1978 Fife Regional Council election

The second election to Fife Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. The election saw the Labour maintaining their control of the region's 42 seat council.

1978 Fife Regional Council election
2 May 1978 (1978-05-02)
All 42 seats to Fife Regional Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Last election 26 10 3
Seats won 24 14 2
Seat change 2 4 1
Popular vote 40,643 30,174 3,346
Percentage 44.0% 32.7% 3.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party SNP Communist
Last election 0 1
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 14,210 3,695
Percentage 15.4% 4.0%
Council control before election


Labour

 Council control after election


Labour

Aggregate results
Fife Regional election, 1978[1]
Turnout: 46.4%
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 24 44.0 40,643
  Conservative 14 32.7 30,174
  Independent 2 3.6 3,346
  SNP 1 15.4 14,210
  Communist 1 4.0 3,695
  Liberal 0 0.3 292

Ward results
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gollark: tio!debug
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gollark: ```ruststruct Fib1 { cache: Vec<u128>}impl Iterator for Fib1 { type Item = u128; fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> { let n = self.cache.len(); let next = self.cache[n - 1] + self.cache[n - 2]; self.cache.push(next); Some(next) }}fn fib1() -> Fib1 { Fib1 { cache: vec![0, 1] } }fn main() { for n in fib1() { print!("{} ", n); }}```

References
  1. pp.36-38
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