1977 Moray District Council election
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Elections to the Moray District Council took place on 3 May 1977, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 18 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Background
At the previous election in 1974, the Independent group took 17 seats, to the Scottish National Party (SNP)'s 1 seat.
Party | Seats | Vote share |
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Independent | 17 | 86.7% |
SNP | 1 | 8.3% |
Source:[1]
Summary of results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 83.3 | 78.0 | 10,791 | 8.7 | |
SNP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16.7 | 15.5 | 2,144 | 7.2 | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 501 | New | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 400 | 2.1 |
Source:[2]
References
- ^ "Scottish Regional and District Elections 1974" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 55. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Scottish District Elections 1977" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 22. Retrieved 13 July 2024.