1978 Grampian Regional Council election

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1978 Grampian Regional Council election
  1974 2 May 1978 (1978-05-02) 1982  

All 53 seats to Grampian Regional Council
27 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election28 seats, 37.7%13 seats, 27.4%10 seats, 24.5%
Seats won33133
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg7
Popular vote37,37724,7287,356
Percentage43.1%28.5%8.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg5.4%Increase2.svg1.1%Decrease2.svg16.0%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party SNP Liberal
Last election0 seats, 3.8%2 seats, 6.4%
Seats won22
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svg
Popular vote12,4734,375
Percentage14.4%5.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg10.6%Decrease2.svg1.4%

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

1978 Grampian Regional Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 33Increase2.svg 562.343.137,377Increase2.svg 5.4
  Labour 13Steady2.svg24.528.524,728Increase2.svg1.1
  Independent 3Decrease2.svg 75.78.57,356Decrease2.svg 16.0
  SNP 2Increase2.svg 23.814.412,473Increase2.svg 10.6
  Liberal 2Steady2.svg3.85.04,375Decrease2.svg 1.4
  SLP 000Steady2.svg0.00.3219New
  Communist 000Steady2.svg0.00.1102Decrease2.svg0.1
  Workers Revolutionary 000Steady2.svg0.00.025New

Source: [1]

References

  1. "Scottish Regional Elections 1978" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 July 2024.