Scottish local elections, 1973
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Local elections were held in Scotland in 1973, as part of that years wider British local elections.
The municipal elections, held on 1 May, saw Labour doing reasonably well; increasing their majority in Glasgow and becoming the largest group on Perth council for the first time. Labour also maintained its 18-17 leader over the Progressives in Dundee. Simultaneously however Labour also failed in its attempt to gain a majority in Edinburgh.[1]
Municipal Elections Aggregate Results
| Scottish Municipal Elections, 1973[1] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Labour | 33 | 23 |  10 |
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| Conservative | 14 | 10 | 4 |
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| SNP | 6 | 4 | 2 |
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| Liberal | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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| Progressives | 0 | 7 |  7 |
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| Communist | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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| Others | 3 | 30 | 27 |
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Municipal Breakdown[2]
| Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Other | Turnout | Total Seats Contested | Control |
Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abernethy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ( ) |
0 | 62% | 3 | Independent | Details | |
| Airdrie | 4 (1) |
1 (1) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.4% | 3 | Labour | Details | |
| Alloa | 2 () |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | 2 | Labour | Details | |
| Aberdeen | 7 (1) |
4 (1) |
0 | 1 (1) |
0 (1) |
0 | 27.4% | 12 | Labour | Details | |
| Clydebank | 5 () |
1 () |
() |
() |
() |
() |
6 | Labour | Details | ||
| Coatbridge | 5 (3) |
1 (3) |
6 | Details | |||||||
| Cumbernauld | 3 () |
0 | 5 () |
0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (of 21) | SNP | Details | ||
| Dumbarton | 3() |
29.8 | 3 | Labour | Details | ||||||
| Dundee | 7 () |
6 () |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (of 36) | Labour | Details | ||
| Dunoon | (1) |
(1) |
Independent | Details | |||||||
| Edinburgh | 13 () |
9 (1) |
0 | 3 (1) |
0 (1) |
1 (1) |
26 (of 69) | No overall control | Details | ||
| Glasgow | 26 (4) |
11 (1) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) |
30.5% | 37 (of 113) | Labour | Details | |
| Greenock | 6(1) |
0 | 0 | 2(1) |
0 | 0 | 40% | 8 (of 27) | Labour | Details | |
| Gourock | 1() |
2() |
51.3 | 3 | Independent | Details | |||||
| Inverness | (2) |
(1) |
31.2 | (of 21) | Independent | Details | |||||
| Kirkaldy | 4(1) |
1(1) |
1(1) |
4 (1) |
39.3 | 10 | No overall control | Details | |||
| Peebles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 () |
0 | 5 (of 15) | Independent | Details | ||
| Penicuik | (1) |
(1) |
(of 21) | Independent | Details | ||||||
| Perth | (3) |
(1) |
(2) |
8 (of 24) | No overall control | Details | |||||
| Port Glasgow | 1() |
1() |
35.9 | 2 | Independent | Details | |||||
| Stirling | 10(1) |
0 | 6(1) |
0 | 5() |
0 | 7 (of 21) | Labour | Details | ||
| Stornoway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3() |
0 | 37.6% | 3 | Independent | Details | |
In a number of burghs there were no contests, with candidates being returned unopposed.[2]
