1977 Falkirk District Council election
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All 36 seats to Falkirk District Council 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Falkirk District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 36 wards, which each elected 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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| SNP | 22 |  11
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61.1 | 47.2 | 21,111 | 11.6
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| Labour | 8 |  9
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22.2 | 31.0 | 13,870 | 12.0
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| Independent | 4 | 3
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11.1 | 14.1 | 6,287 | 0.8
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| Conservative | 2 | 1
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5.6 | 6.3 | 2,801 | 0.2
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| SLP | 0 | 
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0.0 | 0.8 | 362 | New | |||
| Liberal | 0 |
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0.0 | 0.7 | 295 | New | |||
Source:[1]
References
- ^ "Scottish District Elections 1977" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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