1974 Scottish local elections
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There were elections for the Scottish district councils on Tuesday 7 May 1974, for both the new regional and district councils, between the two United Kingdom general elections of February and October in that same year.
These were the first elections held to the 53 district councils established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The Labour Party did reasonably well and the Scottish National Party (SNP) did not. The councillors acted as "shadow" councils until May 1975, when the Monarchy of the United Kingdom approved by Royal Assent the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.[1]
Results
National results
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Parties | Votes | Votes % | Wards | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 658,089 | 38.5 | 172 | |
Conservative | 488,905 | 28.6 | 112 | |
SNP | 215,502 | 12.6 | 18 | |
Liberal | 87,333 | 5.1 | 11 | |
style="width: 10px" bgcolor=Template:Other/meta/color| | Independent/Other | 261,372 | 15.3 | 114/5 |
Total |
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Parties | Votes | Votes % | Wards | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 619,531 | 38.4 | 428 | |
Conservative | 433,287 | 26.8 | 241 | |
SNP | 200,307 | 12.4 | 62 | |
Liberal | 80,232 | 5.0 | 17 | |
style="width: 10px" bgcolor=Template:Other/meta/color| | Independent/Other | 280,946 | 17.5 | 345/17 |
Total |
Note: Orkney, Shetland, and the Western Isles were governed at the district level as unitary authorities, meaning they were not included in any larger region.
Regional Results
Regional Councils
Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Other | Turnout | Total Seats | Control |
Details | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Borders‡ | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 29
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | Details | ||
Central‡ | 17 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 34
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
Dumfries and Galloway‡ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 35
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | Details | ||
Fife‡ | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 (1 Communist) | 42
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
Grampian‡ | 13 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 53
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | Details | ||
Highland‡ | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 47
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | Details | ||
Lothian‡ | 24 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
Orkney‡ |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | Details | ||||||||
Shetland‡ |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | Details | ||||||||
Strathclyde‡ | 71 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 103
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
Tayside‡ | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 46
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)‡ |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | Details |
District Councils
Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Other | Turnout | Total Seats |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Borders‡ | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 54 | |
Central‡ | 29 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 67 | |
Dumfries and Galloway‡ | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 70 | |
Fife‡ | 43 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 84 | |
Grampian‡ | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 108 | |
Highland‡ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 99 | 0 | 109 | |
Lothian‡ | 62 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 127 | |
Orkney‡ | ||||||||
Shetland‡ | ||||||||
Strathclyde‡ | 225 | 92 | 25 | 7 | 49 | 8 | 406 | |
Tayside‡ | 29 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 94 | |
Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)‡ |
The seats on each council after the election were as follows:[5]
Borders
Council | Labour | Conservative | Liberal | Independent | Other | Control | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berwickshire | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | |
Ettrick and Lauderdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Roxburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | Border Independents 3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Tweeddale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent |
Central
Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Other | Control | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clackmannan | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Scottish Labour 1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | |
Falkirk | 16 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 3 | Independent Labour 1 Non-Party 2 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | |
Stirling | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NOC |
Dumfries and Galloway
Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Independent | Other | Control | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Annandale and Eskdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Nithsdale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | Non-Party 5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Stewartry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Wigtown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent |
Fife
Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Other | Control | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dunfermline | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Kirkcaldy | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Ratepayers 4 Communist 1 |
NOC | |
North-East Fife | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative |
Grampian
Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Control | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Banff and Buchan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
City of Aberdeen | 28 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Gordon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Kincardine and Deeside | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Moray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent |
Highland
Council | Labour | SNP | Independent | Control | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Badenoch and Strathspey | 0 | 0 | 10
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent hold | |
Caithness | 0 | 0 | 15
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent hold | |
Inverness | 0 | 0 | 15
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent hold | |
Lochaber 2 vacancies |
3 | 0 | 7
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Nairn | 0 | 3 | 7
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Ross and Cromarty | 0 | 0 | 20
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent hold | |
Skye and Lochalsh | 0 | 0 | 10
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Sutherland | 0 | 0 | 14
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent |
Lothian
Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Control | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
City of Edinburgh | 27 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | |
East Lothian | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Midlothian | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
West Lothian | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | NOC |
Strathclyde
Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Others | Control | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argyll and Bute 1 vacancy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Bearsden and Milngavie | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | |
Clydebank | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Scottish Labour 1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | |
SNP | |
Cumnock and Doon Valley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Scottish Labour 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Cunninghame | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Moderate Conservatives 7
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Dumbarton | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
East Kilbride | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | |
Eastwood | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ratepayers 2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | |
City of Glasgow | 54 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Independent Conservative 1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Hamilton | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Independent Labour 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Inverclyde | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Kyle and Carrick | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | |
Lanark | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent | |
Motherwell | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Communist 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Monklands | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | |
Strathkelvin | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control |
Tayside
Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Independent | Others | Control | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angus | 3 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | |
City of Dundee | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | Real Labour 1 Monifeith Ratepayers 0 |
NOC | |
Perth and Kinross | 4 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative |
See also
References
- ^ Faux, Ronald (5 May 1977). "SNP seizes 107 seats". The Times. pp. 1, 4.
- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2013). Local Elections in Britain. Routledge. pp. Table 7.5.
- ^ a b c d https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/9006/1/1976_ref%202_Appendices.pdf
- ^ Scottish Elections
- ^ "Results of Scottish district council elections". The Times. 5 May 1977. p. 4.