1980 Cunninghame District Council election

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1980 Cunninghame District Council election

Elections were held on 1 May 1980, the same day as other Scottish local elections. This was the third district council election since 1974 reforms and the first to use 30 wards, each electing one councillor by first-past-the-post. A 1979 boundary review increased the council size from 24 to 30.

Turnout was 49.4%, with 100,521 registered voters.

Results
- Labour: 21 seats (majority), up from 5 seats previously; 46.4% of the vote (an 18.4 point swing)
- Conservative: 5 seats (unchanged); 21.5% of the vote
- SNP: 2 seats (down from 11); 25.8% of the vote
- Independent: 1 seat
- Moderate: 1 seat

Labour won control of the council, increasing its seats from 5 to 21 and taking more than two-thirds of the seats. The SNP’s support fell, while the Conservatives remained the second-largest party by seats. Boundary changes expanded the council, with several wards replaced, and not all districts had boundary reviews completed in time for 1980; the rest were planned before the 1984 elections.