1982 Strathclyde Regional Council election

Strathclyde Regional Council election December 2022 December 2022 1982 Strathclyde Regional Council election parliamentary no 1978 Strathclyde Regional Council election 1978 1982 05 06 y 1986 Strathclyde Regional Council election 1986 All 103 seats to Strathclyde Regional Council 52 Lab Dick Stewart Labour Party (UK) 72 seats, 43.0% 79 7 340,118 45.8% 2.8% Con Leonard Turpie Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 25 seats, 30.0% 15 10 166,910 22.5% 7.5% Lib Scottish Liberal Party 2 seats, 1.8% 4 2 70,238 9.5% 7.7% Council Leader Dick Stewart Labour Party (UK) Council Leader after election Dick Stewart Labour Party (UK) Strathclyde Regional Council election, 1982.svg Result of the election Elections to Strathclyde Regional Council were held on Thursday 6 May 1982, on the same day as the eight other Scottish regional elections. This was the third election to the regional council following the local government reforms in the 1970s. The election was the first to use the 103 electoral divisions created by the Initial Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1978. Each electoral division elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/web/20190111180218/http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reports/eareports1st.asp Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland 6 December 2022 Labour, who had won every previous election to Strathclyde Regional Council, retained a large majority by winning 79 of the 103 seats – up seven from the previous election in 1978. The Conservatives remained as the second largest party despite their vote share falling by 7.5%. The party won 15 seats, 10 fewer than in the previous election. The Liberal Party doubled their representation on the regional council after winning four seats. Despite coming third in the popular vote, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were the fourth-largest party on the regional council after they gained only one seat to hold three. The remaining two seats were won by independent candidates. The Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) contested this election as a political alliance in which only one of the two parties would stand a candidate in any given seat.A Short History of the Liberal Party: The Road Back to Power Chris Cook 2010 seventh Palgrave Macmillan Houndmills and New York 978-0-230-21044-8 The Conservative group leader, Leonard Turpie, lost his seat to the SDP-Liberal Alliance. They also lost the adjoining seat to Labour. Both seats were contained within the Glasgow Hillhead constituency won in March by SDP figure Roy Jenkins.7 May 1982 Crushing Blow to Tories https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820507&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 1 Following the election, there was an attempt to unseat the incumbent leader of Strathclyde Regional Council Dick Stewart, who had held the position since the council's creation. He was challenged for the leadership by his longtime friend and colleague Charles Gray at the first meeting of the Labour group following the election. The attempt however failed, with Stewart retaining the leadership with 40 votes to Gray's 38.8 May 1982 Challenge to Strathclyde Leader Fails https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820508&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald 13 Results 1982 Strathclyde Regional Council election Labour Party (UK) 79 6 76.7 45.8 340,118 2.8 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 15 10 14.6 22.5 166,910 7.5 Scottish Liberal Party 4 2 3.9 17.8 70,238 16.1 Scottish National Party 3 1 2.9 12.5 92,927 10.0 Independent (politician) 2 1 1.9 1.6 12,204 0.9 Social Democratic Party (UK) 0 0 0.0 7.6 56,470 New Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0.0 0.3 2,165 0.0 Ecology Party 0 0 0.0 569 New Protest Campaign Against the Papal Visit 0 0 0.0 534 New Independent Labour 0 0 0.0 402 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) 0 0 0.0 205 Twentieth Century Reformation Movement 0 0 0.0 136 New 103 742,878 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1982.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1982: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1982 6 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1978.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1978: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver B. J. McHardy 1978 6 December 2022 Electoral division results Argyll and Bute Kintyre Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party J. McCorkindale 2,444 65.6 Labour Party (UK) D. McMillan 1,274 34.2 1,170 31.4 3,718 43.4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Mid-Argyll/Islay Scottish National Party N. MacNeil 2,635 60.0 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party J. Mackie 1,396 28.2 Ecology Party C. Gladstone 352 8.0 1,240 31.4 4,383 42.3 Scottish National Party Lorn and Mull Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party D. Webster Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Bute/West Cowal Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party J. McMillan 2,292 55.1 Scottish National Party R. Strong 1,232 29.6 Labour Party (UK) M. McGrorarty 624 15.0 1,060 25.6 4,148 49.8 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Dunoon/East Cowal Independent (politician) J. Walsh 1,318 29.8 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party J. A. Douglas 1,121 25.3 Independent (politician) J. MacKinnon 603 13.6 Independent (politician) M. Murton 469 10.6 Scottish Liberal Party A. Lyall 456 10.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Cullen 456 10.3 197 4.5 4,423 49.4 Independent (politician) Scottish Liberal Party Dumbarton Dumbarton Labour Party (UK) I. MacDonald 3,751 44.5 Scottish Liberal Party J. Murricane 2,178 25.9 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party R. Graham 1,632 19.4 Scottish National Party G. Clarkson 851 10.1 1,573 18.6 8,412 45.2 Helensburgh Independent (politician) W. Petrie 6,735 73.5 Social Democratic Party (UK) R. Sawyer 1,337 14.6 Labour Party (UK) J. Carleton 609 6.6 Scottish National Party J. B. Cowey 465 5.1 5,398 58.9 9,146 50.4 Independent (politician) Vale of Leven Labour Party (UK) D. Mills 6,181 62.0 Scottish National Party N. McEwan 1,609 16.1 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party P. Grant 1,250 12.5 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Bollan 496 5.0 Independent Labour G. Muir 402 4.0 4,572 45.9 9,938 48.9 Labour Party (UK) Drumry/Summerhill Labour Party (UK) A. McLean 3,460 63.5 Scottish National Party T. Humble 1,445 26.5 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party D. Gibson 436 8.0 Communist Party of Great Britain A. Jackson 96 1.8 2,015 37.0 5,437 35.0 Labour Party (UK) Glasgow Blairdarrie/Knightscliffe Labour Party (UK) J. W. MacKechnie 3,253 46.2 Social Democratic Party (UK) G. Beattie 1,521 21.6 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party C. A. Lawson 1,340 19.1 Scottish National Party J. Ruddy 912 13.0 1,732 24.6 7,026 40.0 Labour Party (UK) Yoker/Knightswood Labour Party (UK) W. Perry 4,175 62.1 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party E. Ledgewood 1,211 18.0 Scottish National Party J. Lang 1,203 17.9 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Moffat 117 1.7 2,964 44.1 6,706 37.2 Labour Party (UK) Scotstoun/Broomhill Labour Party (UK) K. Murray 2,835 32.5 Social Democratic Party (UK) C. Ainsworth 2,385 27.4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party L. M. Rosin 2,227 25.6 Scottish National Party W. Lindsay Jnr. 1,141 13.1 Communist Party of Great Britain L. D. Bain 124 1.4 450 5.1 8,712 45.7 Kelvinside/Kelvindale Scottish Liberal Party C. M. Mason 3,833 40.7 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party L. MacK Turpie 3,809 40.5 Labour Party (UK) C. F. Rushton 1,223 13.0 Scottish National Party P. D. Johnson 435 4.6 Ecology Party A. Whitelaw 104 1.1 24 0.2 9,404 47.7 Scottish Liberal Party Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Kilmarnock North main Kilmarnock North Kilmarnock North Labour Party (UK) J. Hunter 4,707 62.0 9.6 Scottish Liberal Party W. George 1,697 22.4 New Scottish National Party G. Gibson 984 13.0 14.5 Twentieth Century Reformation Movement J. Sloan 136 1.8 New 3,010 39.6 14.7 7,524 39.7 8.4 19,125 Labour Party (UK) 12.0 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1982.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1982: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1982 6 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1978.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1978: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver B. J. McHardy 1978 6 December 2022 Kilmarnock South main Kilmarnock South Kilmarnock South Labour Party (UK) R. Carson 3,894 45.4 6.4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party A. McCluskey 1,904 22.2 9.5 Social Democratic Party (UK) G. Gunn 1,804 21.0 New Scottish National Party T. Kennaugh 956 11.2 17.9 1,990 23.2 16.9 8,558 41.5 4.6 20,634 Labour Party (UK) 7.9 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1982.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1982: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1982 6 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1978.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1978: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver B. J. McHardy 1978 6 December 2022 Stewarton and Irvine Valley main Stewarton and Irvine Valley Stewarton and Irvine Valley Labour Party (UK) D. Fulton 4,321 46.3 3.5 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party A. MacDougall 2,345 25.1 4.2 Scottish Liberal Party A. Dick 1,638 17.5 New Scottish National Party A. Young 1,022 10.9 16.9 1,976 21.2 7.7 9,326 44.3 6.9 21,054 Labour Party (UK) 3.8 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1982.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1982: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1982 6 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1978.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1978: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver B. J. McHardy 1978 6 December 2022 Cumnock main Cumnock Cumnock Labour Party (UK) J. Boyd 4,430 68.0 16.1 Scottish National Party R. Esquierdo 812 12.5 2.1 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party N. Martin 706 10.8 1.8 Social Democratic Party (UK) M. Dwan 551 8.5 New 3,618 55.5 28.5 6,499 39.8 6.3 16,347 Labour Party (UK) 20.5 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1982.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1982: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1982 6 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1978.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1978: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver B. J. McHardy 1978 6 December 2022 New Cumnock and Doon Valley main New Cumnock and Doon Valley New Cumnock and Doon Valley Labour Party (UK) W. Goudie 4,147 59.2 10.9 Social Democratic Party (UK) M. Ali 1,975 28.2 New Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party P. Richards 871 12.4 2.0 2,172 31.0 19.8 6,993 41.1 6.0 17,034 Labour Party (UK) 24.0 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1982.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1982: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1982 6 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1978.pdf The Scottish Regional Elections 1978: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver B. J. McHardy 1978 6 December 2022 References Links to elections for successor councils Strathclyde 1982 Strathclyde Regional Council election