1980 Falkirk District Council election
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Elections to Falkirk District Council took place on 1 May 1980, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 36 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 27 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 75.0 | 52.7 | 24,071 | 21.7 | |
SNP | 4 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 11.1 | 31.7 | 14,477 | 15.5 | |
Conservative | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 3,587 | 1.6 | ||
Independent | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 3,115 | 7.3 | |
Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0 | New | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 398 | 0.2 |
Source:[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Scottish District Elections 1980" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 August 2024.