1977 Banff and Buchan District Council election

Elections to the Banff and Buchan District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.

1977 Banff and Buchan District Council election

3 May 1977 (1977-05-03)
All 18 seats to Banff and Buchan District Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Independent SNP Last election 15 seats, 71.4% Did not contest Seats won 17 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 7,387 1,711 Percentage 75.9% 17.6% Swing 4.5% New

Results

1977 Banff and Buchan District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	17	3	1	2	94.4	75.9	7,387	4.5
	SNP	1	1	0	1	5.6	17.6	1,711	New
	Ratepayers	0	0	0		0.0	3.3	320	New
	Conservative	0	0	2	2	0.0	3.2	316	9.4

Source:

Ward results

Macduff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S Mair	506	58.5
	Independent	J Wood (Incumbent)	359	41.5
Majority			147	17.0
Turnout			866	32.0
	Independent hold

King Edward-Gamrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Smith	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Banff-Hilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Gordon (Incumbent)	716	60.0
	SNP	M Duncan	477	40.0
Majority			239	20.0
Turnout			1,195	36.4
	Independent hold

Fordyce/Boyndie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Hay (Incumbent)	441	58.0
	Ratepayers	C McKay	320	42.0
Majority			121	16.0
Turnout			761	24.4
	Independent hold

Aberchirder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Shand (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Turriff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S Mair	606	45.6
	Independent	J Dawson	554	41.7
	Independent	D Duncan	170	12.8
Majority			52	3.9
Turnout			1,335	39.8
	Independent hold

Deer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W Cruickshank (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Fyvie/Monquhitter

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Gordon (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Meethill/Boddam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	S Coull	381	50.1
	Independent	W Cormack (Incumbent)	379	49.9
Majority			2	0.2
Turnout			761	23.8
	SNP gain from Independent

Clerkhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D Carnie	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Kirktown/Roanheads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G Baird (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent gain from Labour

Buchanhaven/Catto

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G Milne	629	59.8
	SNP	J Ingram	423	40.2
Majority			206	19.6
Turnout			1,055	31.9
	Independent hold

Fraserburgh Saltoun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D Swanson (Incumbent)	355	46.6
	Conservative	S Green	316	41.5
	Independent	G Young	91	11.9
Majority			39	5.1
Turnout			767	27.2
	Independent hold

Fraserburgh South/Rathen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Fraser (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Fraserburgh/Broadsea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A Noble (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent hold

North Buchanorth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Mitchell	980	62.5
	Independent	B Campell	406	25.9
	Independent	P Finnie	182	11.6
Majority			574	36.6
Turnout			1,568	44.1
	Independent hold

Longside/Cruden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L Cantlay (Incumbent)	1,013	70.2
	SNP	J Phillips	430	29.8
Majority			583	40.4
Turnout			1,443	38.9
	Independent gain from Conservative

Rattray/Strichen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	N Cowie (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	Independent gain from Conservative