1977 Angus District Council election

The 1977 Angus District Council election took place on the 3 May 1977 to elect members of Angus District Council, as part of that year's Scottish local elections.

Election results

Angus District Election Result 1977^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	12	3	0	3		43.6	8,565	3.0
Labour	3	0	0	0		21.6	4,217	1.4
Independent	7	0	3	3		16.6	3,258	13.7
SNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	17.4	3,425	New
Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	166	New

Ward results

Harbour^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane S. Cuthill	559	82.1	+11.5
	Labour	Ms. J. K. Cadenhead	122	17.9	−11.5
Majority			437	64.2	+22.0
Turnout			681	30.5	−12.3

Abbey^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. S. Cargill	764	72.6	+7.3
	Conservative	R. J. McFarlane	289	27.4	−7.3
Majority			475	45.1
Turnout			1053	37.1	−9.3

Timmergreens and Carmyllie^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. L. Geaughan	862	51.2	−3.6
	Conservative	E. H. Milne	685	40.7	−4.5
	Independent	J. Stewart	137	8.1
Majority			177	10.5	+0.8
Turnout			1685	50.8

Keptie^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Cargill	1,172	80.2	+8.0
	Labour	J. M. Proctor	290	19.8	−8.0
Majority			882	60.4	+15.9
Turnout			1642	53.7

Hayshead and St. Vigeans^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. D. Ramsay	735	50.1	−9.0
	Labour	M. B. Kerr	636	43.3	+4.4
	Liberal	D. G. Strachan	97	6.6	=6.6
Majority			99	6.8	−15.5
Turnout			1468	42.1	−0.2

Cliffburn^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. F. Midwinter	672	65.4	+6.6
	Conservative	R. Grieve	356	34.6	−6.6
Majority			316	30.8	+13.2
Turnout			1028	34.6	−0.5

Carnoustie West and Panmure^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. G. Morton	850	45.5	−15.7
	SNP	D. Hood	801	42.9	+42.9
	Labour	K. F. K. Browne	217	11.6	−5.9
Majority			49	2.6
Turnout			1868	45.9	+4.1

Carnoustie East and Panbride^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Torrie	1,173	62.3	−21.7
	SNP	T. L. Blackwood	711	37.7	+37.7
Majority			462	24.6	−14.7
Turnout			1884	55.5	+3.3

Forfar West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	I. Hutchison
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Forfar South^[2]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	H. MacPhail
Majority
Turnout

Forfar North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	R. Forrester
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Montrose Central^[2]
Party		Candidate
	Independent	G. Norrie
Majority
Turnout

Montrose North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. M. D. Smith	577	68.4
	Labour	F. Wood	267	31.6
Majority			310	36.8
Turnout

Montrose South^[2]
Party		Candidate
	Independent	W. M. Philips
Majority
Turnout

Kirriemuir^[2]
Party		Candidate	%
	Conservative	T. J. Millar	48.0
Majority
Turnout

The Glens^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ms. R. Dundas	872	68.8
	SNP	C. Lawson	326	25.7
	Liberal	R. R. M. King	69	5.4
Majority			546	43.1
Turnout

Strathbeg^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. C. Russell	859	62.5
	SNP	E. Carnegie	515	37.5
Majority			344	25.0	−21.2
Turnout			1374	58.8	+5.3

Dean^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Struthers	1,015	62.2
	SNP	K. Duncan	616	37.8
Majority			399	24.4
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Northesk^[2]
Party		Candidate
	Independent	F. H. Millar
Majority
Turnout

Southesk^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ms. Isobel M. McLellan	672	62.4	−1.2
	Independent	A. Nicholl	405	37.6	+1.2
Majority			267	24.8	−2.4
Turnout			1077	39.0	−11.8

Brechin North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Buchan	873	65.7
	SNP	Ms. D. J. MacLeod	456	34.3
Majority			417	31.4
Turnout			1329	48.6

Brechin South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. A. MacKenzie	594	60.6	−0.1
	Labour	D. K. Todd	387	39.4	+0.1
Majority			207	21.2	−0.2
Turnout			981	38.5	−6.3

References

^ "Scottish Elections". Scottish Elections.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Results" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk.

[Elec-1] "Scottish Elections". Scottish Elections.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Results-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Results" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk.

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