North-East Fife District Council Election, 1980
Elections to North East Fife District Council were held in May 1980, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. Turnout was 46.8% in the contested wards, with the wards of Freuchie, Cupar North, and Largo, all returning Conservative councilors unopposed. The election would be the last one to the North East Fife council won by the Conservatives, with the next election in 1984 signalling the beginning of the Liberal dominance of the council which would last until its abolition in 1995. Election results Ward results References {{United Kingdom local elections, 1980 1980 Scottish local elections 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

North-East Fife District Council Election, 1980
Elections to North East Fife District Council were held in May 1980, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. Turnout was 46.8% in the contested wards, with the wards of Freuchie, Cupar North, and Largo, all returning Conservative councilors unopposed. The election would be the last one to the North East Fife council won by the Conservatives, with the next election in 1984 signalling the beginning of the Liberal dominance of the council which would last until its abolition in 1995. Election results Ward results References {{United Kingdom local elections, 1980 1980 Scottish local elections 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

North East Fife (district)
North East Fife was one of three local government districts in the Fife region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. History The district was created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. North East Fife was one of three districts created within the region of Fife, along with Dunfermline (district), Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy (district), Kirkcaldy. The district covered the whole area of 15 former districts from the shires of Scotland, historic county of Fife, which were all abolished at the same time: *Auchtermuchty Burgh *Crail Burgh *Cupar Burgh *Cupar List of local government areas in Scotland (1930–1975), District *Elie and Earlsferry Burgh *Falkland, Fife, Falkland Burgh *Kilrenny, Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester Burgh *Ladybank Burgh *Newburgh, Fife, Newburgh Burgh *Newport-on-Tay Burgh *Pittenweem Burgh *St Andrew ...
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Local Government In Scotland
Local government in Scotland comprises thirty-two local authorities, commonly referred to as councils. Each council provides public services, including education, social care, waste management, libraries and planning. Councils receive the majority of their funding from the Scottish Government, but operate independently and are accountable to their local electorates. Councils raise additional income via the Council Tax, a locally variable domestic property tax, and Business rates, a non-domestic property tax. Councils are made up of councillors who are directly elected by the residents of the area they represent. Each council area is divided into a number of wards, and three or four councillors are elected for each ward. There are currently 1,227 elected councillors in Scotland. Local elections are normally held every five years and use the single transferable vote electoral system. The most recent election was the 2022 Scottish local elections and the next election will be th ...
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1980 Scottish Local Elections
Elections for the Scottish district councils were held in 1980. These were the third elections held to the 53 district councils established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The previous elections had been held in 1977. The elections took place a year after the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher had come to power. The local elections, which also took place in England and Wales, were seen as the first electoral test of the Thatcher ministry. Background The poll was held on 1 May and all 1,182 district council seats were to be filled. Districts formed the second tier in local government in Scotland under the 1975 reorganisation, with regional councils forming the upper tier. It was intended that elections would normally take place on a four-year cycle. Regional elections were also to be on a four-year cycle, held midway between district elections. Party performance Labour had a very good electoral performance, more than regaining the ground they had lost at th ...
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