1980 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election

Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election December 2022 December 2022 1980 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election parliamentary no 1977 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election 1977 1980 05 01 y 1984 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election 1984 All 16 seats to Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council 9 61,563 48.6% Lab John Anderson Labour Party (UK) Ward 8 (defeated) 7 seats, 38.6% 11 4 16,882 56.5% 19.9 Con Alan MacDougal Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Ward 13 7 seats, 32.2% 5 2 7,639 25.6% 6.6 Council Leader Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Council Leader after election Labour Party (UK) Elections to Kilmarnock and Loudoun 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. The election was the last to use the original 16 wards created by the Formation Electoral Arrangements in 1974. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20190111180051/http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reports/ea_formation_1974.asp Formation Electoral Arrangements Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland 23 December 2022 Following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981, several wards were changed or abolished and the number of wards was increased.https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/web/20190111180218/http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reports/eareports1st.asp Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland 23 December 2022 Labour gained overall control of the district council after winning 11 of the 16 seats as the party increased their vote share by nearly 20% and took more than half of the popular vote. The previous election in 1977 had resulted in no overall control after Labour and the Conservatives were tied with seven seats each. The Conservatives were the second-largest party after they retained five of their seven seats. The Scottish National Party (SNP), who had won two seats in 1977, lost both of their seats. Background Supported by the two SNP councillors, the Conservatives had run Kilmarnock and Loudon as a minority since the previous election in 1977Alex Milligan 25 April 1980 Three-year intrigue coming to an end https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003423/19800425/002/0002 subscription Kilmarnock Standard Kilmarnock 6 February 2023 British Newspaper Archive while, at Westminster, the party had taken over from Labour following the 1979 general election. Ahead of the 1980 election, the Conservatives campaigned to continue on with their "winning team". Their manifesto was entitled "Passport to Prosperity" and highlighted their support for the Right to Buy policy, a pledge to build new swimming baths and their support for small businesses at the newly established industrial estate in Bonnyton. Labour's campaign focused on the Thatcher government at Westminster which was unpopular in Scotland with their election literature headed "Tory Rule Not OK". They pledged to modernise the council's housing stock, provide leisure facilities for the whole family and introduce a more creative job opportunity scheme in response to raising unemployment. The SNP campaigned on a perceived "criminal" wasting of money within local government claiming that while rents and rates had increased dramatically since the local government reforms in 1974, ratepayers were instead funding "pleasure trips" for councillors in relation to town twinning.Alex Milligan 25 April 1980 Three-year intrigue coming to an end https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003423/19800425/003/0003 subscription Kilmarnock Standard Kilmarnock 6 February 2023 British Newspaper Archive Results 1980 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election result Labour Party (UK) 11 4 0 4 68.8 56.5 16,882 19.9 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 5 0 2 2 31.2 25.6 7,639 6.6 Scottish National Party 0 0 2 2 0.0 16.1 4,797 9.7 Scottish Liberal Party 0 0 0 0.0 1.9 559 0.5 16 29,877 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward results Ward 1 main Ward 1 Ward 1 Labour Party (UK) Houston Sim 1,238 50.4 14.5 Scottish National Party Robert Brown 1,207 49.2 3.9 31 1.2 N/A 2,445 52.8 1.7 4,654 Labour Party (UK) Scottish National Party 5.3 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 2 main Ward 2 Ward 2 Labour Party (UK) Robert Creighton 1,226 70.4 9.7 Scottish National Party Patricia Gibson 284 16.3 New Scottish Liberal Party Peter Kerr 226 13.0 26.3 942 54.1 32.7 1,736 47.5 4.8 3,662 Labour Party (UK) 18.0 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 3 main Ward 3 Ward 3 Labour Party (UK) John Hunter 1,166 79.3 34.4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Walker 303 20.6 0.2 863 58.7 48.1 1,469 38.1 10.7 3,858 Labour Party (UK) 34.3 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 4 main Ward 4 Ward 4 Labour Party (UK) Angus Steele 838 43.6 20.0 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Ledgerwood 751 39.1 1.0 Scottish Liberal Party Anne Dick 333 17.3 12.0 87 4.5 N/A 1,922 45.7 6.0 4,207 Labour Party (UK) Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 9.5 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 5 main Ward 5 Ward 5 Labour Party (UK) John McCrae 1,372 71.0 18.9 Scottish National Party Charles Calman 556 28.8 19.1 816 42.2 38.0 1,928 48.9 2.7 3,950 Labour Party (UK) 19.0 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 6 main Ward 6 Ward 6 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Parker 1,121 61.1 4.6 Labour Party (UK) William McCulloch 713 38.8 20.1 408 22.3 9.4 1,834 55.1 6.9 3,333 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 7.7 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 7 main Ward 7 Ward 7 Labour Party (UK) James O'Neil 1,280 56.6 28.6 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party John Porter 976 43.2 7.3 304 13.4 N/A 2,256 53.1 4.9 4,259 Labour Party (UK) Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 10.6 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 8 main Ward 8 Ward 8 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Porter 1,173 70.1 10.8 Labour Party (UK) John Anderson 497 29.7 10.6 676 40.4 21.4 1,670 46.4 2.3 3,602 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 10.7 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 9 main Ward 9 Ward 9 Labour Party (UK) Maisie Garven 1,449 78.4 36.7 Scottish National Party Gordon Gibson 393 21.3 19.7 1,056 57.1 56.4 1,842 44.0 6.8 4,207 Labour Party (UK) 28.2 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 10 main Ward 10 Ward 10 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Ferguson 1,274 59.7 20.3 Scottish National Party Leslie Flannigan 854 40.0 3.8 420 19.7 N/A 2,128 47.4 0.7 4,503 Labour Party (UK) Scottish National Party 12.0 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 11 main Ward 11 Ward 11 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party James Thomson 750 70.1 15.6 Labour Party (UK) John Wilson 314 29.3 15.0 436 40.8 30.6 1,064 37.7 15.2 2,836 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 15.3 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 12 main Ward 12 Ward 12 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Nisbet 1,610 86.5 10.4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party James Mundell 245 13.2 10.7 1,365 73.3 21.1 1,855 45.4 4.7 4,096 Labour Party (UK) 10.5 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 13 main Ward 13 Ward 13 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Alan MacDougall 833 33.9 1.3 Labour Party (UK) Annie Lochhead 818 33.3 6.4 Scottish National Party William Lamond 801 32.6 0.5 15 0.6 1.5 2,452 54.1 9.5 4,536 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3.8 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 14 main Ward 14 Ward 14 Labour Party (UK) James Mills 1,551 75.5 11.4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Archibald Wight 339 16.5 19.4 Scottish National Party James Morrison 162 7.9 New 1,212 59.0 30.8 2,052 47.4 7.3 4,331 Labour Party (UK) 15.4 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 15 main Ward 15 Ward 15 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Trevor Whale 755 45.5 9.1 Labour Party (UK) James McChristie 598 36.0 3.2 Scottish National Party James Mair 306 18.4 12.4 157 9.5 5.9 1,659 56.7 0.8 2,928 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 2.9 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Ward 16 main Ward 16 Ward 16 Labour Party (UK) James Anderson 938 59.9 0.4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party James Barclay-Gall 393 25.1 15.4 Scottish National Party Alexander Young 234 14.9 New 545 34.8 15.8 1,565 60.2 8.6 2,601 Labour Party (UK) 7.9 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1980.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1980 23 December 2022https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 23 December 2022 Aftermath Labour regained control of the district council from the minority Conservative administration which had been in power since the previous election in 1977. Cllr Andrew Nisbet was elected as Provost following the first meeting of the new council.9 May 1980 Andrew Nisbet takes chair https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003423/19800509/001/0001 subscription Kilmarnock Standard Kilmarnock 6 February 2023 British Newspaper Archive The result reflected a "strong anti-Tory trend" across Scotland according to Conservative group leader Cllr Alan MacDougal while former SNP councillor Leslie Flannigan blamed the Thatcher government for the party's losses as they were caught "in the middle of a shift from Tory to Labour".Margaret Hossack 16 May 1980 Mixed reaction at Labour win https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003423/19800516/002/0002 subscription Kilmarnock Standard Kilmarnock 6 February 2023 British Newspaper Archive By-elections Ward 9 Ward 9 Labour councillor Maisie Garven died on 16 November 1980 and a by-election, held on 12 February 1981, was won by Labour's Robert Stirling.21 November 1980 Death of councillor Mrs Maisie Garven https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003423/19801121/001/0001 subscription Kilmarnock Standard Kilmarnock 6 February 2023 British Newspaper Archive21 November 1980 Death of councillor Mrs Maisie Garven https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003423/19801121/001/0001 subscription Kilmarnock Standard Kilmarnock 6 February 2023 British Newspaper Archive main Ward 9 1981 Ward 9 by-election, 12 February 1981 Labour Party (UK) Robert Stirling 1,269 71.9 6.5 Scottish National Party Charles Calman 351 19.9 1.4 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Walker 110 6.2 New Scottish Movement Progressive Party Gordon Walker 36 2.0 New 918 52.0 5.1 1,766 42.0 2.0 4,204 Labour Party (UK) 2.5 Source: Ward 2 Labour group leader and Ward 2 councillor Robert Creighton died suddenly on 18 August 1982 and a by-election, held on 11 November, was won by Labour's James Campbell.10 September 1982 Councillor's death a 'tragic loss' https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003423/19820910/003/0003 subscription Kilmarnock Standard Kilmarnock 6 February 2023 British Newspaper Archive19 November 1982 Labour's Jimmy wins the ward https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003423/19821119/002/0002 subscription Kilmarnock Standard Kilmarnock 6 February 2023 British Newspaper Archive main Ward 2 1982 Ward 2 by-election, 11 November 1982 Labour Party (UK) James Campbell 792 63.2 7.2 Scottish National Party Danny Coffey 460 36.7 20.4 332 26.5 27.6 1,254 35.1 12.4 3,584 Labour Party (UK) 13.8 Source:12 November 1982 Campbell and Coffey: Labour faces SNP challenge https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003423/19821112/003/0003 subscription Kilmarnock Standard Kilmarnock 6 February 2023 British Newspaper Archive References Kilmarnock Category:Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council elections