Scottish local elections, 1973
Map of Scottish local government divisions prior to the 1974 reforms.
Local elections were held in Scotland in 1973, as part of that years wider British local elections.
The municipal elections, held on 1 May, saw Labour doing reasonably well; increasing their majority in Glasgow and becoming the largest group on Perth council for the first time. Labour also maintained its 18-17 leader over the Progressives in Dundee. Simultaneously however Labour also failed in its attempt to gain a majority in Edinburgh.[1]
Municipal Elections Aggregate Results
| Scottish Municipal Elections, 1973[1] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Labour | 33 | 23 |  10 |
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| Conservative | 14 | 10 | 4 |
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| SNP | 6 | 4 | 2 |
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| Liberal | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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| Progressives | 0 | 7 |  7 |
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| Communist | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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| Others | 3 | 30 | 27 |
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Municipal Breakdown[2]
| Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Other | Turnout | Total Seats Contested | Control |
Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abernethy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ( ) |
0 | 62% | 3 | Independent | Details | |
| Airdrie | 4 (1) |
1 (1) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.4% | 3 | Labour | Details | |
| Alloa | 2 () |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | 2 | Labour | Details | |
| Aberdeen | 7 (1) |
4 (1) |
0 | 1 (1) |
0 (1) |
0 | 27.4% | 12 | Labour | Details | |
| Clydebank | 5 () |
1 () |
() |
() |
() |
() |
6 | Labour | Details | ||
| Coatbridge | 5 (3) |
1 (3) |
6 | Details | |||||||
| Cumbernauld | 3 () |
0 | 5 () |
0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (of 21) | SNP | Details | ||
| Dumbarton | 3() |
29.8 | 3 | Labour | Details | ||||||
| Dundee | 7 () |
6 () |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (of 36) | Labour | Details | ||
| Dunoon | (1) |
(1) |
Independent | Details | |||||||
| Edinburgh | 13 () |
9 (1) |
0 | 3 (1) |
0 (1) |
1 (1) |
26 (of 69) | No overall control | Details | ||
| Glasgow | 26 (4) |
11 (1) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) |
30.5% | 37 (of 113) | Labour | Details | |
| Greenock | 6(1) |
0 | 0 | 2(1) |
0 | 0 | 40% | 8 (of 27) | Labour | Details | |
| Gourock | 1() |
2() |
51.3 | 3 | Independent | Details | |||||
| Inverness | (2) |
(1) |
31.2 | (of 21) | Independent | Details | |||||
| Kirkaldy | 4(1) |
1(1) |
1(1) |
4 (1) |
39.3 | 10 | No overall control | Details | |||
| Peebles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 () |
0 | 5 (of 15) | Independent | Details | ||
| Penicuik | (1) |
(1) |
(of 21) | Independent | Details | ||||||
| Perth | (3) |
(1) |
(2) |
8 (of 24) | No overall control | Details | |||||
| Port Glasgow | 1() |
1() |
35.9 | 2 | Independent | Details | |||||
| Stirling | 10(1) |
0 | 6(1) |
0 | 5() |
0 | 7 (of 21) | Labour | Details | ||
| Stornoway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3() |
0 | 37.6% | 3 | Independent | Details | |
In a number of burghs there were no contests, with candidates being returned unopposed.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Labour on top in day of record low polling". The Glasgow Herald. 2 May 1973. p. 1.
- 1 2 "Results in the Municipal Elections". The Glasgow Herald. 2 May 1972. p. 2.
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