1988 Moray District Council election

1988 Moray District Council election

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All 18 seats to Moray District Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	44.8%
First party Second party Third party   Party Independent SNP Labour Last election 15 seats, 81.0% 2 seats, 11.9% 1 seat, 7.1% Seats won 9 7 2 Seat change 6 5 1 Popular vote 9,946 12,258 2,272 Percentage 36.8% 45.4% 8.4% Swing 44.2% 33.5% 1.3%

Elections to the Moray District Council took place on 5 May 1988, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. Each of the 18 wards elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Background

Further information: 1984 Moray District Council election

At the 1984 election to the Moray District Council, Independents held 15 seats, many being unopposed.

1984 Moray District Council election result

Party	Seats	Vote share
Independent	15	81.0%
SNP	2	11.9%
Labour	1	7.1%

Source: ^[1]

Results

1988 Moray District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	9	0	6	6	50.0	36.8	9,946	44.2
	SNP	7	5	0	5	38.9	45.4	12,258	33.5
	Labour	2	1	0	1	11.1	8.4	2,272	1.3
	Conservative	0	0	0		0.0	8.0	2,163	New
	SSLD	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	369	New

Source: ^[2]

Ward results

Bishopmill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C Smith	1,180	61.9
	SNP	A Anderson (Incumbent)	718	37.7
Majority			462	24.2
Turnout			1,905	49.6
	Labour gain from Independent

Cathedral

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A Farquharson (Incumbent)	856	54.6
	SNP	A Munn	507	32.3
	Independent	E McCaskill	199	12.7
Majority			349	22.3
Turnout			1,568	41.7
	Labour hold

New Elgin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R Hossack (Incumbent)	907	63.0
	SNP	E Burns	532	36.9
Majority			375	26.0
Turnout			1,440	44.3
	Independent hold

Central West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Proctor (Incumbent)	994	56.6
	SNP	J Burns	755	43.0
Majority			239	13.6
Turnout			1,756	45.5
	Independent hold

Forres

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	H Cumiskie	945	54.7
	Independent	C White	780	45.1
Majority			165	9.6
Turnout			1,728	38.5
	SNP gain from Independent

Findhorn Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	R Laing	644	35.9
	Independent	W Anderson	613	34.2
	Independent	B Brands	536	29.9
Majority			31	1.7
Turnout			1,795	37.0
	SNP gain from Independent

Laich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	D Scaife	872	61.2
	Independent	D Thompson (Incumbent)	551	38.6
Majority			321	22.6
Turnout			1,426	38.3
	SNP gain from Independent

Lossiemouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	R Murdoch (Incumbent)	1,379	75.6
	Conservative	K Smith	438	24.0
Majority			941	51.6
Turnout			1,825	43.8
	SNP gain from Independent

Heldon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	I Lawson	383	38.7
	SSLD	A Skene	369	37.3
	SNP	W Ross	232	23.5
Majority			14	1.4
Turnout			989	34.4
	Independent hold

Innes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Shaw (Incumbent)	985	58.1
	SNP	K Stuart	700	41.3
Majority			285	16.8
Turnout			1,695	43.6
	Independent hold

Buckie West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	W Jappy	941	56.3
	Conservative	J Reid	493	29.5
	Labour	L Forbes	236	14.1
Majority			448	26.8
Turnout			1,671	52.0
	SNP hold

Buckie East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	H Munro	971	66.1
	Conservative	A Thain	496	33.7
Majority			475	32.4
Turnout			1,470	46.6
	SNP hold

Rathford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M Wilson	794	46.3
	SNP	J Hepburn	412	24.0
	Independent	W Cook	275	16.0
	Conservative	J Smith	231	13.5
Majority			382	22.3
Turnout			1,714	52.0
	Independent hold

Lennox

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	T Howe (Incumbent)	1,110	68.4
	Conservative	N Robertson	505	31.1
Majority			605	37.3
Turnout			1,622	55.6
	SNP gain from Independent

Keith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L Mann (Incumbent)	1,276	73.1
	SNP	L Esslemont	468	26.8
Majority			808	46.3
Turnout			1,745	50.7
	Independent hold

Strathisla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W Watt (Incumbent)	486	51.8
	SNP	D Barr	452	48.1
Majority			34	3.7
Turnout			939	38.6
	Independent hold

Speyside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	E Aldridge (Incumbent)	1,167	65.3
	SNP	H McBain	620	34.7
Majority			547	30.6
Turnout			1,787	53.6
	Independent hold

Glenlivet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M Campbell	Unopposed
	Independent hold

References

1. "The Scottish District Elections 1984" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 27. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
2. "Scottish District Elections 1988" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 25 April 2020.