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1974 East Lothian District Council election

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1974 Scottish local government election

Elections for East Lothian Council took place in May 1974, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.

Results

1974 East Lothian District Council election result
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	-	-		58.8	35.4	8,212
	Conservative	6	-	-		35.3	38.1	8,825
	Independent	1	-	-		5.9	17.0	3,930
	SNP	0	-	-		0.0	4.1	956
	Independent Labour	0	-	-		0.0	2.3	542
	Residents	0	-	-		0.0	1.8	409
	Liberal	0	-	-		0.0	1.3	299

Ward Results

Labour

Musselburgh 1
Musselburgh 2
Musselburgh 3
Musselburgh 4
Tranent
Ormiston
Inveresk
Prestonpans
Preston
Gladsmuir

Conservative

Cockenzie
Lammermuir
Dirleton
Dunbar
East Linton
North Berwick

Independent

Haddington

References

Scottish Elections.org.uk

v t e Council elections in East Lothian
East Lothian Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 2022
Lothian Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1985 1990 1994 Abolished

v t e (1973 ←) 1974 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1975)
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