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The '''1977 Midlothian District Council Election''' was held in May 1977, the same day as the other [[Local government in Scotland|Scottish local government]] [[Scottish local elections, 1977|elections]]. This was the second election for the Midlothian District Council, and constituted the only time in the District Councils 21 year existence that Labour failed to win a majority of the seats. In would take 30 years, until the [[Midlothian Council election, 2007|2007 Midlothian Council election]], for the SNP to win as many councillors again in Midlothian. |
The '''1977 Midlothian District Council Election''' was held in May 1977, the same day as the other [[Local government in Scotland|Scottish local government]] [[Scottish local elections, 1977|elections]]. This was the second election for the Midlothian District Council, and constituted the only time in the District Councils 21 year existence that Labour failed to win a majority of the seats. In would take 30 years, until the [[Midlothian Council election, 2007|2007 Midlothian Council election]] and the introduction of the use of STV in local elections, for the SNP to win as many councillors again in Midlothian. |
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==Election results== |
==Election results== |
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The 1977 Midlothian District Council Election was held in May 1977, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the second election for the Midlothian District Council, and constituted the only time in the District Councils 21 year existence that Labour failed to win a majority of the seats. In would take 30 years, until the 2007 Midlothian Council election and the introduction of the use of STV in local elections, for the SNP to win as many councillors again in Midlothian.
Election results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 7 |  4
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41.4 | 9,286 | 8.8
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| SNP | 5 |  4
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30.5 | 6,844 | 15.7
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| Conservative | 2 | 
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20.3 | 4,548 | 3.6
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| Independent | 1 |
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4.9 | 1,097 | 13.0
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| Communist | 0 | N/A | 0.7 | 164 | N/A | ||||
| Liberal | 0 | N/A | 0.4 | 99 | N/A | ||||
| Others | 0 |
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1.7 | 372 | |||||
Ward results
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