Angus District Council election, 1977

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

Election results

Angus District Election Result 1977
Party		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	17.4	3,425	+17.4
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	166	+0.8

Harbour

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

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

Timmergreeens and Carmyllie

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Cargill	1172	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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Torrie	1173	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Hutchison
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Forfar South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. MacPhail
Majority
Turnout

Forfar North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Forrester
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Montrose Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. Norrie
Majority
Turnout

Montrose North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. M. D. Smith	577	68.4
	Labour	F. Wood	267	31.6
Majority			310	36.8
Turnout

Montrose South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. M. Philips
Majority
Turnout

Kirriemuir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. J. Millar		48.0
Majority
Turnout

The Glens

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Struthers	1015	62.2
	SNP	K. Duncan	616	37.8
Majority			399	24.4
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Northesk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F. H. Millar
Majority
Turnout

Southesk

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

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

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