Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election, 1977

The 1977 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council Election was held on 3 May 1977, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections, and constituted the second election for the Council.

Cumnock and Doon Valley was part of the area covered by the South Ayrshire parliamentary constituency. Since 1970 the constituency had been held by the Labour MP Jim Sillars, although Sillars had left the party in 1976 in part due a belief that the Labour party's devolution proposals had been lacklustre. Having left Labour, Sillars helped found the Scottish Labour Party alongside John Robertson and Alex Neil.

The 1977 Scottish District Elections proved to be the SLP's first test. Ultimately however the party fared poorly, with their best result being seen in Cumnock and Doon Valley. Even here however the party only managed to win 2 of the councils 10 seats, although the nationalist parties - the SLP and SNP - between them polled some 42% of the vote.

Election results

Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council Election Result 1977^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	6	2	4	2		40.1	4,613
	SLP	2	2	0	2		24.7	2,845
	Conservative	1	1	1			8.3	954
	Independent	1	1	0	1		6.4	732
	SNP	0	0	0		0.00	17.3	1,984
	Independent Labour	0	0	1	1	0.00	3.2	373

Ward results

3. Old Cumnock Parish^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLP	W. Pender	543	51.8
	Labour	J. Smith	506	48.2
Majority			37
Turnout				44.0
	SLP gain from Labour		Swing

8. Patna/Dalrymple^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLP	T. Hainey	734	39.4
	Labour	M. Rooney	636	34.1
	SNP	G. Guthrie	495	26.5
Majority			98
Turnout				59.0
	SLP gain from Labour		Swing

References

↑ p.87-92
1 2 p.79

Council elections in East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012

Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished

Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

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