1982 Highland Regional Council election

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All 52 seats to Highland Regional Council
27 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | Independent | Labour | SNP
Last election  | 37 seats, 83.4% | 5 seats, 5.3% | 2 seat, 6.1%
Seats won  | 42 | 5  | 2
Seat change  | 5 | 0  | 0
Popular vote  | 20,968 | 4,338  | 2,803
Percentage  | 70.9% | 14.7%  | 9.5%
Swing  | 12.5% | 9.4%  | 3.4%

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Alliance | Conservative
Last election  | 2 seats, 2.6% | 1 seats, 2.6%
Seats won  | 2  | 1
Seat change  | 0  | 0
Popular vote  | 1,457  | 0
Percentage  | 4.9%  | 0.0%
Swing  | 2.3%  | 2.6%

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| Council Convener before election

Ian Campbell
Independent

| Council Convener after election

Ian Campbell
Independent

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An election to the Highland Regional Council was held on 6 May 1982 as part of the wider 1982 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Independents win control of 42 of the council's 52 seats.

## Aggregate results[edit]

Highland Regional election, 1982[1]
Turnout: 41.0% (3.2%)  Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| Independent | 42 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 80.8 | 70.9 | 20,968 | 12.5
| Labour | 5  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 9.6  | 14.7  | 4,338  | 9.4
| SNP | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3.8  | 9.5  | 2,803  | 3.4
| Alliance | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3.8  | 4.9  | 1,457  | 2.3
| Conservative | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1.9  | 0.0  | 0  | 2.6

## References[edit]

1. ^ pp.56-59

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