Elections for the City of Edinburgh District Council took place on 1 May 1980, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. The Conservatives, who had previously controlled a majority on the council, were reduced to being just shy of a majority. The Conservatives continued to rule the council however, with Liberal support.
The election saw 4 new wards being added to Edinburgh; Fort, Shandon, Haymarket, and Tollcross. All, minus Tollcross, (which was won by the Conservatives) were won by Labour. [1]
Turnout was 160,330. [1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 31 | 2 | 2 | 40.2 | 64,152 | ||||
Labour | 25 | 7 | 3 | 36.6 | 58,411 | ||||
Liberal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11.4 | 18,230 | ||||
SNP | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9.4 | 14,960 | ||||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 2,157 | ||||
Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 1118 | ||||
Scottish Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 576 | |||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 65 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Milne | 1,431 | 65.8 | ||
Labour | W. Nelson | 745 | 34.2 | ||
Majority | 686 | 31.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,176 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | D. Williams | 1,088 | 45.1 | ||
Conservative | G. Brown | 668 | 27.7 | ||
Labour | G. Grieve | 657 | 27.2 | ||
Majority | 420 | 17.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,413 | ||||
SNP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Powell | 1,513 | 51.8 | ||
SNP | Mary Stein | 723 | 24.7 | ||
Labour | D. Lindsay | 687 | 23.5 | ||
Majority | 723 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,923 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Roberson | 1,573 | 47.0 | ||
Liberal | J. McCreesh | 716 | 21.4 | ||
SNP | Shona Cole | 582 | 17.4 | ||
Labour | D. Anderson | 473 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | 857 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,344 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K. Alexander | 887 | |||
Labour | S. Gilmore | 727 | |||
Liberal | A. Hajducki | 290 | |||
SNP | J. Mitchell | 188 | |||
Scottish Ecology | S. Whitaker | 127 | |||
Majority | 160 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from (New Seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Kerle | 1105 | |||
Independent | G. Forbes | 613 | |||
Conservative | B. Monteith | 300 | |||
SNP | C. Cunningham | 207 | |||
Communist | Carol Downes | 19 | |||
Majority | 492 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. D. Maclennan | 2,693 | 88.5 | ||
Labour | E. Fallon | 350 | 11.5 | ||
Majority | 2,343 | ||||
Turnout | 3,043 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B. Meek | 2,343 | 69.5 | ||
Liberal | M. Dougall | 776 | 23.0 | ||
Labour | I. Christie | 252 | 7.5 | ||
Majority | 1,567 | 46.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,371 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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