1974 City of Glasgow District Council election

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1974 City of Glasgow
District Council election

4 May 1974 (1974-05-04) 1977 →

All 72 seats to City of Glasgow District Council
36 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party
Labour
Conservative
Seats won 55 17
Popular vote 149,755 90,285
Percentage 47.7% 28.8 %

Council control after election


Labour

Elections for the City of Glasgow District Council took place in 1974, alongside

elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. This was the first election to the City of Glasgow District Council
, and saw Labour winning 55 of the council's 72 seats.

Aggregate results

1974 City of Glasgow District Council election[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
 
Labour
55 76.4 47.7 149,755
 
Conservative
17 23.6 28.8 90,285
  SNP 0 0.0 19.2 60,198
  Liberal 0 0.0 2.2 6,786
  Communist 0 0.0 1.2 3,830
 
Independent
0 0.0 0.4 1,393
 
Residents
0 0.0 0.3 932
 
Independent Progressive
0 0.0 0.2 533
 
Scottish Workers Republican Party
0 0.0 0.0 95

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