1982 Fife Regional Council election
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All 46 seats to Fife Regional Council 24 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The third election to Fife Regional Council was held on 6 May 1982 as part of the wider 1982 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Labour maintaining their control of the region's 46-seat council.
Aggregate results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 27 | 60.0 | 40.4 | 42,549 | |||||
Conservative | 10 | 22.2 | 19.6 | 20,594 | |||||
Alliance | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8.9 | 21.2 | 22,348 | ||
Independent | 2 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 6,161 | |||||
SNP | 1 | 2.2 | 9.8 | 10,271 | |||||
Communist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3,021 | ||
Democratic Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 264 | New |