1974 Scottish local elections
There were elections for the Scottish district councils on Tuesday 7 May 1974, for both the new regional and district councils, between the two United Kingdom general elections of February and October in that same year.
These were the first elections held to the 53 district councils established by the Local Government Act 1973. The Labour Party did reasonably well and the Scottish National Party did not. The councillors acted as "shadow" councils until May 1975, when the Monarchy of the United Kingdom approved by Royal Assent the Local Government Act 1973.Results
National results
'''Summary of the 1974 Scottish local regional election results
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District Councils
| Council | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Other | Turnout | Total Seats |
| Borders‡ | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | | 54 |
| Central‡ | 29 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | | 67 |
| Dumfries and Galloway‡ | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 2 | | 70 |
| Fife‡ | 43 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | | 84 |
| Grampian‡ | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 0 | | 108 |
| Highland‡ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 99 | 0 | | 109 |
| Lothian‡ | 62 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | | 127 |
| Orkney‡ | | | | | | | | |
| Shetland‡ | | | | | | | | |
| Strathclyde‡ | 225 | 92 | 25 | 7 | 49 | 8 | | 406 |
| Tayside‡ | 29 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | | 94 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar ‡ | | | | | | | | |
The seats on each council after the election were as follows:Borders
Central
Dumfries and Galloway
Fife
Grampian
Highland
Lothian
Strathclyde
Tayside
