1974 Fife Regional Council election

1974 Scottish local government election

1974 Fife Regional Council election

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All 42 seats to Fife Regional Council
22 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | Labour | Conservative | Independent
Seats won  | 26 | 10  | 3
Popular vote  | 40,935 | 28,310  | 7,671
Percentage  | 41.5% | 28.7%  | 7.8%

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Ratepayers | Communist
Seats won  | 2  | 1
Popular vote  | 8,256  | 4,749
Percentage  | 8.4%  | 4.8%

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|  | Council control after election

Labour

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The first election to Fife Regional Council was held on 8 May 1974 as part of the wider 1974 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Labour winning control of the region's 42 seat council.

## Aggregate results

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Fife Regional election, 1974[1]
Turnout: 49.9%  Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| Labour | 26 |  |  |  |  | 41.5 | 40,935 |
| Conservative | 10  |  |  |  |  | 28.7  | 28,310  |
| Independent | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7.8  | 7,671  |
| Ratepayers | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8.4  | 8,256  |
| Communist | 1  |  |  |  |  | 4.8  | 4,749  |
| SNP | 0  |  |  |  | 0.0  | 8.5  | 8,377  |
| Liberal | 0  |  |  |  | 0.0  | 0.3  | 344  |

## Ward results

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## References

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