City of Dundee District Council election, 1974

8 May 1974 (1974-05-08)

All 43 seats to City of Dundee District Council 22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Independent
Seats won	22	18	2

Council Leader after election

TBD

The 1974 City of Dundee District Council election took place on the 8 May 1974 to elect members of City of Dundee Council, as part of that years Scottish local elections.

Election results

City of Dundee District Election Result 1974^[1]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	22				50.0	47.4	29,555
	Conservative	18				40.9	42.2	26,320
	Independent	2				4.5	3.3	2,076
	Independent Labour	1				2.3	3.0	1,860
	Liberal	0					2.2	1,359
	Communist	0					1.1	677
	SNP	0					0.5	291
	Christian Democratic Socialist	0					0.3	161
	Independent Socialist	0					0.2	106

References

↑ "Local Election Results - 1974 to Date". Dundee City Council. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
↑ City of Dundee District Council, 1974: Scottish Elections.org.uk

Council elections in Dundee

Dundee City Council	1973 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012

Tayside Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1985 1990 1994 Abolished

(1973 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1974 (→ 1975)

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See also: UK General election (Feb) UK General election (Oct)

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