City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1974

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

Aggregate results

City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1974[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 0.2 422
  Communist 0 0 0.2 358
  All-In Democracy 0 0 0.1 116

Ward Results

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 Swing
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 2236
Labour hold Swing

References

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