1978 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election

Local election in Scotland

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2 May 1978

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All 35 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council
18 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

43.3%

	First party	Second party

Party	Independent	Conservative
Last election	33 seats, 81.7%	Did not contest
Seats won	27	5
Seat change	6	5
Popular vote	13,087	3,050
Percentage	67.4%	15.7%
Swing	14.3%	New

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Labour	SNP
Last election	2 seats, 11.2%	0 seats, 1.2%
Seats won	2	1
Seat change		1
Popular vote	2,382	711
Percentage	12.3%	3.7%
Swing	1.1%	2.5%

The second Dumfries and Galloway regional council election was held on 2 May 1978, a year after the second district council elections.

Turnout was down. Only 15 of the 35 wards in the region were contested.

Results

1978 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	27			6	77.1	67.4	13,087	14.3
Conservative	5	5	0	5	14.3	15.7	3,050	New
Labour	2				5.7	12.3	2,382	1.1
SNP	1			1	2.9	3.7	711	2.5
Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	183	New

Source:

References

^ "1978 Regional Elections in Scotland" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2016.
"THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS OF MAY 1978". Archived from the original on 1 September 2021.

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