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The third Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election was held on 6 May 1982.
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All 35 seats to Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council 18 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 39.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first time the Liberals and the SDP contested the regional election in Dumfries and Galloway. The Conservatives remained behind to the independents, even though they lost one of their seats. Labour managed to increase their seats while their vote share declined. The Scottish National Party (SNP) had a very good election, gaining 2 seats and increasing their vote share by over 11%. This election had the most candidates seeking election, with 72 (an increase of 18 from last election.[1]
Results
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Independent | 22 |  5
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62.9 | 51.1 | 16,287 | 16.3
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| Conservative | 4 | 1
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11.4 | 12.9 | 4,111 | 2.8
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| Labour | 4 |  2
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11.4 | 5.1 | 1,635 | 7.2
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| SNP | 3 | 2
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8.6 | 15.3 | 4,870 | 11.6
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| Alliance | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2
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5.7 | 15.6 | 4,973 | New | |
Source:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Scottish Regional Elections 1982" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2017.
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