1974 City of Edinburgh District Council election

1974 City of Edinburgh Council election

7 May 1974 (1974-05-07)
All 64 seats to Edinburgh City Council 33 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Seats won 30 29 3 Popular vote 71,957 62,911 23,515 Percentage 41.4% 36.2% 13.5%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party SNP Independent Seats won 1 1 Popular vote 11,677 2,944 Percentage 6.7% 1.7%
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

Elections for the City of Edinburgh District Council took place in 1974, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. These were the first election to the City of Edinburgh District Council, and saw the Conservatives winning 30 of the Councils 64 seats.

Aggregate results

1974 City of Edinburgh District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	30				46.9	41.4	71,957
	Labour	29				45.3	36.2	62,911
	Liberal	3				4.7	13.5	23,515
	SNP	1				1.6	6.7	11,677
	Independent	1				1.6	1.7	2,944
	Residents	0				0.0	0.2	422
	Communist	0				0.0	0.2	358
	All-In Democracy	0				0.0	0.1	116

Ward Results

Holyrood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Rutherford	1,382	61.4
	Conservative	L. Taylor	616	27.4
	Residents	H. Gray	252	11.2
Majority			766	34.0
Turnout			2250
	Labour hold

Meadows

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Cairns	850	38.0
	Conservative	T. MacLeod	693	31.0
	Liberal	M. Falchikov	466	20.8
	Independent	J. Forbes	227	10.2
Majority			157	7.0
Turnout			2,236
	Labour hold