United Kingdom local elections, 1974
United Kingdom local elections, 1974
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| All 32 London boroughs, all 53 Scottish districts and all 12 Scottish regions |
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Majority party |
Minority party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Harold Wilson |
Edward Heath |
Jeremy Thorpe |
| Party |
Labour |
Conservative |
Liberal |
| Leader since |
14 February 1963 |
27 July 1965 |
18 January 1967 |
| Councils |
18 |
13 |
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| Councillors |
10,325 |
8,102 |
1,474 |
| Councillors +/- |
 544 |
393 |
47 |
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Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1974, during the life of the minority Labour government of Harold Wilson. Elections were held in all the boroughs of London.[1]
The number of councillors was increased, enabling all of the three largest parties to make net gains in council seats. Labour gained 544 seats and had 10,325 councillors after the elections.
The Conservatives gained 393 seats, leaving them with 8,102 councillors.
The Liberals gained 47 seats, giving them a total of 1,474 councillors.
In terms of council control in London, Labour won 18 councils, the Conservatives 13. One borough, Havering, was in no overall control, having been a Labour council after the 1971 local elections.
The Conservatives gained Bexley and Merton from Labour and Harrow from no overall control.
In Scotland these were the first elections for the new Regional and District councils, with people voting twice. The Scottish National Party did not do particularly well compared with their performance in the two general elections that year. Labour won a majority in Strathclyde and Fife regions.
England
London boroughs
Scotland
District councils
†Four districts were re-named shortly after the elections. Argyll became Argyll and Bute, Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch became Strathkelvin, Cumbernauld became Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Merrick became Wigtown.
Regional councils
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| District councils
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- 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
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| Regional councils
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- Borders
- Central
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Fife
- Grampian
- Highland
- Lothian
- Orkney
- Shetland
- Strathclyde
- Tayside
- Western Isles
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