1977 Eastwood District Council election

Elections for the Eastwood District Council took place on 1 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.

The Conservatives maintained their dominance of the council, winning all but 2 of the Districts seats.

Aggregate results

Eastwood District Council election, 1977[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10
	Ratepayers	2
	Labour	0
	Liberal	0
	SNP	0

Ward results

1st, Giffnock East[2]
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	1,320	78.9
	Labour	352	21.1
Majority		968	57.9
Turnout		1,672
	Conservative hold	Swing

2nd, Giffnock West[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Dundas	Unopposed	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

3rd, Giffnock South[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Edmondson	Unopposed	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

4th, Thornliebank[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	I. Robertson	1,248
	SNP
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

11th, Busby[2]
Party		Votes
	Ratepayers	1,298
	Conservative	811
Majority		487
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing

12th, Clarkston[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	C. Grant	1,175
	SNP		301
Majority			874
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Council elections in East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished
Eastwood District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
Renfrew District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

(1976 ←) 1977 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1978)
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