1980 City of Glasgow District Council election

1980 City of Glasgow
District Council election
All 72 seats to City of Glasgow District Council ; 37 seats needed for a majority
Council Leader before election; ; No overall control	Elected Council Leader; ; Labour

Last updated August 23, 2024

The 1980 City of Glasgow District Council election took place on 1 May 1980, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. This was the third election to the City of Glasgow District Council.

Background

The previous election, held in 1977, had seen Labour lose its majority on the council and while the party still had the largest number of councillors (30), the Labour group decided not to try retain power after rejecting the possibility of coalition deals with either the Conservatives or the SNP. This left the second placed Conservatives to form a minority administration, although they also refused to work with the SNP and prior to the first meeting of the council after the election it was uncertain what would happen.^[1] Ultimately the Council met on 9 May 1977, SNP abstentions meant that Labour's nominee David Hodge was elected Lord Provost of Glasgow over the Conservatives Jack Richmond. Although the Conservatives had said that they would only form an administration if Richmond was elected as Lord Provost, after an internal vote among the Conservative group they decided that they would form an administration after all. However it was noted in The Glasgow Herald that many of the Conservatives policies, including the sale of council houses, were unlikely to be supported by the majority on the council.^[2]

Ultimately, lacking support from other parties, the Conservative administration announced it would relinquish power in September 1979 after the Council rejected its plan to cut spending by up to £30 million pounds, paving the way for Labour to form a minority administration.^[3] According to The Glasgow Herald the political uncertainty since the 1977 election meant "Glasgow District Council has gained an unenviable reputation for chaos and outrageous behaviour among its members."^[4]

By the time of the election as a result of by-elections and other changes Labour held 32 seats to the Conservatives 22, the SNP's 14 and the Liberal Party's one. There were two independent councillors and one seat was vacant.^[4] Ahead of the election, the Herald reported that Labour were confident of success, with the party hopeful of gaining up to 20 seats, which would give them a large majority.^[4]

Outcome

Labour won a decisive victory gaining 26 seats to give them a 44 seat majority over all other parties. The SNP lost all of their seats while the Conservatives lost 11 of the 22 seats they held. The Liberals gained two seats (one from the Conservatives and one from the SNP). The Glasgow Herald observed the result was even more spectacular for Labour than had been predicted and attributed this to voters wishing to see an end to "the City Chambers comedy show" of the last few years. It also attibuted the Labour gains from the Conservatives, which were reflected in other parts of Scotland, as a result of the unpopularity of Margaret Thatcher's government, which had been in power for one year.^[5]

Several prominent Conservative and SNP councillors lost their seats including the SNP's Stewart Ewing, who had in 1977 defeated the Labour group leader, and the Conservative former housing convener Derek Wood.^[5]

Aggregate results

1980 City of Glasgow District Council election^[6]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	58	28	0	28	80.6	54.7	139,471	19.6
Conservative	11	0	14	14	15.3	21.9	55,816	6.8
Liberal	3	2	0	2	4.2	5.8	14,712	3.9
SNP	0	0	16	16	0.0	15.9	40,639	16.8
Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	2,325	0.7
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	436	New
Other parties	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	1,431

Ward results

Ward 1: Tollcross^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	M. Adam	2,416
	Conservative	Mary Tindley	979
	SNP	N. Logan	602
Majority			1,437
Turnout

Ward 2: Parkhead^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Susan Baird (Incumbent)	2,492
	Conservative	P.M Tindley	496
	SNP	Grace Logan	439
Majority			1,996
Turnout

Ward 3: Carntyne^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	H. Macrae (Incumbent)	2,546
	SNP	A. Livingstone	567
	Conservative	B.S. Clarke	469
Majority			1,979
Turnout

Ward 4: Camlachie^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R. MacDonald	991
	Local Independent Labour	A. J. McTaggart (Incumbent)	209
	SNP	Margaret Humble	199
	Conservative	E. Griffith	193
Majority			782
Turnout

Ward 5: Easterhouse^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	W. Milligan	2,282
	SNP	Patricia Kennedy (Incumbent)	958
	Conservative	Margaret Watt	112
	Communist	G. Cleland	68
Majority			1,324
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 6: Garthamlock^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D. Murphy	2,993
	SNP	D. Whyteside	332
	Ind Scot Nat	E. Hendry (Incumbent)	332
	Communist	J. Jackson	184
	Conservative	Isobel Russell	169
Majority			2,617
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 7: Wellhouse^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	N. Stobo (Incumbent)	2,642
	SNP	W. Logan	339
	Liberal	E. Bennett	336
	Conservative	Violet Fletcher	129
	Communist	D. McGregor	82
Majority			2,303
Turnout

Ward 8: Queenslie^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	W. Fay	2,312
	SNP	A. Hart	818
	Conservative	T. Steven	112
Majority			1,594
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 9: Riddrie^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	A. S. Livingstone	2,312
	Conservative	C. Gilbert (Incumbent)	1,573
	SNP	J. Cockburn	490
	Communist	J. Cockburn	61
Majority			445
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ward 10: Lethamhill^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D. Mason (Incumbent)	1,635
	SNP	A. Downie	395
	Conservative	Alison MacGregor	121
Majority			1,240
Turnout

Ward 11: City^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T. Ennis (Incumbent)	1,497
	Conservative	Mary Herman	345
	Independent	Elizabeth Hunter	78
Majority			1,152
Turnout

Ward 12: Townhead^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	P. O'Rourke (Incumbent)	1,546
	Conservative	A. Harvey	173
Majority			1,373
Turnout

Ward 13: Calton^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J.T.G. McQueenie (Incumbent)	928
	SNP	Stephanie C. Shiels	96
	Conservative	R.H. Dickson	86
	Communist	W. Spraggen	39
Majority			832
Turnout

Ward 14: Dalmarnock^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. Mullen (Incumbent)	1,814
	Conservative	J. G. Harris	207
Majority			1,607
Turnout

Ward 15: Balornock^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D. Crozier (Incumbent)	2,279
	SNP	C. Donaldson	463
	Liberal	J. Kearns	417
	Communist	J. Brown	68
Majority			1,816
Turnout

Ward 16: Robroyston^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. Chatham (Incumbent)	2,542
	SNP	I.S. Hunter	485
	Communist	P.Taylor	38
Majority			2,057
Turnout

Ward 17: Cowlairs^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	C. Moore (Incumbent)	488
	SNP	D.A. Shaw	163
Majority			325
Turnout

Ward 18: Petershill^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. Henderson (Incumbent)	1,686
	SNP	W. J. Morton	368
	Communist	W. Moir	46
Majority			1,318
Turnout

Ward 19: Milnbank^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. McLean (Incumbent)	2,092
	Milnbank Progressive Conservative and Unionist	J. J. Wallace	469
	Communist	I. Donnolly	51
Majority			1,623
Turnout

Ward 20: Dennistoun^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	C. Brown	2,445
	Conservative	R. McKay (Incumbent)	2,209
	SNP	J. S. Winning	264
	Communist	W. Moir	49
	Independent Scottish Labour	D. McAleer	35
Majority			236
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ward 21: Summerston^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	M. Buchanan	2,600
	SNP	S. M. Ewing (Incumbent)	1,812
	Liberal	Elspeth Attwooll	382
	Conservative	G. Paterson	256
	Communist	J. O'Rourke	59
Majority			788
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 22: Wyndford^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R. Gray (Incumbent)	1,900
	Conservative	M. White	419
	Liberal	J. P. Kelly	280
	Communist	P. B. Smith	54
Majority			1,481
Turnout

Ward 23: Ruchill^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. Gaffney	2,376
	SNP	Helen Gough	701
	Communist	M. Meers	70
Majority			1,675
Turnout

Ward 24: Milton^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	A. McGarrity	2,297
	SNP	A. Sheer	703
	Communist	E. Graham	66
Majority			1,594
Turnout

Ward 25: Possilpark^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R. Innes (Incumbent)	2,862
	Communist	D. Shannon	123
Majority			2,739
Turnout

Ward 26: Cowcaddens^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jean McFadden (Incumbent)	2,747
	SNP	T. Scouller	497
	Liberal	R. W. Stewart	206
	Communist	P. Murray	58
Majority			2,250
Turnout

Ward 27: Botanic Gardens^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mary Goldie (Incumbent)	944
	Labour	J. Lafferty	736
	Communist	Eirene Morrison	78
Majority			208
Turnout

Ward 28: Park^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D. Brown	1,461
	Conservative	Dorothy Henderson	1,099
	Ecology	J. F. Robins	242
	Communist	D. Laing	99
Majority			362
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ward 29: Kelvin^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D. Crawford (Incumbent)	727
	Independent	L. Hazra	332
	Conservative	J. Proctor	286
	Independent Social Democrat	B. Edwards	26
Majority			395
Turnout

Ward 30: Woodside^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	P. Taylor	1,112
	Conservative	Elizabeth Rennie	497
Majority			615
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ward 31: Partick East ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T. Schuller	1,485
	Conservative	D. Wood (Incumbent)	1,030
	SNP	G. Mackellar	571
	Communist	C. Woolfson	99
Majority			455
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ward 32: Anderston ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R. McTaggart (Incumbent)	1,932
	Conservative	B. D. Cooklin	543
	Communist	A. Jackson	106
Majority			1,388
Turnout

Ward 33: Anniesland ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	W. Aitken (Incumbent)	2,440
	Labour	Patricia Chalmers	697
	Liberal	L. J. Clarke	497
	SNP	N. M. T. M. MacLeod	549
Majority			1,743
Turnout

Ward 34: Kelvinside ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	R. N. S. Logan (Incumbent)	2,389
	Labour	R. A. Mowbray	699
	Liberal	S. Donaldson	644
	SNP	G. Fairbrother	279
Majority			1,690
Turnout

Ward 35: Scotstoun ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	W. R. Hattan	3,125
	Conservative	Winifred C. Childs	1,892
	SNP	J. Lang	608
	Liberal	R. Dunne	228
Majority			1,233
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ward 36: Partick West ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	A. H. Hodgins (Incumbent)	2,079
	Labour	A. Cowan	1,565
	SNP	J. Crawford	716
	Liberal	Joyce Polson	241
Majority			514
Turnout

Ward 37: Drumry^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Marjorie O'Neill	2,143
	SNP	Marion Crawford (Incumbent)	1,274
	Communist	A. Munro	72
Majority			869
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 38: Summerhill^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D. P. Wiseman	2,148
	SNP	J. O'Brien (Incumbent)	1,093
	Communist	J. McCarry	129
Majority			1,055
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 39: Blairdardle^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Catherine Fyfe	1,774
	Conservative	I. M. Lawson	1,011
	SNP	J. C. Whyte (Incumbent)	842
Majority			763
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 40: Knightcliffe^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. Kernaghan	2,085
	SNP	C. Darroch (Incumbent)	1,486
	Conservative	L. M. Turpie	550
Majority			599
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 41: Yoker^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T. Lenehan	2,188
	SNP	D. McLean (Incumbent)	2,078
	Conservative	D. Gibson	351
Majority			110
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 42: Knightswood ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	C. J. Davison	2,035
	SNP	J. Bain (Incumbent)	1,482
	Conservative	Celia Anne Lawson	801
	Communist	L. D. Bain	138
Majority			553
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 43: Gorbals ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. Lavelle (Incumbent)	1,649
	SNP	D. H. Waddell	376
	Conservative	D. G. Milne	250
	Communist	A. D. Elliot	37
Majority			1,273
Turnout

Ward 44: Hutchesontown^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	M. Moore	1,823
	SLP	J. Brown	541
	SNP	Josephine Docherty	204
	Conservative	F. Phillips	135
	Communist	J. Kay	70
Majority			1,282
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 45: Crosshill ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	A. Green (Incumbent)	1,623
	Labour	S. Butt	1,482
	SNP	C. B. Campbell	939
	Communist	K. Haldane	64
Majority			141
Turnout

Ward 46: Prospecthill^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	C. Toppin	2,317
	SNP	W. McGuinness (Incumbent)	1,635
	Conservative	D. I. Gennis	515
	Communist	J. McGoldrick	69
Majority			682
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 47: Drumoyne^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. Barr	2,194
	Conservative	J. H. Walker	505
	SNP	A. F. Butler	379
Majority			1,689
Turnout

Ward 48: Fairfield^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	P. T. Keegan (Incumbent)	1,120
	SNP	S. Butler	205
	Conservative	G. W. McCaul	121
	Communist	J. Foster	57
Majority			915
Turnout

Ward 49: Ibrox^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	A. Young	3,329
	Conservative	Margaret Turnbull	594
	SNP	A. Cullen	469
Majority			2,735
Turnout

Ward 50: Kingston^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	B. Maan (Incumbent)	493
	SNP	J. Strang	255
	Conservative	L. Connolly	73
Majority			238
Turnout

Ward 51: Hillington^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	M. Kelly (Incumbent)	4,059
	Conservative	Jean Nixon	1,346
	SNP	W. A. Houston	1,112
Majority			2,713
Turnout

Ward 52: Bellahouston^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. F. Ross (Incumbent)	2,278
	Conservative	A. McIntyre	1,726
	SNP	K. Fee	639
Majority			552
Turnout

Ward 53: Cardonald^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R. Keenan	1,965
	Conservative	A. Mackenzie (Incumbent)	1,848
	SNP	Katherine McKillen	458
Majority			171
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ward 54: Crookston^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	T. R. Hamilton (Incumbent)	3,370
	SNP	H. Brogan	854
Majority			2,156
Turnout

Ward 55: Pollockshields^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J.A Dyer (Incumbent)	2,656
	Labour	E. Nolan	1,097
	Liberal	G. A. McKell	688
	SNP	Eirene Morrison	257
	Communist	J. Campbell	82
Majority			1,559
Turnout

Ward 56: Strathbungo^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jean Hamilton (Incumbent)	1,251
	Labour	B. Sweeney	1,090
	SNP	I. C. Murray	438
Majority			161
Turnout

Ward 57: Camphill^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. K. Richmond (Incumbent)	1,965
	Labour	J. Keating	1,008
	SNP	A. C. Yeoman	304
Majority			957
Turnout

Ward 58: Pollockshaws^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. McNally	2,563
	Conservative	Helen Hodgins (Incumbent)	2,436
	SNP	A. J. Dornan	695
	Scottish Independent Labour	S. Walsh	39
Majority			127
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ward 59: Nitshill^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rose McCloy	2,966
	SNP	Catherine McMunnigal	613
	Conservative	Catherine M. Mair	230
Majority			2,353
Turnout

Ward 60: Darnley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. McCarron	2,683
	SNP	F. Hannigan (Incumbent)	2,472
	Conservative	Jenny Taylor	289
	Liberal	A. S. Donnell	118
	Scottish Independent Labour	I. McIntyre	39
Majority			211
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 61: Newlands^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. Young (Incumbent)	3,022
	Labour	T. Muir	908
Majority			2,114
Turnout

Ward 62: Mount Florida^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	D. S. Mason (Incumbent)	1,829
	Labour	C. O'Driscoll	1,184
	SNP	D. Robinson	416
Majority			645
Turnout

Ward 63: King's Park^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	M. Toshner (Incumbent)	1,771
	Labour	R. Meechan	1,071
	Liberal	B. Hamford	477
	SNP	W. Davidson	454
Majority			700
Turnout

Ward 64: Castlemilk^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	G. Manson (Incumbent)	2,424
	SNP	W. Steven	596
	Conservative	Jean Walker	231
	Communist	W. Davidson	60
Majority			1828
Turnout

Ward 65: Linn^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	P. Lally	1,847
	Conservative	L. Gourlay (Incumbent)	1,775
	SNP	J. P. Johnson	497
Majority			72
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ward 66: Cathkin^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Catherine Houston	1,692
	SNP	Brenda Y. Johnson (Incumbent)	1,010
	Conservative	Maisie M. Dean	167
Majority			682
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 67: Rutherglen South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	R. E. Brown (Incumbent)	3,538
	Labour	Margaret Robinson	1,231
	SNP	I MacAllister	240
	Communist	M. Dean	49
Majority			2,307
Turnout

Ward 68: Rutherglen North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gretel Ross	2,099
	Labour	Anne McAvoy	1,850
	Conservative	Christine MacInnes	561
	SNP	F. R. MacLean (Incumbent)	400
Majority			249
Turnout
	Liberal gain from SNP

Ward 69: Baillieston/Garrowhill^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Sarah Hatton	2,127
	Conservative	J. Reynolds (Incumbent)	1,558
	SNP	Jane Watt	552
	Liberal	Pauline Clark	260
Majority			569
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ward 70: Carmyle/Springboig^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	C. McNicol	1,999
	SNP	J. Campbell (Incumbent)	1,128
	Liberal	D. Turner	859
Majority			871
Turnout
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 71: Cambuslang East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R. McKenzie	2,740
	Conservative	D. Houston (Incumbent)	1,558
	SNP	J. Taylor	790
	Liberal	D. Cousins	600
Majority			1,182
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ward 72: Cambuslang West^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	M. Kibby	2,842
	Labour	J. Handibode	2,583
	Conservative	J. D. D. Taylor (Incumbent)	1,293
	SNP	G. Clark	539
Majority			259
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative

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References

↑ MacCalman, John (6 May 1977). "Labour gives up power". The Glasgow Herald . p. 1. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
↑ MacCalman, John (14 May 1977). "Tories rule Glasgow - thanks to one man". The Glasgow Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
↑ MacCalman, John (14 September 1979). "Battle-weary Tories surrender Glasgow". The Glasgow Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
1 2 3 MacCalman, John (30 April 1980). "Will sanity return to the marble halls?". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
1 2 MacCalman, John (2 May 1980). "Labour blitz back to power with a 44-seat majority". The Glasgow Herald. p. 9. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
↑ J. M. Bochel; D. T. Denver. "The Scottish District Elections 1980" (PDF). University of Dundee. pp. 86–87.
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[GH6May1977p1-1] MacCalman, John (6 May 1977). "Labour gives up power". The Glasgow Herald . p. 1. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

[GH10May1977p1-2] MacCalman, John (14 May 1977). "Tories rule Glasgow - thanks to one man". The Glasgow Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[GH14Spt1979p1-3] MacCalman, John (14 September 1979). "Battle-weary Tories surrender Glasgow". The Glasgow Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

[GH30April1980p6-4] 1 2 3 MacCalman, John (30 April 1980). "Will sanity return to the marble halls?". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[GH2May1980Labourpower-5] 1 2 MacCalman, John (2 May 1980). "Labour blitz back to power with a 44-seat majority". The Glasgow Herald. p. 9. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[6] J. M. Bochel; D. T. Denver. "The Scottish District Elections 1980" (PDF). University of Dundee. pp. 86–87.

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