1978 Highland Regional Council election

1978 Scottish local government election

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2 May 1978 (1978-05-02)

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All 47 seats to Highland Regional Council
24 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Independent	Labour	SNP
Last election	37 seats, 72.1%	4 seats, 8.1%	1 seat, 8.9%
Seats won	37	5	2
Seat change	0	1	1
Popular vote	23,931	1,536	1,739
Percentage	83.4%	5.3%	6.1%
Swing	11.3%	2.8%	2.8%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Liberal	Conservative
Last election	3 seats, 9.0%	2 seats, 1.8%
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	747	758
Percentage	2.6%	2.6%
Swing	6.4%	0.8%

Council Convener before election

Murdo Morrison
Independent

Council Convener after election

Ian Campbell
Independent

An election to Highland Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Independents win control of 37 of the councils 47 seats.

Aggregate results

Highland Regional election, 1978
Turnout: 44.2% (14.0%)
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	37	0	0	0	100.0	83.4	23,931	11.3
Labour	5	1				5.3	1,536	2.8
SNP	2	1				6.1	1,739	2.8
Liberal	2		1			2.6	747	6.4
Conservative	1		1			2.6	758	0.8

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References

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