1978 Grampian Regional Council election
1978 Scottish local government election
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All 53 seats to Grampian Regional Council 27 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 election to Grampian Regional Council took place on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. There were 53 wards, each electing a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 33 | 5 | 62.3 | 43.1 | 37,377 | 5.4 | |||
Labour | 13 | 24.5 | 28.5 | 24,728 | 1.1 | ||||
Independent | 3 | 7 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 7,356 | 16.0 | |||
SNP | 2 | 2 | 3.8 | 14.4 | 12,473 | 10.6 | |||
Liberal | 2 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4,375 | 1.4 | ||||
SLP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 219 | New | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 102 | 0.1 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25 | New |
Source:[1]
References
- ^ "Scottish Regional Elections 1978" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
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