Strathclyde Regional Council election, 1978

An election to Strathclyde Regional Council was held on Tuesday 2 May 1978, alongside regional elections across Scotland. All 103 of the councils seats were up for election.

Aggregate results

Strathclyde Regional Council election, 1978[1][2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	73			2	70.9	43.0	351,224
	Conservative	25			5	24.3	30.0	244,937
	SNP	2			3	1.9	22.5	183,867
	Liberal	2				1.9	1.7	14,219
	Independent Ratepayers	1				1.0	0.7	5,754
	SLP	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	6,410
	Independent	0	0	4	4	0.0	0.7	5,531
	Communist	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	2,423
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	1,573
	Independent Nationalist	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	273
	Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	143
	Socialist Unity	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	77

References

(1977 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1978 (→ 1979)
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
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
District councils (England)	Basingstoke and Deane Bath Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Chorley Colchester Congleton Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Fareham Halton Harlow Hart Hartlepool Havant Hertsmere Huntingdon Milton Keynes Mole Valley Pendle Peterborough Preston Rochford Rossendale Runnymede Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire Southend-on-Sea Tamworth Tandridge Thamesdown Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire Winchester Woking
Regional councils (Scotland)	Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Orkney Shetland Strathclyde Tayside Western Isles

Links to elections for successor councils
Council elections in Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1985 1990 1994 Abolished Council elections in East Ayrshire East Ayrshire Council 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Council elections in East Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire Council 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished Bearsden and Milngavie District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Strathkelvin District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Council elections in East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire Council 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished Eastwood District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Renfrew District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Elections in Glasgow Glasgow Corporation 1895 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Glasgow City District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Glasgow City Council 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 General Elections 1997 2001 2005 2010 Council elections in Inverclyde Inverclyde Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished Council elections in North Ayrshire North Ayrshire Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished Council elections in North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire Council 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Motherwell District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Monklands District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Council elections in Renfrewshire Renfrewshire Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished Council elections in South Ayrshire South Ayrshire Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished Council elections in South Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire Council 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished Clydesdale District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished East Kilbride District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Hamilton District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Council elections in West Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire Council 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 Strathclyde Regional Council 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished Clydebank District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished Dumbarton District Council 1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished