1977 Cornwall County Council election
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All 79 seats of Cornwall County Council 40 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The County of Cornwall within England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Ecology Party also won one, and (as in 1973) no one was elected as a representative of the Liberal Party.[2]
Results summary
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent
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64 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 81.0 | 67.5 | 44,050 | 19.4 | |
Conservative | 13 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 16.5 | 13.4 | 8,766 | 8.2 | |
Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 4,060 | 1.3 | ||
Ecology
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1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 967 | New | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2,636 | 3.6 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1,736 | New | ||
Ind. Conservative
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 958 | New | ||
CARE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 806 | New | ||
Independent Labour
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 569 | New | ||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 465 | New | ||
Residents
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 223 | New |
References
- ^ "Local Election Summaries 1977". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ a b 'Conservatives triumph in Greater London and metropolitan counties' in The Times of London, issue 59997 dated 7 May 1977, p. 3