1967 Scottish Local Elections
Scottish local elections were held in 1967 to elect members to the various Corporations, Burghs, and County Boards of Scotland. SNP Gains The election was contested by a large number of SNP candidates, following on from their good showing in the 1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election. The SNP ultimately won 16% of the vote in the municipal elections, and won 23 seats. The election also saw the SNP gain their first Councillor on Clydebank Burgh Council. Conservative entry into Local Government The elections also saw the first time that Conservatives contested local elections on a Conservative ticket. Previously the Conservative party had not contested local elections, with their place being instead fulfilled by local anti-socialist groups known as the Progressives (Scotland), Progressives. Despite these organisational differences however, the Progressives were seen be the electorate as Tories, and the two shared the same ideology. The Conservative party's decision to partake in local el ...
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