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===Elections===
Elections were held every four years.<ref name=compositions/>

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!rowspan=2|'''Year'''
!rowspan=2|'''Seats'''
!width="80"|[[Scottish Labour|'''Labour''']]
!width="80"|[[Scottish National Party|'''SNP''']]
!width="80"|[[Scottish Liberal Democrats|'''Liberal Democrats''']]{{efn|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberals]] prior to 1988.}}
!width="80"|'''[[Scottish Conservatives|Conservative]]'''
!width="80"|[[Independent politician|'''Independent / Other''']]
!rowspan=2|'''Notes'''
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!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}; width: 3px;" |
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| [[1974 Strathclyde Regional Council election|1974]] || 103 || 71 || 5 || 2 || 20 || 5 || align=left|
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| [[1978 Strathclyde Regional Council election|1978]] || 103 || 73 || 2 || 2 || 25 || 1 || align=left|
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| [[1982 Strathclyde Regional Council election|1982]] || 103 || 79 || 3 || 4 || 15 || 2 || align=left|
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| [[1986 Strathclyde Regional Council election|1986]] || 103 || 87 || 2 || 5 || 6 || 3 || align=left|
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| [[1990 Strathclyde Regional Council election|1990]] || 103 || 90 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 3 || align=left|
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| [[1994 Strathclyde Regional Council election|1994]] || 104 || 86 || 7 || 4 || 3 || 2 || align=left|New ward boundaries.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Strathclyde Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1993|year=1993|number=2439|accessdate=5 January 2023}}</ref>
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!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Liberal Democrats}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservatives}}; width: 3px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}; width: 3px;" |
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|}
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