1988 Moray District Council election

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All 18 seats to Moray District Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	44.8%
First party Second party Third party   Party Independent SNP Labour Last election 15 seats, 81.0% 2 seats, 11.9% 1 seat, 7.1% Seats won 9 7 2 Seat change 6 5 1 Popular vote 9,946 12,258 2,272 Percentage 36.8% 45.4% 8.4% Swing 44.2% 33.5% 1.3%

Elections to the Moray District Council took place on 5 May 1988, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. Each of the 18 wards elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Background[edit]

At the 1984 election to the Moray District Council, Independents held 15 seats, many being unopposed.

1984 Moray District Council election result

Party	Seats	Vote share
Independent	15	81.0%
SNP	2	11.9%
Labour	1	7.1%

Source:^[1]

Summary of results[edit]

1988 Moray District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	9	0	6	-6	50.0	36.8	9,946	44.2
	SNP	7	5	0	+5	38.9	45.4	12,258	33.5
	Labour	2	1	0	+1	11.1	8.4	2,272	1.3
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	8.0	2,163	New
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	369	New

Source:^[2]

Ward results[edit]

Bishopmill[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C Smith	1,180	61.9
	SNP	A Anderson (Incumbent)	718	37.7
Majority			462	24.2
Turnout			1,905	49.6
	Labour gain from Independent

Cathedral[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A Farquharson (Incumbent)	856	54.6
	SNP	A Munn	507	32.3
	Independent	E McCaskill	199	12.7
Majority			349	22.3
Turnout			1,568	41.7
	Labour hold

New Elgin[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R Hossack (Incumbent)	907	63.0
	SNP	E Burns	532	36.9
Majority			375	26.0
Turnout			1,440	44.3
	Independent hold

Central West[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Proctor (Incumbent)	994	56.6
	SNP	J Burns	755	43.0
Majority			239	13.6
Turnout			1,756	45.5
	Independent hold

Forres[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	H Cumiskie	945	54.7
	Independent	C White	780	45.1
Majority			165	9.6
Turnout			1,728	38.5
	SNP gain from Independent

Findhorn Valley[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	R Laing	644	35.9
	Independent	W Anderson	613	34.2
	Independent	B Brands	536	29.9
Majority			31	1.7
Turnout			1,795	37.0
	SNP gain from Independent

Laich[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	D Scaife	872	61.2
	Independent	D Thompson (Incumbent)	551	38.6
Majority			321	22.6
Turnout			1,426	38.3
	SNP gain from Independent

Lossiemouth[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	R Murdoch (Incumbent)	1,379	75.6
	Conservative	K Smith	438	24.0
Majority			941	51.6
Turnout			1,825	43.8
	SNP gain from Independent

Heldon[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	I Lawson	383	38.7
	Liberal Democrats	A Skene	369	37.3
	SNP	W Ross	232	23.5
Majority			14	1.4
Turnout			989	34.4
	Independent hold

Innes[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Shaw (Incumbent)	985	58.1
	SNP	K Stuart	700	41.3
Majority			285	16.8
Turnout			1,695	43.6
	Independent hold

Buckie West[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	W Jappy	941	56.3
	Conservative	J Reid	493	29.5
	Labour	L Forbes	236	14.1
Majority			448	26.8
Turnout			1,671	52.0
	SNP hold

Buckie East[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	H Munro	971	66.1
	Conservative	A Thain	496	33.7
Majority			475	32.4
Turnout			1,470	46.6
	SNP hold

Rathford[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M Wilson	794	46.3
	SNP	J Hepburn	412	24.0
	Independent	W Cook	275	16.0
	Conservative	J Smith	231	13.5
Majority			382	22.3
Turnout			1,714	52.0
	Independent hold

Lennox[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	T Howe (Incumbent)	1,110	68.4
	Conservative	N Robertson	505	31.1
Majority			605	37.3
Turnout			1,622	55.6
	SNP gain from Independent

Keith[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	L Mann (Incumbent)	1,276	73.1
	SNP	L Esslemont	468	26.8
Majority			808	46.3
Turnout			1,745	50.7
	Independent hold

Strathisla[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W Watt (Incumbent)	486	51.8
	SNP	D Barr	452	48.1
Majority			34	3.7
Turnout			939	38.6
	Independent hold

Speyside[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	E Aldridge (Incumbent)	1,167	65.3
	SNP	H McBain	620	34.7
Majority			547	30.6
Turnout			1,787	53.6
	Independent hold

Glenlivet[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M Campbell	Unopposed
	Independent hold

References[edit]