| Election Name: | 1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Country: | Nottinghamshire |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1973 |
| Next Election: | 1981 Nottinghamshire County Council election |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
| Seats For Election: | All 89 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 45 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 1977 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 35 |
| Seats1: | 66 |
| Seat Change1: | 31 |
| Popular Vote1: | 182,154 |
| Percentage1: | 56.12% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 54 |
| Seats2: | 20 |
| Seat Change2: | 34 |
| Popular Vote2: | 108,027 |
| Percentage2: | 33.28% |
| Party4: | Residents' association |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 14,058 |
| Percentage4: | 4.33% |
| Party5: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 11,916 |
| Percentage5: | 3.67% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Conservative |
The 1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 5 May 1977. The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Conservative Party, which won 66 of the 89 seats on the county council. The Labour Party won just 20 seats, compared to 54 at the previous election.[1] [2]
Each electoral division returned either one, two or three county councillors. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.[2]
| Electoral Division | Party | Councillor | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold East | Conservative | J. Clarke | 3,340 | ||
| Arnold South | Conservative | M. Sermon | 4,377 | ||
| Arnold West | Conservative | R. Griffin | 2,535 | ||
| Balderton | Conservative | N. Davy | 2,832 | ||
| Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe) | Conservative | C. Minkley | 4,026 | ||
| Basford No. 2 | Conservative | H. Tildsley | 1,955 | ||
| Basford No. 3 | Conservative | D. Langham | 3,106 | ||
| Basford No. 4 | Conservative | J. Gardiner | 2,016 | ||
| Basford No. 5 | Conservative | R. Dickson | 2,927 | ||
| Basford No. 6 | Conservative | H. Bird | 4,897 | ||
| Conservative | L. Kelly | 4,725 | |||
| Beeston & Stapleford (Bramcote) | Conservative | C. Cooper | 3,316 | ||
| Beeston & Stapleford (Chilwell) | Conservative | E. Hudson | 2,989 | ||
| Beeston & Stapleford North | Conservative | R. Cox | 2,494 | ||
| Beeston & Stapleford South | Conservative | N. Hughes | 2,328 | ||
| Beeston & Stapleford (Stapleford) | Conservative | J. Streeter | 2,194 | ||
| Beeston & Stapleford (Toton and Attenborough) | Conservative | G. Bottomley | 3,013 | ||
| Bingham No. 1 | Conservative | G. Wade | 3,315 | ||
| Bingham No. 2 | Conservative | F. Hobson | 2,977 | ||
| Bingham No. 3 | Conservative | D. Jeffreys | 2,612 | ||
| Bingham No. 4 | Conservative | S. Pattison | 3,632 | ||
| Bridgford North | Conservative | F. Woodward | 1,839 | ||
| Bridgford South | Conservative | P. Wright | 2,928 | ||
| Bridgford West | Conservative | B. Fairs | 3,547 | ||
| Carlton No. 1 | Conservative | B. Noble | 5,371 | ||
| Conservative | W. Edwards | 5,324 | |||
| Carlton No. 2 | Conservative | H. Stanley | 5,109 | ||
| Conservative | D. Shirt | 4,955 | |||
| Collingham | Conservative | E. Yates | 1,872 | ||
| East Retford Rural No. 1 | Conservative | C. Hempsall | 2,409 | ||
| East Retford Rural No. 2 | Conservative | F. Rudder | 3,639 | ||
| Eastwood | Labour | D. Pettitt | 1,482 | ||
| Hucknall East | Residents' association | E. Morley | 2,391 | ||
| Hucknall North | Residents' association | J. Parker | 3,456 | ||
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield East | Labour | S. Booler | 1,786 | ||
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield West | Conservative | J. Radford | 2,401 | ||
| Mansfield No. 1 (East) | Labour | F. Warsop | 1,059 | ||
| Mansfield No. 2 (South East) | Conservative | P. Caley | 1,950 | ||
| Mansfield No. 3 (South) | Conservative | W. Brown | 3,565 | ||
| Mansfield No. 4 | Labour | W. Morris | 3,321 | ||
| Labour | M. Gallagher | 3,215 | |||
| Mansfield Woodhouse | Labour | B. Whitelaw | 3,149 | ||
| Labour | D. Haynes | 3,147 | |||
| Newark No. 1 (South) | Conservative | S. Stuart | 1,992 | ||
| Newark No. 2 | Conservative | V. Dobson | 2,876 | ||
| Nottingham No. 1 (Bridge & Trent) | Conservative | E. Collin | 3,232 | ||
| Conservative | R. Tuck | 3,229 | |||
| Conservative | P. Lowery | 3,227 | |||
| Nottingham No. 2 (Lenton) | Conservative | B. Borrett | 2,906 | ||
| Conservative | A. Pollard | 2,820 | |||
| Nottingham No. 3 (Manvers & St. Anns) | Conservative | K. Stevens | 2,464 | ||
| Conservative | K. Thompson | 2,262 | |||
| Nottingham No. 4 (Market) | Conservative | W. Williams | 738 | ||
| Nottingham No. 5 (Byron & St. Alban) | Conservative | H. Bonser | 5,482 | ||
| Conservative | R. Stevenson | 5,456 | |||
| Labour | F. Riddell | 5,384 | |||
| Nottingham No. 6 (Forest & Mapperley) | Conservative | J. Jenkin-Jones | 6,534 | ||
| Conservative | E. Chambers | 6,442 | |||
| Conservative | E. Baker | 6,380 | |||
| Nottingham No. 7 (Portland & Radford) | Conservative | D. Watson | 4,083 | ||
| Conservative | E. Hand | 3,997 | |||
| Conservative | H. Whitehead | 3,962 | |||
| Nottingham No. 8 (Abbey & University) | Conservative | G. Cragg | 8,801 | ||
| Conservative | M. Spungin | 8,779 | |||
| Conservative | M. Whittaker | 8,743 | |||
| Nottingham No. 9 (Clifton) | Labour | G. Dobson | 2,711 | ||
| Conservative | H. Moss | 2,680 | |||
| Nottingham No. 10 (Robin Hood & Broxtowe) | Conservative | D. Bailey | 4,106 | ||
| Labour | W. Case | 4,099 | |||
| Labour | E. Foster | 4,018 | |||
| Nottingham No. 11 (Woolaton) | Conservative | H. Smith | 3,129 | ||
| Conservative | A. Berkeley | 2,961 | |||
| Retford North | Conservative | A. Wright | 1,879 | ||
| Retford South | Conservative | A. Clark | 1,934 | ||
| Southwell No. 1 | Conservative | B. Haigh | 4,623 | ||
| Southwell No. 2 | Conservative | A. Stewart | 3,076 | ||
| Southwell No. 3 (Ollerton) | Labour | S. Smedley | 2,065 | ||
| Southwell No. 4 | Conservative | E. McCarthy | 2,569 | ||
| Southwell No. 5 | Labour | M. Gray | Unopposed | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield East | Labour | A. Bennett | 1,505 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield North | Conservative | S. Wakeland | 1,402 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield South | Labour | W. Shaw | 1,892 | ||
| Sutton-in-Ashfield West | Labour | M. Lee | 1,486 | ||
| Warsop | Liberal | D. Chambers | 1,809 | ||
| Worksop No. 1 (East) | Labour | W. Bloomer | 2,789 | ||
| Worksop No. 2 (North) | Labour | A. Burton | 1,849 | ||
| Worksop No. 3 | Conservative | C. Naish | 2,146 | ||
| Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth) | Labour | L. Hince | 2,026 | ||
| Worksop Rural No. 2 | Labour | L. Smith | 1,514 | ||