Dick Stewart Labour Dick Stewart Labour Elections to Strathclyde Regional Council were held on Tuesday 2 May 1978, on the same day as the eight other Scottish regional elections.

This was the second election to the regional council following the local government reforms in 1974.

Each electoral division elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.

The Conservatives remained as the second-largest party after winning 25 seats, an increase of five from the previous election.

One seat remained vacant following the election after the poll in the Crosshill and Prospecthill electoral division was postponed due to the death of Labour candidate and convener of the regional council, the Rev.