1974 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election

1974 Scottish local government election April 2022 August 2021 46.9% 11.2% 2 Scottish Labour Party 81.7% 25,069 33 Independent politician 1978 parliamentary 1978 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election 7 May 1974 no 3,436 All 35 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council 18 The first Dumfries and Galloway regional council election took place on 7 May 1974, along with the first district council elections in Scotland. This new system was created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which saw the making of a two-tier system of local government. The area Dumfries and Galloway regional council covered also contained 4 district councils: Annandale and Eskdale Nithsdale Merrick Stewartry Turnout was low and 12 out of the 35 wards in Dumfries and Galloway were uncontested.1974 Local Government Elections in Scotland http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-and-Regional-Elections-1974.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20151208155522/http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-and-Regional-Elections-1974.pdf 2015-12-08 Results 1974 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election result Independent politician 33 - - 94.3 81.7 25,069 NewScottish Labour Party 2 - - 5.7 11.2 3,436 NewDemocratic Socialist Labour Party 0 - - 0.0 5.3 1,628 New redScottish National Party 0 - - 0.0 1.2 359 NewTenants association 0 - - 0.0 0.7 210 New lightgrey Source: References Dumfries Category:Dumfries and Galloway Council elections