1978 Strathclyde Regional Council election
An election to Strathclyde Regional Council was held on Tuesday 2 May 1978, alongside regional elections across Scotland. All 103 of the councils seats were up for election.
Aggregate results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 73 |  2
|
70.9 | 43.0 | 351,224 | ||||
| Conservative | 25 | 5
|
24.3 | 30.0 | 244,937 | ||||
| SNP | 2 |  3
|
1.9 | 22.5 | 183,867 | ||||
| Liberal | 2 | 
|
1.9 | 1.7 | 14,219 | ||||
| Independent Ratepayers | 1 |
|
1.0 | 0.7 | 5,754 | ||||
| SLP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0.0 | 0.8 | 6,410 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4
|
0.0 | 0.7 | 5,531 | ||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0.0 | 0.3 | 2,423 | ||
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0.0 | 0.2 | 1,573 | ||
| Ind. Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0.0 | 0.0 | 273 | ||
| Workers Revolutionary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0.0 | 0.0 | 143 | ||
| Socialist Unity | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0.0 | 0.0 | 77 | ||
References
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