1980 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election

The 1980 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council Election was held on 1 May 1980, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections, and constituted the second election for the Council.

The nationalist Scottish Labour Party, which had won two seats in the prior district election, lost all of its seats. One of the party's councillors in Patna/Dalrymple resigned the party whip, contesting (and winning) the election as an Independent. The other councillor, in Old Cumnock Parish, lost to the Labour candidate.

Election results

Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council Election Result 1980[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	2	0	2	80.0	48.2	3,828	8.1
	Independent	2	1	0	1	20.0	24.8	1,791	18.4
	SLP	0	0	2	2	0.0	16.3	1,290	8.3
	Conservative	0	0	1	1	0.0	8.3	659
	SNP	0	0	0		0.0	2.4	188	14.9

Ward results

(*) represents a candidate seeking re-election for the same party as previously.

(~) represents a candidate seeking re-election in a different party.

1. Cumnock Burgh[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. King*	1,285	61.4
	SLP	Ms A. Welsh	793	37.9
Majority			492
Turnout				43.1
	Labour hold

3. Old Cumnock Parish[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ms A. Lennox	598	46.6	1.6
	SLP	W. Pender*	497	38.7	13.1
	SNP	W. Milligan	188	14.7	14.7
Majority			101	7.9
Turnout			1,283	54.4	10.4
	Labour gain from SLP		Swing

8. Patna/Dalrymple[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Hainey~	1,029	62.3	22.9
	Labour	M. Rooney	622	37.6	3.5
Majority			407	24.7
Turnout			1,651	53.5	5.5
	Independent gain from SLP		Swing

References

1. p.78-83
2. p.71