1977 Moray District Council election

Elections to the Moray District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 18 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

1977 Moray District Council election

3 May 1977 (1977-05-03)
All 18 seats to Moray District Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Independent SNP Last election 17 seats, 86.7% 1 seats, 8.3% Seats won 15 3 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 10,791 2,144 Percentage 78.0% 15.5% Swing 8.7% 7.2%

Background

Further information: 1974 Moray District Council election

At the previous election in 1974, the Independent group took 17 seats, to the Scottish National Party (SNP)'s 1 seat.

1974 Moray District Council election result

Party	Seats	Vote share
Independent	17	86.7%
SNP	1	8.3%

Source:

Results

1977 Moray District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	15	1	3	2	83.3	78.0	10,791	8.7
	SNP	3	3	1	2	16.7	15.5	2,144	7.2
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	3.6	501	New
	Labour	0	0	0		0.0	2.9	400	2.1

Source:

Ward results

Bishopmill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Anderson (Incumbent)	529	66.4
	Labour	W MacKenzie	292	35.6
Majority			237	28.8
Turnout			826	24.9
	Independent gain from SNP

Cathedral

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Russell (Incumbent)	522	60.4
	Independent	D McColville	342	39.6
Majority			180	20.8
Turnout			869	27.9
	Independent hold

New Elgin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R Hossack (Incumbent)	966	89.9
	Labour	F Curran	108	10.1
Majority			858	79.8
Turnout			1,074	34.6
	Independent hold

West Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Stephens	631	50.2
	Independent	T McMillan (Incumbent)	627	49.8
Majority			4	0.4
Turnout			1,259	39.5
	Independent hold

Forres

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Forbes (Incumbent)	854	69.1
	Independent	A Reid	382	30.9
Majority			472	38.2
Turnout			1,245	26.4
	Independent hold

Findhorn Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Carr (Incumbent)	577	39.5
	Liberal	W Anderson	501	34.3
	SNP	L Munro	382	26.2
Majority			76	5.2
Turnout			1,461	41.5
	Independent hold

Laich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D Thompson (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Lossiemouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Taylor (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Heldon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Anderson (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Innes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G Baxter (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Buckie West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	H Munro	562	41.9
	Independent	A Wilson	406	30.3
	Independent	E Brown (Incumbent)	374	27.9
Majority			156	11.6
Turnout			1,351	43.8
	SNP gain from Independent

Buckie East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	F Anderson	729	57.1
	Independent	E Douglas (Incumbent)	548	42.9
Majority			181	14.2
Turnout			1,286	40.8
	SNP gain from Independent

Rathford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W Mair (Incumbent)	976	61.3
	Independent	D Pirie	617	38.7
Majority			359	22.6
Turnout			1,595	42.1
	Independent hold

Lennox

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	T Howe	Unopposed
	SNP gain from Independent

Keith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L Mann (Incumbent)	946	66.4
	Independent	L Hall	478	33.6
Majority			468	32.8
Turnout			1,425	42.3
	Independent hold

Strathisla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	P Watt	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Speyside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	E Aldridge (Incumbent)	1,016	68.3
	SNP	P MacPherson	471	31.7
Majority			545	36.6
Turnout			1,491	48.0
	Independent hold

Glenlivet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W McKenzie (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold