1977 Oxfordshire County Council election

1977 Oxfordshire County Council election
	The County of Oxfordshire within England
Party before election; Conservative;	Elected Party ; Conservative;

Elections to Oxfordshire County Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1977, when the whole council of sixty-nine members was up for election.

The result was that the Conservatives retained their control, winning sixty-one seats, a gain of eight. Labour ended with only three county councillors, a loss of seventeen, Independents also held three, a loss of six, while the Liberals held the two seats they had had.^[1]

Election result

Result of Oxfordshire County Council election, 1977^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Conservative	61	23	0	+23	88.4
Labour	3	0	17	-17	4.3
Independent	3	0	6	-6	4.3
Liberal	2	0	0	0	2.9

References

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

[times-1] 'Conservatives triumph in Greater London and metropolitan counties' in The Times of London, issue 59997 dated 7 May 1977, p. 3

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