risk (she lost the seat at the next election in 1979). The SNP's advance was halted the following year, with the 1978 Glasgow Garscadden by-election, 1978 Scottish regional elections, the 1978 Hamilton by-election and the 1978 Berwick and East Lothian by-election. This election was also the first serious test of the new Scottish Labour Party of Jim Sillars which did not do well outside his South Ayrshire base, only winning three seats. National results |- !colspan=2|Parties !Votes !Votes % !Wards |- | | |31.6 |282 |- | | |27.2 |259 |- | | |24.2 |170 |- | | |4.0 |62 |- | style="width: 10px" bgcolor=| | style="text-align: left;" scope="row" | Independent/Other | |13.1 |334 |- !colspan=2|Total!! !! 100 !! 1107 |} Results by council area The seats on each council before and after the election were as follows: Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Strathclyde Tayside References 1977 May 1977 events in the United Kingdom