1980 City of Edinburgh District Council election

Elections for the City of Edinburgh District Council took place on 1 May 1980, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. The Conservatives, who had previously controlled a majority on the council, were reduced to being just shy of a majority. The Conservatives continued to rule the council however, with Liberal support.

1980 City of Edinburgh Council election
1 May 1980 (1980-05-01)
All 62 seats to Edinburgh City Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Last election 34 23 1
Seats won 31 25 2
Seat change Decrease3 Increase2 Increase1
Popular vote 64,152 58,411 18,230
Percentage 40.2% 36.6% 11.4%
Swing Decrease4.6 Increase10.0 Increase3.5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SNP Independent Independent Labour
Last election 5 1 1
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Decrease3 Steady Increase1
Popular vote 14,960 2,157 1,118
Percentage 9.4% 1.4% 0.7%
Swing Decrease9.9 Increase0.4 Increase0.6
Map of council wards
Council control before election


Conservative

 Council control after election


No overall control

The election saw 4 new wards being added to Edinburgh; Fort, Shandon, Haymarket, and Tollcross. All, minus Tollcross, (which was won by the Conservatives) were won by Labour.[1]

Turnout was 160,330.[1]

Aggregate results
City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1980[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 31 2 2 Steady 50.0 40.2 64,152 Decrease4.6
  Labour 25 7 3 Increase4 40.3 36.6 58,411 Increase10.0
  Liberal 2 2 0 Increase2 3.2 11.4 18,230 Increase3.5
  SNP 2 0 3 Decrease3 3.2 9.4 14,960 Decrease9.9
  Independent 1 0 0 Steady 1.6 1.4 2,157 Increase0.4
  Independent Labour 1 1 0 Increase1 1.6 0.7 1,118 Increase0.6
  Scottish Ecology 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.4 576
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.04 65

Ward Results
1st, Queensferry
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent J. Milne 1,431 65.8
Labour W. Nelson 745 34.2
Majority 686 31.6
Turnout 2,176
Independent hold
2nd, Kirkliston
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP D. Williams 1,088 45.1
Conservative G. Brown 668 27.7
Labour G. Grieve 657 27.2
Majority 420 17.4
Turnout 2,413
SNP hold
3rd, Balerno
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative R. Powell 1,513 51.8
SNP Mary Stein 723 24.7
Labour D. Lindsay 687 23.5
Majority 723 27.1
Turnout 2,923
Conservative hold
4th, Baberton
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Elizabeth Roberson 1,573 47.0
Liberal J. McCreesh 716 21.4
SNP Shona Cole 582 17.4
Labour D. Anderson 473 14.1
Majority 857 25.6
Turnout 3,344
Conservative hold
40th, Tollcross (New Seat)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative K. Alexander 887
Labour S. Gilmore 727
Liberal A. Hajducki 290
SNP J. Mitchell 188
Scottish Ecology S. Whitaker 127
Majority 160
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
42nd, Holyrood
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour R. Kerle 1,105
Independent G. Forbes 613
Conservative B. Monteith 300
SNP C. Cunningham 207
Communist Carol Downes 19
Majority 492
Turnout
Labour hold
53rd, Colinton
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative J. D. Maclennan 2,693 88.5
Labour E. Fallon 350 11.5
Majority 2,343 77.0
Turnout 3,043
Conservative hold
56th, Fairmilehead
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative B. Meek 2,343 69.5
Liberal M. Dougall 776 23.0
Labour I. Christie 252 7.5
Majority 1,567 46.5
Turnout 3,371
Conservative hold

References
  1. p.11
  2. p.78-80
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