1980 Banff and Buchan District Council election

Elections to the Banff and Buchan District Council took place on 1 May 1980, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.

1980 Banff and Buchan District Council election

1 May 1980 (1980-05-01)
All 18 seats to Banff and Buchan District Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Independent SNP Conservative Last election 17 seats, 75.9% 1 seat, 17.6% 0 seats, 3.2% Seats won 12 5 1 Seat change 5 4 1 Popular vote 7,883 5,022 1,862 Percentage 48.7% 31.0% 11.5% Swing 27.2% 13.4% 8.3%

Results

1980 Banff and Buchan District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	12			5	66.7	48.7	7,883	27.2
	SNP	5			4	27.8	31.0	5,022	13.4
	Conservative	1			1	5.6	11.5	1,862	8.3
	Labour	0				0.0	8.8	1,429	New

Source:

Ward results

Macduff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S Mair (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

King Edward-Gamrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Smith (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Banff-Hilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Reid	778	50.0
	Independent	A Gordon (Incumbent)	609	39.1
	Independent	J Smith	168	10.8
Majority			169	10.9
Turnout			1,556	46.7
	Independent hold

Fordyce/Boyndie

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

Aberchirder

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

Turriff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S Mair (Incumbent)	893	60.5
	Independent	J Dawson	583	39.5
Majority			310	21.0
Turnout			1,477	42.3
	Independent hold

Deer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W Cruickshank (Incumbent)	786	63.7
	Conservative	A Brodie	268	21.7
	Independent	G Burnett-Stuart	178	14.4
Majority			518	42.0
Turnout			1,233	33.2
	Independent hold

Fyvie/Monquhitter

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

Meethill/Boddam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	S Coull (Incumbent)	1,161	79.6
	Conservative	A Taylor	294	20.2
Majority			867	59.4
Turnout			1,459	29.9
	SNP hold

Clerkhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	D Mackinnon	531	54.0
	Conservative	T Nangle	230	23.4
	Independent	D Carnie (Incumbent)	219	22.3
Majority			301	30.6
Turnout			983	32.4
	SNP gain from Independent

Rattray/Strichen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	N Cowie (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold