Scottish local Regional elections, 1978

Scottish local Regional elections, 1978
Scotland
2 May 1978
  First party Second party
 
Leader James Callaghan Margaret Thatcher
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 5 April 1976 11 February 1975
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader David Steel William Wolfe
Party Liberal SNP
Leader since 1976 1969

Colours denote the winning party with outright control

The regional Local elections were held in Scotland on Tuesday 2 May 1978, as part of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. They saw a resurgence of support for the Labour Party, retaining control of Strathclyde and Fife and winning Central and Lothian.

National results

Summary of the 1978 Scottish regional council election results[1][2]

 
Parties Votes Votes % Wards
Labour 39.6
SNP 20.9
Conservative 30.3
Liberal 2.3
Independent/Other 6.8
Total

More Details can be found: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC on 3 and 4 May 1978

Results by council area

Council Labour Conservative SNP Liberal & SDP Independent Other Turnout Control
Borders‡ Independent hold
Central‡ Labour Gain
Dumfries and Galloway‡ Independent hold
Fife‡ Labour hold
Grampian‡ Conservative Hold
Highland‡ Independent Hold
Lothian‡ Labour Gain
Orkney‡ Independent Hold
Shetland‡ Independent Hold
Strathclyde‡ Labour Hold
Tayside‡ Conservative Hold
Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)‡ Independent Hold
Preceded by
Scottish District local elections, 1977		 Scottish local elections Succeeded by
Scottish District local elections, 1980

Notes and references

  1. ↑ McConnell, Alan (2004), Scottish Local Government, Edinburgh University Press, ISBN 978-0-7486-2005-0
  2. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2013). Local Elections in Britain. Routledge. pp. Table 7.5.

See also