1978 Strathclyde Regional Council election

An election to Strathclyde Regional Council was held on Tuesday 2 May 1978, alongside regional elections across Scotland. All 103 of the councils seats were up for election.

Aggregate results

Strathclyde Regional Council election, 1978[1][2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	73			2	70.9	43.0	351,224
Conservative	25			5	24.3	30.0	244,937
SNP	2			3	1.9	22.5	183,867
Liberal	2				1.9	1.7	14,219
Independent Ratepayers	1				1.0	0.7	5,754
SLP	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	6,410
Independent	0	0	4	4	0.0	0.7	5,531
Communist	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	2,423
Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	1,573
Independent Nationalist	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	273
Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	143
Socialist Unity	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	77

References

"Strathclyde Regional Council, 1978". www.scottishelections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
"How the regions voted". The Glasgow Herald. No. 84. 4 May 1978. p. 9.

(1977 ←) 1978 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1979)
London boroughs	Barking Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
District councils (England)	Basingstoke and Deane Bath Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Chorley Colchester Congleton Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Fareham Halton Harlow Hart Hartlepool Havant Hertsmere Huntingdon Milton Keynes Mole Valley Pendle Peterborough Preston Rochford Rossendale Runnymede Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire Southend-on-Sea Tamworth Tandridge Thamesdown Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire Winchester Woking
Regional councils (Scotland)	Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Orkney Shetland Strathclyde Tayside Western Isles

Links to elections for successor councils

Council elections in East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 2022
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished
Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

Council elections in East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished
Bearsden and Milngavie District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
Strathkelvin District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

Council elections in East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished
Eastwood District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
Renfrew District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

Elections in Glasgow
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Glasgow District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992
Glasgow City Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 2022
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished

Council elections in North Ayrshire
Cunninghame District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
North Ayrshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 2022
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished

Council elections in North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 2022
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
Motherwell District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
Monklands District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
Lanarkshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

Council elections in South Ayrshire
Kyle and Carrick District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
South Ayrshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 2022
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished

Council elections in South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 2022
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished
Clydesdale District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
East Kilbride District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
Hamilton District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

Council elections in West Dunbartonshire
Clydebank District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
Dumbarton District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
West Dunbartonshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished

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