1977 West Lothian District Council election
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All 21 seats to West Lothian District Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the West Lothian District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 21 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SNP | 9 | ![]() |
42.9 | 47.0 | 19,874 | ![]() | |||
Labour | 9 | ![]() |
42.9 | 38.2 | 16,176 | ![]() | |||
Independent | 2 | ![]() |
9.5 | 6.6 | 2,782 | ![]() | |||
Ratepayers | 1 | ![]() |
4.8 | 4.5 | 1,923 | ![]() | |||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.7 | 705 | ![]() | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.3 | 583 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.7 | 286 | New |
Source:[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Scottish District Elections 1977" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 August 2024.