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1978 Highland Regional Council Election
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 Ward results References {{United Kingdom local elections, 1978 Highland 1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ... May 1978 events in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland Regional Council
Highland ( gd, A' Ghàidhealtachd, ; sco, Hieland) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom. It was the 7th most populous council area in Scotland at the 2011 census. It shares borders with the council areas of Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Moray and Perth and Kinross. Their councils, and those of Angus and Stirling, also have areas of the Scottish Highlands within their administrative boundaries. The Highland area covers most of the mainland and inner-Hebridean parts of the historic counties of Inverness-shire and Ross and Cromarty, all of Caithness, Nairnshire and Sutherland and small parts of Argyll and Moray. Despite its name, the area does not cover the entire Scottish Highlands. Name Unlike the other council areas of Scotland, the name ''Highland'' is often not used as a proper noun. The council's website only sometimes refers to the area as being ''Highland'', and other times as being ''the Highland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1978 Scottish Regional Elections
Regional elections were held in Scotland on Tuesday 2 May 1978, as part of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. They saw a resurgence of support for the Labour Party, retaining control of Strathclyde and Fife and winning Central and Lothian. National results , - !colspan=2, Parties !Votes !Votes % !Wards , - , , 592,616 , 39.6 , 176 , - , , 453,003 , 30.3 , 136 , - , , 313,062 , 20.9 , 18 , - , , 34,284 , 2.3 , 6 , - , , 7,884 , 0.5 , 1 , - , , 6,629 , 0.4 , 0 , - , , Independent Ratepayer , 5,754 , 0.4 , 1 , - , , 4,841 , 0.3 , 1 , - , , Independent Nationalist , 2,447 , 0.2 , 2 , - , , 1,291 , 0.1 , 0 , - , , 168 , 0.01 , 0 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=, , style="text-align: left;" scope="row" , Independent , 73,449 , 4.9 , 89 , - !colspan=2, Total!! 1,495,428 !! 100.0 !! 431 Results by council area References Ele 1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Scottish Local Elections
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet Union, Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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