1974 City of Edinburgh District Council election

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1974 City of Edinburgh Council election
← 1973 7 May 1974 (1974-05-07) 1977 →
All 64 seats to Edinburgh City Council
33 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Seats won 30 29 3
Popular vote 71,957 62,911 23,515
Percentage 41.4% 36.2% 13.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party SNP Independent
Seats won 1 1
Popular vote 11,677 2,944
Percentage 6.7% 1.7%
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

Elections for the City of Edinburgh District Council took place in 1974, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. These were the first election to the City of Edinburgh District Council, and saw the Conservatives winning 30 of the Councils 64 seats.

Aggregate results

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1974 City of Edinburgh District Council election[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 30 46.9 41.4 71,957
  Labour 29 45.3 36.2 62,911
  Liberal 3 4.7 13.5 23,515
  SNP 1 1.6 6.7 11,677
  Independent 1 1.6 1.7 2,944
  Residents 0 0.0 0.2 422
  Communist 0 0.0 0.2 358
  All-In Democracy 0 0.0 0.1 116

Ward Results

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Holyrood[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour B. Rutherford 1,382 61.4
Conservative L. Taylor 616 27.4
Residents H. Gray 252 11.2
Majority 766 34.0
Turnout 2250
Labour hold
Meadows[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour R. Cairns 850 38.0
Conservative T. MacLeod 693 31.0
Liberal M. Falchikov 466 20.8
Independent J. Forbes 227 10.2
Majority 157 7.0
Turnout 2,236
Labour hold

References

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  1. ^ a b c "City of Edinburgh District Council, 1974". Scottish Elections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
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