City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1974

Elections for the City of Edinburgh District Council took place in 1974, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. These was the first election to the City of Edinburgh District Council, and saw the Conservatives winning 30 of the Councils 64 seats.

Aggregate results

City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1974^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	30				46.9	41.4	71,957
	Labour	29				45.3	36.2	62,911
	Liberal	3				4.7	13.5	23,515
	SNP	1				1.6	6.7	11,677
	Independent	1				1.6	1.7	2,944
	Residents	0				0	0.2	422
	Communist	0				0	0.2	358
	All-In Democracy	0				0	0.1	116

Ward Results

Holyrood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Rutherford	1,382	61.4
	Conservative	L. Taylor	616	27.4
	Residents	H. Gray	252	11.2
Majority			766	34.0
Turnout			2250
	Labour hold		Swing

Meadows^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Cairns	850	38.0
	Conservative	T. MacLeod	693	31.0
	Liberal	M. Falchikov	466	20.8
	Independent	J. Forbes	227	10.2
Majority			157	7.0
Turnout			2236
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1 2 3 Scottish Elections.org.uk

Elections in Edinburgh

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Lothian Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994

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Referendums	2005

(1973 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1974 (→ 1975)

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See also: UK General election (Feb) UK General election (Oct)

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