1992 Moray District Council election

1992 Moray District Council election

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All 18 seats to Moray District Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Independent SNP Last election 9 seats, 36.8% 7 seats, 45.4% Seats won 9 7 Seat change Popular vote 8,853 11,454 Percentage 35.7% 46.1% Swing 1.1% 0.7%   Third party Fourth party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 0 seats, 8.0% 2 seats, 8.4% Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 2,508 1,004 Percentage 10.1% 4.1% Swing 2.1% 4.3%

Elections to Moray District Council were held on 7 May 1992, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. Each ward elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Background

Further information: 1988 Moray District Council election

As in this election to the Moray District Council, the Independent group at the 1988 election also took 9 seats, with the SNP a close second at 7. Labour held the remaining 2 seats.

1988 Moray District Council election results

Party	Seats	Vote share
Independent	9	36.8%
SNP	7	45.4%
Labour	2	8.4%

Source: ^[1]

Results

1992 Moray District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	9	2	2		50.0	35.7	8,853	1.1
	SNP	7	2	2		38.9	46.1	11,454	0.7
	Conservative	1	1	0	1	5.6	10.1	2,508	2.1
	Labour	1	0	1	1	5.6	4.1	1,004	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	4.2	1,031	2.8

Source: ^[2]

Ward results

Bishopmill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G MacKenzie	632	54.1
	SNP	R Pattie	532	45.5
Majority			100	8.6
Turnout			1,168	32.1
	Independent gain from Labour

Cathedral

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A Farqhuarson (Incumbent)	583	44.2
	SNP	E Hardie	385	29.2
	Conservative	G Rogers	349	26.4
Majority			198	15.0
Turnout			1,320	34.6
	Labour hold

New Elgin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	M Anderson	439	41.5
	Conservative	D McGettrick	318	30.0
	Labour	A Wood	251	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	J Johnstone	50	4.7
Majority			121	11.5
Turnout			1,059	30.8
	SNP gain from Independent

Central West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Proctor (Incumbent)	866	55.4
	SNP	R Burns	448	28.7
	Labour	L Easton	170	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	W Nelson	75	4.8
Majority			418	26.7
Turnout			1,559	39.7
	Independent hold

Forres

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	H Cumiskie (Incumbent)	898	54.5
	Independent	C White	624	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	M McLintock	124	7.5
Majority			274	16.6
Turnout			1,647	36.5
	SNP hold

Findhorn Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W Swanson	840	55.3
	SNP	R Laing (Incumbent)	732	46.4
Majority			108	6.9
Turnout			1,577	33.2
	Independent gain from SNP

Laich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Thompson	875	57.2
	SNP	C Scaife (Incumbent)	650	42.5
Majority			225	14.7
Turnout			1,531	37.6
	Conservative gain from SNP

Lossiemouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A Fleming	1,151	65.2
	Conservative	R Conway	521	29.5
	Liberal Democrats	A Blumner	88	5.0
Majority			630	35.7
Turnout			1,765	43.0
	SNP hold

Heldon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	I Lawson (Incumbent)	615	62.3
	SNP	S Ewing	297	30.1
	Liberal Democrats	E Nelson	73	7.4
Majority			318	32.2
Turnout			987	36.2
	Independent hold

Innes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Shaw (Incumbent)	977	66.3
	SNP	I Taylor	492	33.4
Majority			485	32.9
Turnout			1,473	37.4
	Independent hold

Buckie West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	W Jappy (Incumbent)	975	70.2
	Independent	E Scott	409	29.4
Majority			566	40.8
Turnout			1,389	42.1
	SNP hold

Buckie East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	S Longmore	930	77.4
	Independent	H Watt	270	22.5
Majority			660	54.9
Turnout			1,202	37.9
	SNP hold

Rathford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Wilson	784	57.4
	SNP	M Marshall	580	42.5
Majority			204	14.9
Turnout			1,366	39.8
	Independent hold

Lennox

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	T Howe (Incumbent)	802	56.2
	Liberal Democrats	D Cameron	621	43.5
Majority			181	12.7
Turnout			1,427	47.6
	SNP hold

Keith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L Mann (Incumbent)	1,132	66.4
	SNP	M Barr	572	33.5
Majority			560	32.9
Turnout			1,706	49.1
	Independent hold

Strathisla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M Davidson	537	56.1
	SNP	D Barr	421	43.9
Majority			116	12.2
Turnout			958	37.1
	Independent hold

Speyside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	E Aldridge (Incumbent)	1,167	71.3
	SNP	G Scott	467	28.5
Majority			700	42.8
Turnout			1,636	49.4
	Independent hold

Glenlivet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A Scott	683	60.5
	Conservative	A Dean	445	39.4
Majority			238	21.1
Turnout			1,129	41.1
	SNP gain from Independent

References

1. "Scottish District Elections 1988" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
2. "Scottish District Elections 1992" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 July 2024.