Midlothian District Council election, 1974

Elections for the Midlothian District Council took place in 1974, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. These was the first election to the Midlothian District Council, and saw Labour winning 11 of the Councils 15 seats.

Aggregate results

Midlothian District Council election, 1974^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11				73.3	50.2	11,680
	Conservative	2				13.3	16.7	3,891
	Independent	1				6.7	17.9	4,164
	SNP	1				6.7	14.8	3,449
	Independent Socialist	0				0.0	0.5	105

References

↑ Scottish Elections.org.uk

Council elections in Midlothian

Midlothian Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012

Lothian Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1985 1990 1994 Abolished

(1973 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1974 (→ 1975)

London boroughs	Barking Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

District councils (Scotland)	Aberdeen Angus Annandale and Eskdale Argyll Badenoch and Strathspey Banff and Buchan Bearsden and Milngavie Berwickshire Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch Caithness Clackmannan Clydebank Cumbernauld Cumnock and Doon Valley Cunninghame Dumbarton Dundee Dunfermline East Kilbride East Lothian Eastwood Edinburgh Ettrick and Lauderdale Falkirk Glasgow Gordon Hamilton Inverclyde Inverness Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kincardine and Deeside Kirkcaldy Kyle and Carrick Lanark Lochaber Merrick Midlothian Monklands Moray Motherwell Nairn Nithsdale North East Fife Perth and Kinross Renfrew Ross and Cromarty Roxburgh Skye and Lochalsh Stewartry Stirling Sutherland Tweeddale West Lothian

Regional councils (Scotland)	Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Orkney Shetland Strathclyde Tayside Western Isles

See also: UK General election (Feb) UK General election (Oct)

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