1980 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council election

1980 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council election
1 May 1980 (1980-05-01)
All 10 seats to Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council
6 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour SNP
Last election 3 seats, 37.8% 7 seats. 46.6%
Seats won 6 4
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 12,113 8,403
Percentage 54.2% 37.6%
Swing 16.4% 9.0%

Elections to Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council were held on 1 May 1980, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections.

Results

1980 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 6 3 0 3 60.0 54.2 12,113 16.4
  SNP 4 0 3 3 40.0 37.6 8,403 9.0
  Conservative 0 0 0 0.0 5.9 1,323 5.8
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 310 0.4
  Liberal 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 193 New

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ "Scottish District Elections 1980" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.