The fifth election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 5 May 1977. The Conservatives, led by Horace Cutler, gained control of the council from Labour.

Quick Facts 92 councillors 47 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

1977 Greater London Council election

← 1973 5 May 1977 1981 →
92 councillors 47 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Horace Cutler Reg Goodwin Party Conservative Labour Leader's seat Harrow West Bermondsey Seats before 32 58 Seats won 64 28 Seat change 32 30 Popular vote 1,177,390 737,194 Percentage 52.5% 32.9% Swing 14.5% 14.5%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal National Front Seats before 2 0 Seats won 0 0 Seat change 2 Popular vote 174,405 119,060 Percentage 7.8% 5.3% Swing 4.7% 4.8%
Results by electoral division
Leader before election Reg Goodwin Labour Leader after election Horace Cutler Conservative

Close

The GLC was elected from 92 single-member electoral divisions which were identical with the Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London. The election date was fixed by section 43 of the Local Government Act 1972 as the first Thursday in May. Councillors had been elected for a three-year term at previous elections, with those elected in 1973 having their terms extended to four years in 1976. From the 1977 election councillors were elected for a four-year term. All aldermen went out of office in 1977 and no further aldermen were elected by the council.^[1]

The Conservative Party won a majority of seats at the election. The Liberal Party lost both of its councillors.^[2][3]

More information Party, Votes ...

Party		Votes			Seats
		Number	%	+/-	Stood	Seats	%	+/-
	Conservative	1,177,390	52.5	14.5	92	64	69.6	32
	Labour	737,194	32.9	14.5	92	28	30.4	30
	Liberal	174,405	7.8	4.7	92	0	0.0	2
	National Front	119,060	5.3	4.8	91	0	0.0
	National Party	8,300	0.4	New	22	0	0.0
	Communist	8,267	0.4	0.2	24	0	0.0
	GLC Abolitionist Campaign	7,869	0.4	New	31	0	0.0
	International Marxist	1,930	0.1	New	4	0	0.0
	Independent	1,834	0.1	0.1	9	0	0.0
	People	1,621	0.1	New	2	0	0.0
	Ind. Conservative	1,025	0.0	0.1	1	0	0.0
	Independent Liberal	878	0.0	New	3	0	0.0
	English National	685	0.0	New	5	0	0.0
	Fellowship	552	0.0	New	1	0	0.0
	Socialist (GB)	502	0.0	0.1	4	0	0.0
	Ecology	298	0.0	New	1	0	0.0
	New Britain	254	0.0	New	1	0	0.0

Close

Turnout: 2,242,064 people voted.

Members of the old council*