# 1980 City of Edinburgh District Council election

Elections for the City of Edinburgh District Council took place on 1 May 1980, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. The Conservatives, who had previously controlled a majority on the council, were reduced to being just shy of a majority. The Conservatives continued to rule the council however, with Liberal support.
The election saw 4 new wards being added to Edinburgh; Fort, Shandon, Haymarket, and Tollcross. All, minus Tollcross, (which was won by the Conservatives) were won by Labour.
Turnout was 160,330.

## Aggregate results

City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1980 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 40.2 | 64,152 | 4.6 |
| Labour | 25 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 40.3 | 36.6 | 58,411 | 10.0 |
| Liberal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.2 | 11.4 | 18,230 | 3.5 |
| SNP | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.2 | 9.4 | 14,960 | 9.9 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2,157 | 0.4 |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1,118 | 0.6 |
| Scottish Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 576 | New |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.04 | 65 | 0.1 |

## Ward Results

1st, Queensferry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | J. Milne | 1,431 | 65.8 |
| | Labour | W. Nelson | 745 | 34.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 686 | 31.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,176 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |
2nd, Kirkliston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | D. Williams | 1,088 | 45.1 |
| | Conservative | G. Brown | 668 | 27.7 |
| | Labour | G. Grieve | 657 | 27.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 420 | 17.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,413 | |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold | SNP hold |
3rd, Balerno :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | R. Powell | 1,513 | 51.8 |
| | SNP | Mary Stein | 723 | 24.7 |
| | Labour | D. Lindsay | 687 | 23.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 723 | 27.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,923 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
4th, Baberton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Roberson | 1,573 | 47.0 |
| | Liberal | J. McCreesh | 716 | 21.4 |
| | SNP | Shona Cole | 582 | 17.4 |
| | Labour | D. Anderson | 473 | 14.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 857 | 25.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,344 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
40th, Tollcross (New Seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | K. Alexander | 887 | |
| | Labour | S. Gilmore | 727 | |
| | Liberal | A. Hajducki | 290 | |
| | SNP | J. Mitchell | 188 | |
| | Scottish Ecology | S. Whitaker | 127 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 160 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
42nd, Holyrood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | R. Kerle | 1,105 | |
| | Independent | G. Forbes | 613 | |
| | Conservative | B. Monteith | 300 | |
| | SNP | C. Cunningham | 207 | |
| | Communist | Carol Downes | 19 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 492 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
53rd, Colinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | J. D. Maclennan | 2,693 | 88.5 |
| | Labour | E. Fallon | 350 | 11.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,343 | 77.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,043 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
56th, Fairmilehead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | B. Meek | 2,343 | 69.5 |
| | Liberal | M. Dougall | 776 | 23.0 |
| | Labour | I. Christie | 252 | 7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,567 | 46.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,371 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |