1980_Angus_District_Council_election

1980 Angus District Council election

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The 1980 Angus District Council election took place on the 1 May 1980 to elect members of Angus District Council, as part of that year's Scottish local elections.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	11	+2	-3	-1	50.0	39.5	10,564	-4.1
SNP	5	+5	0	+5		36.4	9,715	+19.0
Labour	2	0	-1	-1		15.1	4,256	-6.5
Independent	4	0	-3	-3		8.2	2,178	-8.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. H. Milne	386	42.5	-39.6
	SNP	W. T. Watson	379	41.7	+41.7
	Labour	Ms. M. Malley	144	15.8	-2.1
Majority			7	0.8	-63.4
Turnout			901	41.0	+10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. M. Proctor	749	53.0	-19.6
	SNP	Ms. S. K. Thomson	471	33.3	+33.3
	Conservative	J. D. Long	194	13.7	-13.7
Majority			278	19.7	-25.4
Turnout			1220	49.3	+12.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. L. Geaughan	777	44.1	-7.1
	Conservative	Ms. H. E. Buncle	566	32.1	-8.6
	SNP	T. M. Hamilton	418	23.7	+23.7
Majority			211	12.0	+1.5
Turnout			1761	52.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Cargill	979	56.0	-24.2
	SNP	A. King	474	24.1	+24.1
	Labour	Ms. J. S. Fairweather	292	16.7	-3.1
Majority			505	31.9	-28.5
Turnout			1745	44.6	-9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	B. M. Milne	617	36.9	+36.9
	Conservative	R. D. Ramsay	549	32.8	-17.3
	Labour	F. Donaldson	506	30.2	-13.1
Majority			68	4.1
Turnout			1672	45.7	-0.2
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Mrs. Sheena Welsh	627	47.9	+47.9
	Labour	Ms. J. K. Cadenhead	476	36.4	-29.0
	Conservative	R. Grieve	205	15.7	-18.9
Majority			151	11.5
Turnout			1308	45.8	+11.2
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. G. Morton	954	45.9	+0.4
	SNP	D. Hood	929	44.7	+1.8
	Labour	E. Arbuthnott	189	9.1	-2.5
Majority			25	1.2	-1.4
Turnout			2078	49.2	+3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Torrie	1,191	62.8	+0.5
	SNP	T. Blackhall	695	36.6	-1.1
Majority			496	26.2	+1.6
Turnout			1898	50.7	-4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	F. Shaw	791	60.6	+60.6
	Conservative	I. Hutchison	394	30.2
	Labour	Ms. A. Hutchison	115	8.8
Majority			397	30.4
Turnout			1,300
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	W. R. Roberton	746	52.3
	Conservative	H. MacPhail	595	41.7
	Labour	A. V. Dousse	85	6.0
Majority			151	10.6
Turnout			1427	43.3
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Forrester	826	52.5
	SNP	Ian Hudghton	741	47.1
Majority			85	5.4
Turnout			1572	52.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Norrie	891	77.5
	Labour	D. A. MacAllan	254	22.1
Majority			637	55.4
Turnout			1150	35.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. M. D. Smith	609	60.1	-8.3
	Labour	F. Wood	402	39.6	+8.0
Majority			207	20.5	-16.3
Turnout			1014	30.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. J. Millar	1,076	58.8
	SNP	R. Wright	752	41.1
Majority			324	17.7
Turnout			1830	45.7

Strathbeg^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. C. Russell	771	61.7	-0.8
	SNP	D. W. Shortridge	477	38.2	+0.7
Majority			294	23.5	-1.5
Turnout			1249	51.5	-7.3

Dean^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Struthers	803	54.5	-7.7
	SNP	Ms. F. E. Duncan	669	45.4	+7.6
Majority			134	9.1	-15.3
Turnout			1474	45.9

Southesk^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms. Isobel M. McLellan	601	58.5	-3.9
	SNP	W. A. West	419	40.8	+40.8
Majority			182	17.7
Turnout			1077	39.0	-11.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Brechin South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	J. Thomson	510	49.3	+49.3
	Labour	D. K. Todd	267	25.8	-13.6
	Independent	I. A. Beattie	255	24.7
Majority			243	23.5
Turnout			981	38.5	-6.3
	SNP gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. L. Cuthbert	474	52.8
	Independent	W. J. Fraser	423	47.1
Majority			51	5.7
Turnout			898	32.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing