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1974 Motherwell District Council election

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1974 Motherwell District Council election
7 May 1974 (1974-05-07) 1977 →

All 30 seats to Motherwell District Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won 27 1
Popular vote 23,369 7,185
Percentage 56.7% 17.4%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Independent
Seats won 1 1
Popular vote 2,319 2,274
Percentage 5.6% 5.5%

Elections to the newly created Motherwell District Council were held on 7 May 1974, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections.

Results

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1974 Motherwell District Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 27 - - 90.0 56.7 23,369 New
  Conservative 1 - - 3.3 17.4 7,185 New
  Liberal 1 - - 3.3 5.6 2,319 New
  Independent 1 - - 3.3 5.5 2,274 New
  SNP 0 - - 0.0 9.1 3,771 New
  Communist 0 - - 0.0 3.9 1,600 New
  Independent Labour 0 - - 0.0 1.8 725 New

Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Scottish Regional and District Elections 1974" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 18 August 2024.