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1977 Surrey County Council election

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1977 Surrey County Council election

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All 73 seats of Surrey County Council
63 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Conservative Independent Labour
Seats won 68 3 2
Seat change Increase21 Decrease2 Decrease10

The County of Surrey within England

Party before election

Conservative

Elected Party

Conservative

Elections to Surrey County Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1977. The whole council of 73 members was up for election and the result was that the Conservatives comfortably retained their control, winning 68 seats, gaining ten from Labour, nine from the Liberals (who lost all their seats), and two from Independents. Labour ended with only two county councillors and the Independents with three, including one who stood as a "Resident" and another who stood as a "Ratepayer".[1]

Election result

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Result of Surrey County Council election, 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 68 21 0 +21 93.2
  Independent 3 0 2 -2 4.1
  Labour 2 0 10 -10 2.7
  Liberal 0 0 9 -9 0.0

Notes

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  1. ^ a b 'Conservatives triumph in Greater London and metropolitan counties' in The Times of London, issue 59997 dated 7 May 1977, p. 3