1977 Scottish local elections

1977 Scottish local elections

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All 53 district councils
First party Second party   Leader James Callaghan Margaret Thatcher Party Labour Conservative Leader since 5 April 1976 11 February 1975 Seats won 282 259 Seat change 146 18 Percentage 31.6% 27.2% Swing 6.8 0.4   Third party Fourth party   Leader William Wolfe David Steel Party SNP Liberal Leader since 1969 1976 Seats won 170 62 Seat change 108 45 Percentage 24.2% 4.0% Swing 11.8 1.0
Colours denote the winning party with outright control

Elections for the Scottish district councils were held in 1977.

These were the second elections held to the 53 district councils established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The previous elections had been held in 1974 with the authorities acting as "shadow" councils until May 1975.^[1] The elections took place when the Labour government of James Callaghan was extremely unpopular, with a subsequent collapse in the party's vote.