| Election Name: | 1978 Western Isles Islands Council election |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Flag Image: | Western Isles Council Flag.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1974 Western Isles Area Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1974 |
| Next Election: | 1982 Western Isles Area Council election |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats to Western Isles Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| Party1: | Independent (politician) |
| Last Election1: | 30 seats, 100.0% |
| Leader1: | Donald Macauley |
| Leaders Seat1: | Uig West |
| Seats1: | 30 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,590 |
| Percentage1: | 100.0% |
| Seat Change1: | 0 |
| Swing1: | 0.0 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Donald Macauley |
| Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
| After Election: | Donald Macauley |
| After Party: | Independent (politician) |
The second election to Western Isles Islands Council was held on 8 May 1978 as part of the wider 1978 Scottish regional elections. All candidates stood as Independents, and 23 candidates were elected unopposed.
In a rematch of the council vote in 1974, incumbent convener Donald Macaulay defeated a challenge from former Stornoway Provost Sandy Matheson and was re-elected to a second term in office.[1]
A by-election was held in Carloway in March 1979 following the resignation of Rev Jack MacArthur, convener of the council's Education Committee, who had moved to Skye to work as a minister for the Church of Scotland in Broadford.[2]