1974 Grampian Regional Council election

1974 Scottish local government election

7 May 1974 (1974-05-07)

1978 →

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

Composition of Regional Council after the election

Elections to the newly created Grampian Regional Council took place on 7 May 1974, as part of the wider 1974 Scottish local elections. There were 53 wards, each electing a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Results

1974 Grampian Regional Council election result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	28	-	-	-	52.8	37.7	46,905	New
Labour	13	-	-	-	24.5	27.4	34,127	New
Independent	10	-	-	-	18.9	24.5	30,447	New
Liberal	2	-	-	-	3.8	6.4	8,025	New
SNP	0	-	-	-	0.0	3.8	4,748	New
Communist	0	-	-	-	0.0	0.2	203	New

Source:

"Scottish Regional and District Elections 1974" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

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