Strathclyde Regional Council election, 1982
The second election to Strathclyde Regional Council was held on 6 May 1982 and yielded a significant Labour majority.
Aggregate results
Strathclyde Regional election, 1982 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
79 |
|
|
|
76.7 |
45.8 |
340,118 |
|
|
Conservative |
15 |
|
|
|
14.6 |
22.5 |
169,910 |
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
4 |
|
|
|
3.9 |
17.8 |
126,708 |
+3.94 |
|
SNP |
3 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
12.5 |
92,927 |
|
|
Independent |
2 |
|
|
|
1.9 |
1.6 |
12,204 |
|
Ward results
Argyll and Bute
Kintyre |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
J McCorkindale |
2,444 |
65.6 |
|
|
Labour |
D McMillan |
1,274 |
34.2 |
|
Majority |
1,170 |
31.4 |
|
Turnout |
3,718 |
43.4 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Mid-Argyll/Islay |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
SNP |
N MacNeil |
2,635 |
60.0 |
|
|
Conservative |
J Mackie |
1,396 |
28.2 |
|
|
Ecology |
C Gladstone |
352 |
8.0 |
|
Majority |
1,240 |
31.4 |
|
Turnout |
4,383 |
42.3 |
|
|
SNP hold |
Swing |
|
|
Lorn and Mull |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
D Webster |
unopposed |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Bute/West Cowal |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
J McMillan |
2,292 |
55.1 |
|
|
SNP |
R Strong |
1,232 |
29.6 |
|
|
Labour |
M McGrorarty |
624 |
15.0 |
|
Majority |
1,060 |
25.6 |
|
Turnout |
4,148 |
49.8 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Dunoon/East Cowal |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
J Walsh |
1,318 |
29.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
J.A. Douglas |
1,121 |
25.3 |
|
|
Independent |
J MacKinnon |
603 |
13.6 |
|
|
Independent |
M Murton |
469 |
10.6 |
|
|
Liberal |
A Lyall |
456 |
10.3 |
|
|
Labour |
J Cullen |
456 |
10.3 |
|
Majority |
197 |
4.5 |
|
Turnout |
4,423 |
49.4 |
|
|
Independent gain from Liberal |
Swing |
|
|
Dumbarton
Dumbarton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
I MacDonald |
3,751 |
44.5 |
|
|
Liberal |
J Murricane |
2,178 |
25.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
R Graham |
1,632 |
19.4 |
|
|
SNP |
G Clarkson |
851 |
10.1 |
|
Majority |
1,573 |
18.6 |
|
Turnout |
8,412 |
45.2 |
|
Helensburgh |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
W Petrie |
6,735 |
73.5 |
|
|
Social Democratic |
R Sawyer |
1,337 |
14.6 |
|
|
Labour |
J Carleton |
609 |
6.6 |
|
|
SNP |
J.B. Cowey |
465 |
5.1 |
|
Majority |
5,398 |
58.9 |
|
Turnout |
9,146 |
50.4 |
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
Glasgow
Blairdarrie/Knightscliffe |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
J.W. MacKechnie |
3,253 |
46.2 |
|
|
Social Democratic |
G Beattie |
1,521 |
21.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
C.A. Lawson |
1,340 |
19.1 |
|
|
SNP |
J Ruddy |
912 |
13.0 |
|
Majority |
1,732 |
24.6 |
|
Turnout |
7,026 |
40.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Yoker/Knightswood |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
W Perry |
4,175 |
62.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
E Ledgewood |
1,211 |
18.0 |
|
|
SNP |
J Lang |
1,203 |
17.9 |
|
|
Communist |
J Moffat |
117 |
1.7 |
|
Majority |
2,964 |
44.1 |
|
Turnout |
6,706 |
37.2 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Scotstoun/Broomhill |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
K Murray |
2,835 |
32.5 |
|
|
Social Democratic |
C Ainsworth |
2,385 |
27.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
L.M. Rosin |
2,227 |
25.6 |
|
|
SNP |
W Lindsay Jnr. |
1,141 |
13.1 |
|
|
Communist |
L.D. Bain |
124 |
1.4 |
|
Majority |
450 |
5.1 |
|
Turnout |
8,712 |
45.7 |
|
wing =
Kelvinside/Kelvindale |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
C.M. Mason |
3,833 |
40.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
L MacK Turpie |
3,809 |
40.5 |
|
|
Labour |
C.F. Rushton |
1,223 |
13.0 |
|
|
SNP |
P.D. Johnson |
435 |
4.6 |
|
|
Ecology |
A Whitelaw |
104 |
1.1 |
|
Majority |
24 |
0.2 |
|
Turnout |
9,404 |
47.7 |
|
|
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Swing |
|
|
References
- Scottish Regional Elections 1982: Results and Statistics; J.M. Bochel and D.T. Denver
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