1978 Highland Regional Council election
An election to Highland Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Independents win control of 37 of the councils 47 seats.
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Aggregate results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 37 | 83.4 | 23,931 | ||||||
Labour | 5 | 5.3 | 1,536 | ||||||
SNP | 2 | 6.1 | 1,739 | ||||||
Liberal | 2 | 2.6 | 747 | ||||||
Conservative | 1 | 2.6 | 758 |
References
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