Election Name: | 1977 Oxfordshire County Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Local government |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1973 Oxfordshire County Council election |
Previous Year: | 1973 |
Next Election: | 1981 Oxfordshire County Council election |
Next Year: | 1981 |
Seats For Election: | All 69 seats of Oxfordshire County Council |
Majority Seats: | 53 |
Election Date: | 5 May 1977 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 51 |
Seat Change1: | 23 |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats3: | 9 |
Seat Change3: | 17 |
Party2: | Independent (politician) |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Party | |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
Elections to Oxfordshire County Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1977, when the whole council of sixty-nine members was up for election.
The result was that the Conservatives retained their control, winning sixty-one seats, a gain of eight. Labour ended with only three county councillors, a loss of seventeen, Independents also held three, a loss of six, while the Liberals held the two seats they had had.[1]
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