1977 Somerset County Council election

1977 Somerset County Council election

5 May 1977

Party Conservative Independent Labour

The County of Somerset within England

Party before election Conservative Elected Party Conservative

Elections to Somerset County Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1977, when the whole council of 56 members was up for election.

The result was that the Conservatives retained their control, winning 44 seats, a gain of eight. Independents ended with nine county councillors, a loss of two, and Labour with three, a loss of four, but the Liberals lost both their seats and ended with none.

Election result

Result of Somerset County Council election, 1977

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	44	8	0	+8	78.6
	Independent	9	0	2	-2	16.1
	Labour	3	0	4	-4	5.4
	Liberal	0	0	2	-2	0.0