1980 Angus District Council election

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

Election results

Angus District Election Result 1980^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	11	+2	-3	-1		39.5	10,564	-4.1
SNP	5	+5	0	+5	0	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

Harbour^[2]
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

Abbey^[2]
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

Timmergreeens and Carmyllie^[2]
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

Keptie^[2]
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

Hayshead and St. Vigeans^[2]
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

Cliffburn^[2]
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

Carnoustie West and Panmure^[2]
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

Carnoustie East and Panbride^[2]
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

Forfar West^[2]
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
Turnout
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

Forfar South^[2]
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

Forfar North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Forrester	826	52.5
	SNP	Ian Hudghton	741	47.1
Majority			85	5.4
Turnout			1572	52.3
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

Montrose Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Norrie	891	77.5
	Labour	D. A. MacAllan	254	22.1
Majority			637	55.4
Turnout			1150	35.5

Montrose North^[2]
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

Montrose South^[2]
Party		Candidate
	Independent	W. M. Philips
Majority
Turnout

Kirriemuir^[2]
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

The Glens^[2]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Ms. R. Dundas
Majority
Turnout

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

Northesk^[2]
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

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 North^[2]
Party		Candidate
	Independent	A. Buchan
Majority
Turnout

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

References

[Elec-1] Angus District Council, 1980: Scottish Elections.org.uk^{[permanent dead link]}

[Results-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf

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