4.
J Bochel; D Denver (1977). Scottish District Elections 1977, Results and Statistics (PDF). University of Dundee. pp. 87–92 – via The Election Centre, Plymouth University.

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