1978 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election

Local election in Scotland April 2022 August 2021 5 5 3,050 Scottish Labour Party 2,382 12.3% 2 15.7% Scottish Conservatives parliamentary 1974 no 2 May 1978 1974 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election 1982 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election 6 1982 43.3% Independent politician 13,087 67.4% 27 18 All 35 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council 33 seats, 81.7% Did not contest 2 seats, 11.2% Scottish National Party 1 0 seats, 1.2% 1 711 3.7% 14.3% New 1.1% 2.5% The second Dumfries and Galloway regional council election was held on 2 May 1978, a year after the second district council elections. Turnout was down. Only 15 of the 35 wards in the region were contested.1978 Regional Elections in Scotland http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1978.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20160309091950/http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1978.pdf 2016-03-09 THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS OF MAY 1978 https://era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/9036/1979_11_regional%20council%20elections%20of%20May%201978.pdf;sequence%253D1 live https://web.archive.org/web/20210901132203/https://era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/9036/1979_11_regional%20council%20elections%20of%20May%201978.pdf;sequence%253D1 2021-09-01 Results 1978 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election result Independent politician 27 6 77.1 67.4 13,087 14.3Scottish Conservatives 5 5 0 5 14.3 15.7 3,050 NewScottish Labour Party 2 5.7 12.3 2,382 1.1Scottish National Party 1 1 2.9 3.7 711 2.5Independent Labour 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 183 New Source: References Dumfries Category:Dumfries and Galloway Council elections