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1990 Central Regional Council Election
The 1990 Central Regional Council election, the fifth election to Central Regional Council, was held on 3 May 1990 as part of the wider 1990 Scottish regional elections Regional elections were held in Scotland on Thursday 3 May 1990, as part of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and were the first test of public opinion on the Community Charge, which had been introduced in Scotland in 1989. National resu .... The election saw Labour retain a majority on the 34 seat council. Aggregate Results Ward Results References {{United Kingdom local elections, 1990 1990 Scottish local elections May 1990 events in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Regional Council
Central Region (''Roinn Meadhanach'' in Gaelic) was a local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, one of twelve such bodies across the country. The Regional Council's HQ was at Viewforth in Stirling, which had been previously the HQ of Stirlingshire County Council. It is now divided into the council areas of Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling, which had previously been districts within Central. At the time of the local government reorganization of 1975, there was discussion on where the new region should be based – the options being Falkirk or Stirling, the latter of which was chosen as the county council had just finished construction of a new office building at Viewforth in the town in 1972. The Dunblane massacre occurred within the last month of Central Regional Council's existence at one of its primary schools, in Dunblane. Responsibility for Dunblane Primary School was transferred to the new Stirling Council on the first day of its operations on 1 Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Scottish Regional Elections
Regional elections were held in Scotland on Thursday 3 May 1990, as part of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and were the first test of public opinion on the Community Charge, which had been introduced in Scotland in 1989. National results , - !colspan=2, Parties !Votes !Votes % !+/- !Wards !NetGain/Loss , - , , 729,922 , 44.0 , , 223 , , - , , 372,770 , 21.8 , , 42 , , - , , 333,823 , 19.2 , , 52 , , - , , 147,122 , 8.0 , , 40 , , - , , 76,516 , 5 , , 73 , , - , , 35,048 , 2 , , 1 , , - , , Other Parties , 15,140 , 2 , , 4 , , - Party performance The Labour Party dominated the election, gaining the most seats and votes, even though their total vote was slightly down compared with 1986. This was the last election fought under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, and her Conservative Party suffered a decline of 13 seats, mainly due to the introduction of the unpopular Poll Tax in 1989. The Conservative Government had recently given tax conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Scottish Local Elections
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