1974 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election
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All 35 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council 18 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 46.9% | ||||||||||||||||||
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The first Dumfries and Galloway regional council election took place on 7 May 1974, along with the first district council elections in Scotland. This new system was created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which saw the making of a two-tier system of local government. The area Dumfries and Galloway regional council covered also contained 4 district councils:
Turnout was low and 12 out of the 35 wards in Dumfries and Galloway were uncontested.[1]
Results
[edit]| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Independent | 33 | - | - | 94.3 | 81.7 | 25,069 | New | ||
| Labour | 2 | - | - | 5.7 | 11.2 | 3,436 | New | ||
| Democratic Socialist Labour Party | 0 | - | - | 0.0 | 5.3 | 1,628 | New | ||
| SNP | 0 | - | - | 0.0 | 1.2 | 359 | New | ||
| Tenants association | 0 | - | - | 0.0 | 0.7 | 210 | New | ||
Source:[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "1974 Local Government Elections in Scotland" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 December 2015.
