1974 Highland Regional Council election
1974 Scottish local government election
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The first election to Highland Regional Council was held on 7 May 1974 as part of the wider 1974 Scottish local elections. The election saw Independents win control of 37 of the councils 47 seats.
Aggregate results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 37 | 78.7 | 72.1 | 43,943 | |||||
Labour | 4 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 4,918 | |||||
Liberal | 3 | 6.4 | 9.0 | 5,495 | |||||
Conservative | 2 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1,126 | |||||
SNP | 1 | 2.1 | 8.9 | 5,434 |