1978 Scottish regional elections

Regional 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.

1978 Scottish regional elections
2 May 1978 (1978-05-02)
Registered3,737,145
Turnout44.7
  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

National results

Summary of the 1978 Scottish regional council election results[1][2][3]

 
Parties Votes Votes % Wards
Labour 592,616 39.6 176
Conservative 453,003 30.3 136
SNP 313,062 20.9 18
Liberal 34,284 2.3 6
Communist 7,884 0.5 1
SLP 6,629 0.4 0
Independent Ratepayer 5,754 0.4 1
Independent Labour 4,841 0.3 1
Independent Nationalist 2,447 0.2 2
Independent Liberal 1,291 0.1 0
Workers Revolutionary 168 0.01 0
Independent 73,449 4.9 89
Total1,495,428100.0431

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

Results by council area
Council[4][5] Labour Conservative SNP Liberal & SDP Independent Other Turnout Control
 Details
Borders‡ Independent hold Details
Central‡ Labour Gain Details
Dumfries and Galloway‡ Independent hold Details
Fife‡ Labour hold Details
Grampian‡ 13 33 2 2 3 0 Conservative Hold Details
Highland‡ Independent Hold Details
Lothian‡ 26 18 3 1 1 0 Labour Gain Details
Orkney‡ Independent Hold Details
Shetland‡ Independent Hold Details
Strathclyde‡ 73 25 2 2 1 0 Labour Hold Details
Tayside‡ 15 25 0 0 6 0 Conservative Hold Details
Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)‡ Independent Hold Details

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.
  3. Bochel, J. M.; Denver, D. T.; McHardy, B. J. Scottish Regional Election 1978: Results and Statistics. University of Dundee and University of Lancaster. pp. 59–63.
  4. 3 May
  5. 4 May


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