Scottish regional elections, 1978

Scottish regional elections, 1978

2 May 1978

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

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.

National results

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

Parties		Votes	Votes %	Wards
	Labour		39.6
	SNP		20.9
	Conservative		30.3
	Liberal		2.3
	Independent/Other		6.8
Total

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

Results by council area

Council[3][4]	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. 3 May
4. 4 May