Elections to Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council were held on 1 May 1980, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the third election to the district council following the local government reforms in the 1970s.
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All 10 seats to Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council 6 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 33,658 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 50.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election was the last to use the original 10 wards created by the Formation Electoral Arrangements in 1974. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.[1] Following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981, several wards were changed or abolished.[2]
Labour maintained control of the district council after winning eight of the 10 seats as the party increased their vote share by more than 8% and took nearly half of the popular vote. The other two seats were won by independent candidates. Both the nationalist Scottish Labour Party (SLP) and unionist Conservatives lost all of their seats. For the SLP, which had won two seats in the prior district election, one of their councillors in Patna and Dalrymple resigned the party whip and instead contested the election as an independent while the other councillor, in Old Cumnock Parish, lost to the Labour candidate. The former Conservative seat of Catrine and Sorn was also won by Labour.
Results
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 8 | 2 | 0 |  2
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80.0 | 48.2 | 3,828 | 8.1
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| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1
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20.0 | 24.8 | 1,791 | 18.4
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| SLP | 0 | 0 | 2 |  2
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0.0 | 16.3 | 1,290 | 8.3
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| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
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0.0 | 8.3 | 659 | 
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| SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0.0 | 2.4 | 188 | 14.9
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| Total | 10 | 7,936 | |||||||
Ward results
editCumnock Burgh
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | J. King | 1,285 | 61.4 | 21.1
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| SLP | A. Welsh | 793 | 37.9 | 0.6
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| Majority | 492 | 23.5 | 20.5
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| Turnout | 2,078 | 43.1 | 5.2
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| Registered electors | 4,854 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 10.8
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Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Labour | J. McGrady | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,367 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Old Cumnock Parish
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | A. Lennox | 598 | 46.6 | 1.9
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| SLP | W. Pender | 497 | 38.7 | 13.1
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| SNP | W. Milligan | 188 | 14.7 | New | |
| Majority | 101 | 7.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,283 | 54.4 | 10.4
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| Registered electors | 2,357 | ||||
| Labour gain from SLP | Swing | 5.6
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Auchinleck
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Labour | J. Allan | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,596 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Catrine and Sorn
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | R. Stevenson | 820 | 55.4 | 30.5
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| Conservative | J. McInnes | 659 | 44.5 | 7.6
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| Majority | 161 | 10.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,479 | 64.0 | 5.5
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| Registered electors | 2,311 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 11.4
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New Cumnock
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Labour | J. Paterson | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,916 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Dalmellington
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | A. Johnstone | 942 | 64.8 | 23.9
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| Labour | A. Gormanley | 503 | 34.6 | 13.6
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| Majority | 439 | 30.2 | 24.4
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| Turnout | 1,445 | 46.4 | 4.0
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| Registered electors | 3,134 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | 29.5
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Patna and Dalrymple
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | T. Hainey | 1,029 | 62.3 | New | |
| Labour | M. Rooney | 622 | 37.6 | 3.5
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| Majority | 407 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,651 | 53.5 | 5.5
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| Registered electors | 3,089 | ||||
| Independent gain from SLP | Swing | 50.8
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Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Labour | J. Hodge | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,785 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Mauchline
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Labour | D. Shankland | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,249 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Formation Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1980). The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1977). The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 30 December 2022.