1977 Merseyside County Council election explained

See main article: 1977 United Kingdom local elections.

Election Name:	1977 Merseyside County Council election
Country:	England
Flag Image:	Merseyside CoA.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1973 Merseyside County Council election
Previous Year:	1973
Next Election:	1981 Merseyside County Council election
Next Year:	1981
Seats For Election:	All 99 seats to Merseyside County Council
Majority Seats:	50
Turnout:	35.6% (1.1%)^[1]
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Control of Council
Before Election:	Labour
Posttitle:	Control of Council after election
After Election:	Conservative
Party1:	Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before1:	26
Seats1:	67
Popular Vote1:	224,376
Percentage1:	55.1%
Party2:	Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before2:	53
Seats2:	26
Popular Vote2:	111,733
Percentage2:	27.4%
Party3:	Liberal Party (UK)
Seats Before3:	19
Seats3:	6
Popular Vote3:	66,579
Percentage3:	16.3%
Map Size:	400px

The 1977 Merseyside County Council election took place on 5 May 1977 to elect members of Merseyside County Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from Labour.

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1973.

Merseyside County Council election, 1977
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
		99	67	41	0	41	67.7	55.1	224,376	21.4
		93	26	0	27	27	26.3	27.4	111,733	13.9
		78	6	1	14	13	6.1	16.3	66,579	5.5
		19	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	2,425	0.1
		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	765	0.1
		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	465	0.1
		3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	392	New
		3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	228	New
	Labour/Liberal	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	86	New
		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	83	N/A
	Anti-corruption League	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	60	New
	Liberal Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	59	New
		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	45	N/A
		0	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	1.9

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Results by borough

Knowsley borough

Merseyside County Council election, 1977 (Knowsley)
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
		11	4	3	0	3	36.4	48.5	18,095	23.3
		11	7	0	3	3	63.6	44.8	16,747	16.5
		3	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.4	1,272	8.1
		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	765	N/A
		3	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	422	0.9
		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	45	N/A

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Turnout: 29.8% (1.7%)

Liverpool borough

Merseyside County Council election, 1977 (Liverpool)
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
		36	23	19	0	19	63.9	47.0	64,528	17.9
		36	10	0	8	8	27.8	28.2	38,754	11.8
		34	3	0	11	11	8.3	23.5	32,314	5.9
		9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	1,247	0.5
		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	162	New
		2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	95	New
	Labour/Liberal	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	86	New
		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	83	N/A
	Liberal Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	59	New

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Turnout: 33.9% (0.5%)

Sefton borough

Merseyside County Council election, 1977 (Sefton)
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
		19	15	4	0	4	78.9	63.7	47,794	20.9
		15	3	0	3	3	15.8	20.2	15,160	10.5
		13	1	0	0	0	5.3	14.7	11,002	0.8
		4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	512	0.4
		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	465	0.3
	Anti-corruption League	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	60	New
		0	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	9.0

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Turnout: 34.0% (6.0%)

St Helens borough

Merseyside County Council election, 1977 (St Helens)
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
		11	8	6	0	6	72.7	58.0	29,725	30.1
		11	3	0	6	6	27.3	36.4	18,665	19.7
		6	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.6	2,850	9.4

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Turnout: 37.3% (2.9)

Wirral borough

Merseyside County Council election, 1977 (Wirral)
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
		22	17	9	0	9	77.3	60.4	64,234	21.8
		20	3	0	7	7	13.6	21.1	22,407	16.5
		22	2	1	3	2	9.1	18.0	19,141	5.0
		3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	244	0.0
		2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	230	New
		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	133	New

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Turnout: 41.8% (0.7)

Ward results

Results compared directly with the last local election in 1973.

Knowsley

Huyton With Roby No. 1 (Huyton Farm-Princess-Woolfall)

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Huyton With Roby No. 2 (Longview and Rupert Farm)

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Huyton With Roby No. 3 (St Agnes-St Bartholomews-Swanside)

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Huyton With Roby No. 4 (St Gabriels and St Michaels)

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Kirkby No. 1 (Central and Minstead)

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Kirkby No. 3 (Northwood-Park-Tower Hill-Simonswood)

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Prescot

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Whiston No. 1 (Croton-Tarbock-Whiston)

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Whiston No. 3 (Halewood)

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Whiston No. 4 (Knowsley)

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Liverpool

Liverpool No. 1 (Abercromby and St James)

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Liverpool No. 2 (Aigburth)

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Liverpool No. 3 (Allerton)

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Liverpool No. 4 (Anfield)

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Liverpool No. 5 (Arundel)

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Liverpool No. 6 (Breckfield and St Domingo)

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Liverpool No. 7 (Broadgreen)

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Liverpool No. 8 (Central Everton and Netherfield)

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Liverpool No. 9 (Childwall)

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Liverpool No. 10 (Church)

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Liverpool No. 11 (Clubmoor)

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Liverpool No. 12 (County)

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Liverpool No. 13 (Croxteth)

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Liverpool No. 14 (Dingle)

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Liverpool No. 15 (Dovecot)

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Liverpool No. 16 (Fairfield)

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Liverpool No. 17 (Fazakerley)

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Liverpool No. 18 (Gillmoss)

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Liverpool No. 19 (Granby and Princes Park)

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Liverpool No. 20 (Kensington)

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Liverpool No. 21 (Low Hill and Smithdown)

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Liverpool No. 22 (Melrose and Westminster)

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Liverpool No. 23 (Old Swan)

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Woolton West

Sefton

West Lancashire No.3 (Maghull East and North-Melling)

St. Helens

Whiston No. 5 (Rainhill and Bold)

Wirral

Wirral No.2 (Irby-Pensby-Thurstaston)

Notes

• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

References

News: …on night of Labour slaughter…. 6 May 1977. Liverpool Daily Post. 25 February 2017 .
News: LABOUR SUNK BY TORY'S BLUE TIDE. 6 May 1977. Liverpool Echo. 12 March 2017 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Election Summaries 1977. The Elections Centre. 1 December 2018.
2. Book: Rallings. Colin. Thrasher. Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1977. The Elections Centre. 5 December 2018.