Elections to Hamilton 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 20 seats to Hamilton District Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 78,670 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 50.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election was the last to use the original 20 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 October 1981, several wards were changed or abolished.[2]
Labour regained overall control of the council after winning 17 seats – an increase of seven from the previous election – and taking more than half of the popular vote. The Liberals leapfrogged the Scottish National Party (SNP) into second as they maintained their total of two councillors and the Conservatives won the remaining seat to maintain their number on the council. The SNP lost all six of their seats as their vote share fell by 25 percentage points.
Results edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 85.0 | 56.5 | 15,648 | 14.4 | |
Liberal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 2,849 | 4.1 | ||
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 22.0 | 6,093 | 9.4 | ||
SNP | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 2,290 | 24.8 | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 658 | 0.8 | |
Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 178 | New | ||
Total | 20 | 27,716 |
Ward results edit
Hillhouse edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Newberry | 1,206 | 81.7 | 34.2 | |
Independent Nationalist | M. Sneddon | 178 | 12.1 | New | |
Conservative | D. Ogg | 91 | 6.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,028 | 69.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,475 | 46.3 | 4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,139 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | 34.2 |
Udston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Dallas | 1,473 | 85.1 | 52.7 | |
Independent Labour | A. Reid | 248 | 14.3 | 23.7 | |
Majority | 1,225 | 70.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,721 | 52.3 | 0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,308 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing | 52.7 |
Wellhall North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. McKinnon | 800 | 49.5 | 22.8 | |
Conservative | A. Aitchison | 429 | 26.5 | 1.2 | |
SNP | A. McCubbin | 387 | 23.9 | 18.0 | |
Majority | 371 | 23.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,616 | 50.4 | 3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,206 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | 20.4 |
Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Murphy | 771 | 63.9 | 25.7 | |
Conservative | M. Stepek | 432 | 35.8 | 7.4 | |
Majority | 339 | 28.1 | 23.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,203 | 50.5 | 4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,392 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 25.7 |
Burnbank edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | I. McKillop | 1,416 | 69.5 | 8.1 | |
Independent Labour | A. Hosie | 410 | 20.1 | New | |
Conservative | J. Urquhart | 208 | 10.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,006 | 49.4 | 23.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,034 | 51.8 | 4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,936 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.1 |
Bent edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Lowe | 806 | 49.5 | 24.8 | |
Conservative | A. Kegg | 502 | 30.8 | 8.0 | |
SNP | T. Fox | 319 | 19.6 | 32.8 | |
Majority | 304 | 18.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,627 | 50.8 | 4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,205 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | 28.8 |
Fairhill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | N. Cochrane | 1,941 | 84.4 | 29.8 | |
Conservative | D. Murray | 356 | 15.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,585 | 68.9 | 56.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,297 | 44.9 | 6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,125 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 29.8 |
Wellhall South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Puetherer | 1,250 | 80.6 | 42.7 | |
Conservative | G. Young | 290 | 18.7 | 0.2 | |
Majority | 960 | 61.9 | 60.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,540 | 42.7 | 8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,634 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 42.7 |
Low Waters edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Williamson | 1,681 | 63.1 | 2.5 | |
Labour | P. Grenfell | 976 | 36.6 | 17.7 | |
Majority | 705 | 26.5 | 13.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,657 | 55.3 | 0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,823 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.5 |
Cadzow edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Smith | 2,032 | 58.7 | 27.1 | |
Conservative | J. Dorricott | 736 | 21.3 | 10.1 | |
SNP | I. Campbell | 691 | 20.0 | 16.9 | |
Majority | 1,296 | 37.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,459 | 56.4 | 5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,143 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | 27.1 |
Dalserf edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Cochrane | 1,025 | 59.7 | 16.1 | |
SNP | D. Broadfoot | 346 | 20.2 | 36.2 | |
Conservative | J. Newton | 344 | 20.0 | New | |
Majority | 679 | 39.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,715 | 45.9 | 2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,742 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | 16.1 |
Machan edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Borland | 1,131 | 55.6 | 17.8 | |
SNP | M. Miller | 547 | 26.9 | 26.8 | |
Conservative | D. Eadie | 353 | 17.4 | New | |
Majority | 584 | 28.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,031 | 45.3 | 2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,493 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | 17.8 |
Avonholm edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | J. Speirs | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,017 | ||||
Labour hold |
Source:[3]
Strutherhill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | S. Casserley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,463 | ||||
Labour hold |
Source:[3]
Stonehouse edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | R. Gibb | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,757 | ||||
Labour hold |
Source:[3]
Bothwell and Uddingston North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | T. Maxwell | 1,080 | 51.6 | 6.1 | |
Labour | S. Sloss | 821 | 39.2 | 6.6 | |
Conservative | J. Bain | 191 | 9.1 | 12.9 | |
Majority | 259 | 12.4 | 0.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,092 | 56.8 | 1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,685 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | 6.1 |
Bothwell and Uddingston South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | T. Grieve | 1,769 | 78.3 | 17.4 | |
Conservative | A. Thomson | 480 | 21.3 | 5.9 | |
Majority | 1,289 | 57.0 | 24.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,249 | 50.6 | 11.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,459 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | 17.4 |
High Blantyre edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | J. Swinburne | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,951 | ||||
Labour hold |
Source:[3]
Blantyre edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | M. D. Tremble | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,718 | ||||
Labour hold |
Source:[3]
Stonefield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | G. McInally | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,474 | ||||
Labour hold |
Source:[3]
References edit
- ^ "Formation Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1980). The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1977). The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 6 January 2024.