1978 Borders Regional Council election

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1978 Borders Regional Council election
  1974 2 May 1978 (1978-5-2) 1982  

All 23 seats to Borders Regional Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Independent Conservative Liberal
Last election13 seats, 52.2%7 seats, 20.4%3 seats, 24.5%
Seats won1191
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote9,5722,9532,646
Percentage52.7%16.2%14.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.5%Decrease2.svg 4.2%Decrease2.svg 9.9%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Independent Nationalist SNP
Last electionDid not contest0 seats, 1.9%
Seats won11
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote758524
Percentage4.2%2.9%
SwingNewIncrease2.svg 1.0%

The 1978 election to Borders Regional Council took place on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. There were 23 wards, each electing a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Results

1978 Borders Regional Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 11Decrease2.svg 247.852.79,572Increase2.svg 0.5
  Conservative 9Increase2.svg 239.116.22,953Decrease2.svg 4.2
  Liberal 1Decrease2.svg 24.314.62,646Decrease2.svg 9.9
  Independent Nationalist 1Increase2.svg 14.34.2758New
  SNP 1Increase2.svg 14.32.9524Increase2.svg 1.0
  Labour 000Steady2.svg0.09.51,722Increase2.svg 8.4

Source: [1]

References

  1. "Scottish Regional Elections 1978" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 August 2024.