1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election

The 1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 5 May 1977. The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Conservative Party, which won 66 of the 89 seats on the county council. The Labour Party won just 20 seats, compared to 54 at the previous election.[1][2]

1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election

← 1973 5 May 1977 1981 →

All 89 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council
45 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Seats before 35 54
Seats won 66 20
Seat change Increase31 Decrease34
Popular vote 182,154 108,027
Percentage 56.12% 33.28%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party RA Liberal
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase2 Increase1
Popular vote 14,058 11,916
Percentage 4.33% 3.67%

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Conservative

Results by division

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Each electoral division returned either one, two or three county councillors. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.[2]

Electoral Division Party Councillor Votes
Arnold East Conservative J. Clarke 3,340
Arnold South Conservative M. Sermon 4,377
Arnold West Conservative R. Griffin 2,535
Balderton Conservative N. Davy 2,832
Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe) Conservative C. Minkley 4,026
Basford No. 2 Conservative H. Tildsley 1,955
Basford No. 3 Conservative D. Langham 3,106
Basford No. 4 Conservative J. Gardiner 2,016
Basford No. 5 Conservative R. Dickson 2,927
Basford No. 6 Conservative H. Bird 4,897
Conservative L. Kelly 4,725
Beeston & Stapleford (Bramcote) Conservative C. Cooper 3,316
Beeston & Stapleford (Chilwell) Conservative E. Hudson 2,989
Beeston & Stapleford North Conservative R. Cox 2,494
Beeston & Stapleford South Conservative N. Hughes 2,328
Beeston & Stapleford (Stapleford) Conservative J. Streeter 2,194
Beeston & Stapleford (Toton and Attenborough) Conservative G. Bottomley 3,013
Bingham No. 1 Conservative G. Wade 3,315
Bingham No. 2 Conservative F. Hobson 2,977
Bingham No. 3 Conservative D. Jeffreys 2,612
Bingham No. 4 Conservative S. Pattison 3,632
Bridgford North Conservative F. Woodward 1,839
Bridgford South Conservative P. Wright 2,928
Bridgford West Conservative B. Fairs 3,547
Carlton No. 1 Conservative B. Noble 5,371
Conservative W. Edwards 5,324
Carlton No. 2 Conservative H. Stanley 5,109
Conservative D. Shirt 4,955
Collingham Conservative E. Yates 1,872
East Retford Rural No. 1 Conservative C. Hempsall 2,409
East Retford Rural No. 2 Conservative F. Rudder 3,639
Eastwood Labour D. Pettitt 1,482
Hucknall East Residents' association E. Morley 2,391
Hucknall North Residents' association J. Parker 3,456
Kirkby-in-Ashfield East Labour S. Booler 1,786
Kirkby-in-Ashfield West Conservative J. Radford 2,401
Mansfield No. 1 (East) Labour F. Warsop 1,059
Mansfield No. 2 (South East) Conservative P. Caley 1,950
Mansfield No. 3 (South) Conservative W. Brown 3,565
Mansfield No. 4 Labour W. Morris 3,321
Labour M. Gallagher 3,215
Mansfield Woodhouse Labour B. Whitelaw 3,149
Labour D. Haynes 3,147
Newark No. 1 (South) Conservative S. Stuart 1,992
Newark No. 2 Conservative V. Dobson 2,876
Nottingham No. 1 (Bridge & Trent) Conservative E. Collin 3,232
Conservative R. Tuck 3,229
Conservative P. Lowery 3,227
Nottingham No. 2 (Lenton) Conservative B. Borrett 2,906
Conservative A. Pollard 2,820
Nottingham No. 3 (Manvers & St. Anns) Conservative K. Stevens 2,464
Conservative K. Thompson 2,262
Nottingham No. 4 (Market) Conservative W. Williams 738
Nottingham No. 5 (Byron & St. Alban) Conservative H. Bonser 5,482
Conservative R. Stevenson 5,456
Labour F. Riddell 5,384
Nottingham No. 6 (Forest & Mapperley) Conservative J. Jenkin-Jones 6,534
Conservative E. Chambers 6,442
Conservative E. Baker 6,380
Nottingham No. 7 (Portland & Radford) Conservative D. Watson 4,083
Conservative E. Hand 3,997
Conservative H. Whitehead 3,962
Nottingham No. 8 (Abbey & University) Conservative G. Cragg 8,801
Conservative M. Spungin 8,779
Conservative M. Whittaker 8,743
Nottingham No. 9 (Clifton) Labour G. Dobson 2,711
Conservative H. Moss 2,680
Nottingham No. 10 (Robin Hood & Broxtowe) Conservative D. Bailey 4,106
Labour W. Case 4,099
Labour E. Foster 4,018
Nottingham No. 11 (Woolaton) Conservative H. Smith 3,129
Conservative A. Berkeley 2,961
Retford North Conservative A. Wright 1,879
Retford South Conservative A. Clark 1,934
Southwell No. 1 Conservative B. Haigh 4,623
Southwell No. 2 Conservative A. Stewart 3,076
Southwell No. 3 (Ollerton) Labour S. Smedley 2,065
Southwell No. 4 Conservative E. McCarthy 2,569
Southwell No. 5 Labour M. Gray Unopposed
Sutton-in-Ashfield East Labour A. Bennett 1,505
Sutton-in-Ashfield North Conservative S. Wakeland 1,402
Sutton-in-Ashfield South Labour W. Shaw 1,892
Sutton-in-Ashfield West Labour M. Lee 1,486
Warsop Liberal D. Chambers 1,809
Worksop No. 1 (East) Labour W. Bloomer 2,789
Worksop No. 2 (North) Labour A. Burton 1,849
Worksop No. 3 Conservative C. Naish 2,146
Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth) Labour L. Hince 2,026
Worksop Rural No. 2 Labour L. Smith 1,514

References

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  1. ^ "Election Results". Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Nottinghamshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 19 September 2016.