1974 United Kingdom local elections
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Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1974, during the life of the minority Labour government of Harold Wilson. Elections were held in all the boroughs of London.[1][2]
The number of councillors was increased, enabling all of the three largest parties to make net gains in council seats. Labour gained 544 seats and had 10,325 councillors after the elections. The Conservatives gained 393 seats, leaving them with 8,102 councillors. The Liberals gained 47 seats, giving them a total of 1,474 councillors.
In terms of council control in London, Labour won 18 councils, the Conservatives 13. One borough, Havering, was in no overall control, having been a Labour council after the 1971 local elections. The Conservatives gained Bexley and Merton from Labour and Harrow from no overall control.
In Scotland these were the first elections for the new Regional and District councils, with people voting twice. The Scottish National Party did not do particularly well compared with their performance in the two general elections that year. Labour won a majority in Strathclyde and Fife regions.
Summary of results
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England
London boroughs
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barking
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Barnet
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Bexley
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | Details | ||
| Brent
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Bromley
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Camden
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Croydon
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Ealing
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Enfield
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Greenwich
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Hackney
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Hammersmith
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Haringey
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Harrow
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | Details | ||
| Havering
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control gain | Details | ||
| Hillingdon
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Hounslow
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Islington
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Kensington and Chelsea
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Kingston upon Thames
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Lambeth
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Lewisham
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Merton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative gain | Details | ||
| Newham
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Redbridge
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Richmond upon Thames
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Southwark
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Sutton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative hold | Details | ||
| Tower Hamlets
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Waltham Forest
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Wandsworth
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour hold | Details | ||
| Westminster
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative hold | Details | ||
Scotland
District councils
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Angus
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" | |
Conservative | Details | ||
| Annandale and Eskdale
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Argyll†
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Badenoch and Strathspey
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Banff and Buchan
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Bearsden and Milngavie
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
| Berwickshire
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" | |
Conservative | Details | ||
| Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch†
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
| Caithness
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Clackmannan
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
| Clydebank
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Cumbernauld†
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | |
SNP | Details | ||
| Cumnock and Doon Valley
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Cunninghame
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Dumbarton
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Dundee
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
| Dunfermline
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| East Kilbride
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
| East Lothian
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Eastwood
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" | |
Conservative | Details | ||
| Edinburgh
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
| Ettrick and Lauderdale
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Falkirk
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
| Glasgow
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Gordon
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Hamilton
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Inverclyde
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Inverness
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Kincardine and Deeside
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Kirkcaldy
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
| Kyle and Carrick
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" | |
Conservative | Details | ||
| Lanark
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Lochaber
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Merrick†
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Midlothian
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Monklands
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Moray
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Motherwell
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Nairn
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Nithsdale
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| North East Fife
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" | |
Conservative | Details | ||
| Perth and Kinross
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" | |
Conservative | Details | ||
| Renfrew
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Ross and Cromarty
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Roxburgh
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Skye and Lochalsh
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Stewartry
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Stirling
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
| Sutherland
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Tweeddale
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| West Lothian
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
†Four districts were renamed shortly after the elections. Argyll became Argyll and Bute, Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch became Strathkelvin, Cumbernauld became Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Merrick became Wigtown.
Regional councils
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borders
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Central
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Dumfries and Galloway
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Fife
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Grampian
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" | |
Conservative | Details | ||
| Highland
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Lothian
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
| Orkney
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Shetland
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
| Strathclyde
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour | Details | ||
| Tayside
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control | Details | ||
| Western Isles
#999999 |
New Council
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" | |
Independent | Details | ||
References
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1974. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
