1980 Moray District Council election

Elections to Banff and Buchan 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 implementation of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

The election used the 18 wards created by the Formation Electoral Arrangements in 1974. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.

Background

At the previous election in 1977, the Independent group won the most seats on the council, taking 15 to the Scottish National Party (SNP)'s 3. +1977 Moray District council election resultPartySeatsVote shareIndependent1578.0%SNP315.5% Source:

Results

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Ward results

Bishopmill

Cathedral

New Elgin

West Central

Forres

Findhorn Valley

Laich

Lossiemouth

Heldon

Innes

Buckie West

Buckie East

Rathford

Lennox

Keith

Strathisla

Speyside

Glenlivet

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