1974 City of Aberdeen District Council election

1974 Scottish local government election November 2017 November 2017 1974 City of Aberdeen District Council election City Flag of Aberdeen.svg parliamentary no 1973 Aberdeen Corporation election 1973 1974 05 07 y 1977 City of Aberdeen District Council election 1977 All 48 seats to City of Aberdeen Council 25 Lab Labour Party (UK) 29 24,484 45.0% Con Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 17 18,937 34.8% Lib Scottish Liberal Party 2 7,948 14.6% Council Leader Labour Party (UK) Council Leader after election Labour Party (UK) Aberdeen City Council election 1974.svg The 48 single-member wards Elections to the City of Aberdeen District Council were held on 7 May 1974, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the first election to the district council following the implementation of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The election used the 48 wards created by the Formation Electoral Arrangements in 1974. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20190111180051/http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reports/ea_formation_1974.asp Formation Electoral Arrangements Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland 4 April 2025 Labour took control of the council after winning a majority. The party took 29 of the 48 seats and more than 40% of the popular vote. The Conservatives came second with 17 seats. The remaining two seats were won by the Liberals. Background Aberdeen was made a royal burgh by David I (reigned 1124–1153) and a police burgh was established in 1795.Aberdeen Burgh https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10357603#tab02 A Vision of Britain through Time GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth 4 April 2025Lee Clive Howard Aberdeen, 1800–2000 2000 Tuckwell Press 9781862321083 236–252 https://books.google.com/books?id=6az73FqFVMMC&pg=PA236 4 April 2025 Following the local government reforms in 1890, Aberdeen became one of the four Counties of Cities and was administratively separate from Aberdeenshire.Guide to local government in parishes, counties and burghs 1892 Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh xxiii–xxx https://archive.org/details/b21905678/page/n29/mode/2up 4 April 2025 Following the recommendations in the Wheatly Report, the old system of counties and burghs in Scotland – which had resulted in a mishmash of local government areas in which some small burghs had larger populations but far fewer responsibilities than some large burghs and even countieshttps://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/Local_government_Scotland_before_1975.pdf Information Paper Local government in Scotland: before 1975 Boundaries Scotland 1 April 2025 – was to be replaced by a new system of regional and district councils. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 implemented most of the recommendations in the Wheatly Report. The City of Aberdeen District Council – placed within the Grampian region – took in a much larger area than its predecessor as Cove Bay and Dyce incorporated within the city.Turnock David 1970 The Wheatley Report: Local Government in Scotland Area 2 2 10–12 Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers 20000437 Election results 1974 City of Aberdeen District Council election result Labour Party (UK) 29 N/A 45.0 24,484 N/A Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 17 N/A 34.8 18,937 N/A Scottish Liberal Party 2 N/A 14.6 7,948 N/A Independent (politician) 0 N/A 3.0 1,629 N/A Scottish National Party 0 N/A 2.0 1,109 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain 0 N/A 0.5 285 N/A Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-and-District-Elections-1974.pdf The Scottish Local Government Elections 1974: Results and Statistics Edinburgh Scottish Academic Press J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1975 4 April 2025http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.asp?lID=7189&sID=2389 Elections Database 1974 - May 2003 Aberdeen City Council 4 October 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151007165254/http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.asp?lID=7189&sID=2389 7 October 2015 City of Aberdeen District Council, 1974: Scottish Elections.org.uk Aftermath The City of Aberdeen was the only district in the newly created Grampian region that was won by a party – the rest were controlled by independents. Labour took 29 of the 48 seats while the Conservatives – who took control of the regional council which held its first election on the same day – were the largest opposition party with 17. The remaining two seats were won by the Liberals. Across Scotland, Labour won the most votes, the most seats and the most councils of any party. References 1974 Category:1974 Scottish local elections Category:1970s in Aberdeen Category:Grampian