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1978 Fife Regional Council election

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1978 Fife Regional Council election

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All 42 seats to Fife Regional Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Last election 26 10 3
Seats won 24 14 2
Seat change Decrease2 Increase4 Decrease1
Popular vote 40,643 30,174 3,346
Percentage 44.0% 32.7% 3.6%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party SNP Communist
Last election 0 1
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady0
Popular vote 14,210 3,695
Percentage 15.4% 4.0%

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The second election to Fife Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Labour maintaining their control of the region's 42 seat council.

Aggregate results

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Fife Regional election, 1978[1]
Turnout: 46.4%
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 24 44.0 40,643
  Conservative 14 32.7 30,174
  Independent 2 3.6 3,346
  SNP 1 15.4 14,210
  Communist 1 4.0 3,695
  Liberal 0 0.0 0.3 292

Ward results

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References

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