[1] Labour took control of the regional council after winning a large majority of the seats.
Prior to reform, local government in Scotland was made up of a system of counties and burghs.
County councils controlled most of the local government functions across the country while the burghs had limited powers over smaller geographical areas.
Small burghs had some control over planning as well as local taxation, building control, housing, lighting and drainage while large burghs also had further powers over the police, public health, social services, registration of births, marriages and deaths and electoral registration.
The area that was to become Strathclyde was made up of the former counties of Ayrshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire in full as well as the City of Glasgow, most of Argyll and part of Stirlingshire.