1978 Grampian Regional Council election

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2 May 1978 (1978-05-02)

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All 53 seats to Grampian Regional Council
27 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Independent
Last election	28 seats, 37.7%	13 seats, 27.4%	10 seats, 24.5%
Seats won	33	13	3
Seat change	5		7
Popular vote	37,377	24,728	7,356
Percentage	43.1%	28.5%	8.5%
Swing	5.4%	1.1%	16.0%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	SNP	Liberal
Last election	0 seats, 3.8%	2 seats, 6.4%
Seats won	2	2
Seat change	2
Popular vote	12,473	4,375
Percentage	14.4%	5.0%
Swing	10.6%	1.4%

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
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
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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