1977 City of Edinburgh District Council election
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Elections for the City of Edinburgh District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. These was the second election to the City of Edinburgh District Council. Conservatives won a majority with 34 of the Council's 64 seats.
Aggregate results[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 34 | ![]() |
53.1 | 44.8 | 73,159 | ![]() | |||
Labour | 23 | ![]() |
35.9 | 26.6 | 43,459 | ![]() | |||
SNP | 5 | ![]() |
7.8 | 19.3 | 31,525 | ![]() | |||
Liberal | 1 | ![]() |
1.6 | 7.9 | 12,873 | ![]() | |||
Independent | 1 | ![]() |
1.6 | 1.0 | 1,703 | ![]() | |||
Communist | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 238 | ![]() | |||
Independent Labour | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 228 | ||||
Scottish Socialist | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 170 |
References[]
- ^ "District Election Special". The Glasgow Herald. No. 84. 5 May 1977. p. 4.
- ^ J Bochel; D Denver (1977). Scottish District Elections 1977, Results and Statistics (PDF). University of Dundee. pp. 87–92 – via The Election Centre, Plymouth University.
Categories:
- City of Edinburgh Council elections
- 1977 Scottish local elections
- 1970s in Edinburgh
- Scotland election stubs