Next Election: | 1980 Roxburgh District Council election |
Next Year: | 1980 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Majority Seats: | 9 |
Seats For Election: | All 16 seats to Roxburgh District Council |
Party1: | Independent |
Seats1: | 12 |
Percentage1: | 63.3% |
Popular Vote1: | 2,816 |
Previous Year: | 1974 |
Previous Election: | 1974 Roxburgh District Council election |
Party2: | Scottish Liberal Party |
Seats2: | 2 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Swing2: | New |
Percentage2: | 8.8% |
Popular Vote2: | 393 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Party4: | Scottish Conservatives |
Seats4: | 1 |
Percentage4: | 15.3% |
Popular Vote4: | 681 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Swing4: | New |
Last Election4: | Did not contest |
Party5: | Scottish Labour Party |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Swing5: | New |
Last Election5: | Did not contest |
Popular Vote5: | 561 |
Percentage5: | 12.6% |
Swing1: | 36.7% |
Elections to Roxburgh District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 16 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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