Strathclyde Regional Council election, 1982

Map showing results in Strathclyde Regional Council.

The second election to Strathclyde Regional Council was held on 6 May 1982 and yielded a significant Labour majority. The election saw the Labour majority increase its majority from 45 to 55.

The leader of the Conservative group, Leonard Turpie, lost his seat to the SDP-Liberal Alliance. The Conservatives also lost the adjoining seat to Labour. Both seats were contained within the Glasgow Hillhead constituency won in March by SDP figure Roy Jenkins.^[1]

The election saw the Conservatives reduced to their lowest ever result of 15 seats, whilst Labour emerged with 79 members, the SDP-Liberal Alliance with 4, SNP with 3, and 2 Independents.^[2]

Following the election there was an attempt to unseat the incumbent Leader of Strathclyde Regional Council Dick Stewart, who had held the position since the councils creation. He was challenged for the leadership by his longtime friend and colleague Charles Gray at the first meeting of the Labour group, on 6 May, following the election. The attempt however failed, with Stewart retaining the leadership with 40 votes to Gray's 38.^[2]

Aggregate results

Strathclyde Regional election, 1982
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	79	6	1	5	76.7	45.8	340,118	2.8
	Conservative	15			9	14.6	22.5	169,910	7.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	4				3.9	17.8	126,708	16.1
	SNP	3	1	0	1	2.9	12.5	92,927	10.0
	Independent	2				1.9	1.6	12,204	0.9

Ward results

Argyll and Bute

Kintyre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J McCorkindale	2,444	65.6
	Labour	D McMillan	1,274	34.2
Majority			1,170	31.4
Turnout			3,718	43.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mid-Argyll/Islay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	N MacNeil	2,635	60.0
	Conservative	J Mackie	1,396	28.2
	Ecology	C Gladstone	352	8.0
Majority			1,240	31.4
Turnout			4,383	42.3
	SNP hold		Swing

Lorn and Mull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D Webster	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bute/West Cowal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J McMillan	2,292	55.1
	SNP	R Strong	1,232	29.6
	Labour	M McGrorarty	624	15.0
Majority			1,060	25.6
Turnout			4,148	49.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dunoon/East Cowal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J Walsh	1,318	29.8
	Conservative	J.A. Douglas	1,121	25.3
	Independent	J MacKinnon	603	13.6
	Independent	M Murton	469	10.6
	Liberal	A Lyall	456	10.3
	Labour	J Cullen	456	10.3
Majority			197	4.5
Turnout			4,423	49.4
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Dumbarton

Dumbarton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I MacDonald	3,751	44.5
	Liberal	J Murricane	2,178	25.9
	Conservative	R Graham	1,632	19.4
	SNP	G Clarkson	851	10.1
Majority			1,573	18.6
Turnout			8,412	45.2

Helensburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W Petrie	6,735	73.5
	Social Democratic	R Sawyer	1,337	14.6
	Labour	J Carleton	609	6.6
	SNP	J.B. Cowey	465	5.1
Majority			5,398	58.9
Turnout			9,146	50.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Vale of Leven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Mills	6,181	62.0
	SNP	N McEwan	1,609	16.1
	Conservative	P Grant	1,250	12.5
	Communist	Jim Bollan	496	5.0
	Independent Labour	G Muir	402	4.0
Majority			4,572	45.9
Turnout			9,938	48.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Drumry/Summerhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A McLean	3,460	63.5
	SNP	T Humble	1,445	26.5
	Conservative	D Gibson	436	8.0
	Communist	A Jackson	96	1.8
Majority			2,015	37.0
Turnout			5,437	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Glasgow

Blairdarrie/Knightscliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J.W. MacKechnie	3,253	46.2
	Social Democratic	G Beattie	1,521	21.6
	Conservative	C.A. Lawson	1,340	19.1
	SNP	J Ruddy	912	13.0
Majority			1,732	24.6
Turnout			7,026	40.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Yoker/Knightswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Perry	4,175	62.1
	Conservative	E Ledgewood	1,211	18.0
	SNP	J Lang	1,203	17.9
	Communist	J Moffat	117	1.7
Majority			2,964	44.1
Turnout			6,706	37.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Scotstoun/Broomhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K Murray	2,835	32.5
	Social Democratic	C Ainsworth	2,385	27.4
	Conservative	L.M. Rosin	2,227	25.6
	SNP	W Lindsay Jnr.	1,141	13.1
	Communist	L.D. Bain	124	1.4
Majority			450	5.1
Turnout			8,712	45.7

wing =

Kelvinside/Kelvindale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C.M. Mason	3,833	40.7
	Conservative	L MacK Turpie	3,809	40.5
	Labour	C.F. Rushton	1,223	13.0
	SNP	P.D. Johnson	435	4.6
	Ecology	A Whitelaw	104	1.1
Majority			24	0.2
Turnout			9,404	47.7
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "Crushing Blow to Tories". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1982. p. 1.
1 2 "Challenge to Strathclyde Leader Fails". The Glasgow Herald. 8 May 1982. p. 13.

Scottish Regional Elections 1982: Results and Statistics; J.M. Bochel and D.T. Denver

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