1978 Lothian Regional Council election

1978 Scottish local government election April 2022 1978 Lothian Regional Council election Scotland parliamentary no 1974 Lothian Regional Council election 1974 1982 Lothian Regional Council election 1982 2 May 1978 All 49 seats to Lothian Regional Council 25 Labour DC241F 24 seats, 39.9% 26 2 100,455 40.33% 0.4pp Conservative 0087DC 19 seats, 34.3% 18 1 82,841 33.2% 1.1pp SNP FDF068 3 seats, 11.6% 3 50,692 20.3% 8.7pp Liberal FFD700 1 seat, 9.0% 1 10,601 4.3% 4.7pp Independent DDDDDD 1 seat, 3.5% 1 3,709 1.5% 2.0pp LothianRegionalCouncil 1978.svg 250px Council composition following election SNP Lab Con Lib Ind The second election to Lothian Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 and saw Labour gaining a majority of the council's 49 seats amidst a Labour surge across Scotland. Stephen Maxwell, the SNP's vice-chairman, was a prominent victim of the Labour gains, losing his seat of Slateford/Hailes.p.1 Aggregate results Lothian Regional election, 1978p.9https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/9136/1983_6_Towards%20a%20four%20party%20system.pdf;jsessionid=27E104652661E4C136096D50BE13D81B?sequence=1 p.75p.65-66 Scottish Labour Party 26 53.06 40.3 100,455 Scottish Conservative Party 18 36.73 33.2 82,841 Scottish National Party 3 6.12 20.3 50,692 Scottish Liberal Party 1 2.04 4.3 10,601 Independent (politician) 1 2.04 1.5 3,709 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0.00 0.4 940 Ward results 20th, Slateford/Hailes Scottish Labour Party J. P. Mulvey 2,272 39.23 Scottish National Party S. Maxwell 2,134 36.84 Scottish Conservative Party D. Pountain 1,386 23.93 138 2.39 5,792 Scottish Labour Party Scottish National Party References Lothian 1978