1978 Tayside Regional Council election

1978 Scottish local government election 1978 5 2 y parliamentary 1982 1982 Tayside Regional Council election All 46 seats to Tayside Regional Council 24 Scottish Conservatives Scottish Labour Party 25 15 38,665 42.7% 31,156 34.4% Independent politician 3.4% 3,098 6 1974 Tayside Regional Council election 1974 22 seats, 43.8% 3 1.1% 15 seats, 32.5% 1.9% 16.5% 3 9 seats, 19.9%April 2022 The second election to Tayside Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. The election saw the Conservatives maintain their control of the region, gaining an absolute majority. Following the election, the Conservative former Lord Provost of Dundee, William K. Fitzgerald, became convener of the council.MS 366 Tayside Region Conservative Group Minute Books 1974-1994 https://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28RefNo%3D%27Ms%20366%27%29 Archive Services Online Catalogue University of Dundee 8 October 2018 Results 1978 Tayside Regional Council election resultp.9 Scottish Conservative Party 25 3 0 3 54.3 42.7 38,665 1.1 Scottish Labour Party 15 0 0 32.6 34.4 31,156 1.9 Independent (politician) 6 0 3 3 13.0 3.4 3,098 16.5 Scottish National Party 0 0 0 0.0 16.2 14,698 New Scottish Liberal Party 0 0 0 0.0 1.6 1,404 0.1 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 837 0.3Independent Labour 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 618 0.3 References Tayside 1978