1978 Lothian Regional Council election

The second election to Lothian Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 and saw Labour gaining a majority of the council's 49 seats amidst a Labour surge across Scotland. Stephen Maxwell, the SNP's vice-chairman, was a prominent victim of the Labour gains, losing his seat of Slateford/Hailes. ^[1]

Aggregate results

Lothian Regional election, 1978 ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	26				53.06	40.3	100,455
	Conservative	18				36.73	33.2	82,841
	SNP	3				6.12	20.3	50,692
	Liberal	1				2.04	4.3	10,601
	Independent	1				2.04	1.5	3,709
	Communist	0				0.00	0.4	940

Ward results

20th, Slateford/Hailes ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. P. Mulvey	2,272	39.23
	SNP	S. Maxwell	2,134	36.84
	Conservative	D. Pountain	1,386	23.93
Majority			138	2.39
Turnout			5,792
	Labour gain from SNP

References

1. p.1
2. p.9
3. https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/9136/1983_6_Towards%20a%20four%20party%20system.pdf;jsessionid=27E104652661E4C136096D50BE13D81B?sequence=1 p.75
4. p.65-66