1974 City of Glasgow District Council election

1974 Scottish local government election

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1974 City of Glasgow
District Council election

4 May 1974 (1974-05-04)

1977 →

All 72 seats to City of Glasgow District Council
36 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Conservative
Seats won	55	17
Popular vote	149,755	90,285
Percentage	47.7%	28.8%

Council control after election

Labour

Elections for the City of Glasgow District Council took place in 1974, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. This was the first election to the City of Glasgow District Council, and saw Labour winning 55 of the council's 72 seats.

Results

1974 City of Glasgow District Council election result
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	55	76.4	47.7	149,755
Conservative	17	23.6	28.8	90,285
SNP	0	0.0	19.2	60,198
Liberal	0	0.0	2.2	6,786
Communist	0	0.0	1.2	3,830
Independent	0	0.0	0.4	1,393
Residents	0	0.0	0.3	932
Independent Progressive	0	0.0	0.2	533
Scottish Workers Republican Party	0	0.0	0.0	95

References

City of Glasgow District Council, 1974: Scottish Elections.org.uk

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