City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1977

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, and saw the Conservatives winning 34 of the Councils 64 seats; allowing them to emerge with a majority administration.

Aggregate results

City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1977^[1]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	34			4		44.8	73,159
	Labour	23					26.6	43,459
	SNP	5					19.3	31,525
	Liberal	1					7.9	12,873
	Independent	1					1.0	1,703
	Communist	0					0.1	238
	Others	0					0.2	398

References

Elections in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Corporation	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

City of Edinburgh District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992

Lothian Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994

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Referendums	2005

(1976 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1977 (→ 1978)

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