Regional elections were held in
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
on Tuesday 2 May 1978, as part of the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered local government in Scotland on 16 May 1975.
The Act followed and largely implemented the report of the Royal Commission on Local Gove ...
. 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
Independent Nationalist ( ga, Náisiúnach Neamhspleách) is a political title frequently used by Irish Nationalism, Irish nationalists when contesting elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the United Kingd ...
, 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
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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
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