1974 Borders Regional Council election
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All 23 seats to Borders Regional Council 12 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the newly created Borders Regional Council took place on 7 May 1974, as part of the wider 1974 Scottish local elections. There were 23 wards, each electing a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Results
[edit]| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Independent | 13 | - | - | - | 56.5 | 52.2 | 17,134 | New | |
| Conservative | 7 | - | - | - | 30.4 | 20.4 | 6,682 | New | |
| Liberal | 3 | - | - | - | 13.0 | 24.5 | 8,043 | New | |
| SNP | 0 | - | - | - | 0.0 | 1.9 | 616 | New | |
| Labour | 0 | - | - | - | 0.0 | 1.1 | 347 | New | |
Source:[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Scottish Regional and District Elections 1974" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
