1992 Moray District Council election

Last updated November 11, 2024

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

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
	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

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References

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

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[1] "Scottish District Elections 1988" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

[2] "Scottish District Elections 1992" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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