1977 Eastwood District Council election

1977 Scottish local government election

Elections for the Eastwood District Council took place on 1 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.

The Conservatives maintained their dominance of the council, winning all but 2 of the Districts seats.

Aggregate results

Eastwood District Council election, 1977
	Seats	Gains	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	10			58.2	5,904
Ratepayers	2			26.0	2,640
Labour	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
Liberal	0	0	0.0	4.7	480
SNP	0	0	0.0	11.0	1,112

Ward results

1st, Giffnock East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T Greig	1,320	78.9
	Liberal Democrats	I Miller	352	21.1
Majority			968	57.8
Turnout			1,672
	Conservative hold		Swing

2nd, Giffnock West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Dundas	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

3rd, Giffnock South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Edmondson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

4th, Thornliebank
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	I. Robertson	1,248
	SNP
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

11th, Busby
Party		Votes
	Ratepayers	1,298
	Conservative	811
Majority		487
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing

12th, Clarkston
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	C. Grant	1,175
	SNP		301
Majority			874
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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