Elections to Cumbria County Council were held on 5 May 1977. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The whole council of 82 members was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control.
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2020) |
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 82 seats of Cumbria County Council 42 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The County of Cumbria within England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 52 |  21 |
63.4 | 52.1 | 76,439 | 12.6 | |||
| Labour | 23 |  15 |
28.0 | 36.7 | 53,892 | 4.3 | |||
| Independent | 7 | 5 |
8.5 | 9.2 | 13,506 | 6.9 | |||
| Liberal | 0 | 1 |
0.0 | 2.0 | 2,927 | 1.6 | |||
References
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
