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District Council election for Angus in 1974

The 1974 Angus District Council election took place on the 8 May 1974 to elect members of Angus District Council, as part of that years Scottish local elections.

Election results

Angus District Election Result 1974
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	10				45.5	30.3	6,312
	Conservative	9				40.9	46.6	9,710
	Labour	3				13.6	23.0	4,797

Ward results

Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jane S. Cuthill	746	70.6
	Labour	J. Le Blond	310	29.4
Majority			436	41.3
Turnout			1056	42.8

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. S. Cargill	799	65.3
	Conservative	Caroline H. Florence	424	34.7
Majority			375	30.7
Turnout			1223	46.4

Timmergreeens and Carmyllie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. L. Geaughan	924	54.8
	Conservative	J. O'Reily	761	45.2
Majority			163	9.7
Turnout			1685	50.8

Keptie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Helen Cargill	1,186	72.2
	Labour	W. J. Irving	456	27.8
Majority			730	44.5
Turnout			1642	53.7

Hayshead and St. Vigeans
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. B. Howie	788	61.1
	Labour	M. B. Kerr	501	38.9
Majority			287	22.3
Turnout			1289	42.3

Cliffburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. A. Farmer	607	58.8
	Conservative	A. Gerrard	425	41.2
Majority			182	17.6
Turnout			1032	35.1

Carnoustie West and Panmure
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. G. Morton	880	61.2
	Independent	A. R. Winter	314	21.9
	Labour	Joan H. Haggart	243	16.9
Majority			566
Turnout			1461	41.8

Carnoustie East and Panbride
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Torrie	1,305	84.0
	Labour	W. Campbell	214	16.0
Majority			1056	39.3
Turnout			1032	52.2

Forfar West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. Scotland	774	63.9
	Conservative	C. M. H. Rodger	438	36.1
Majority			336	27.8
Turnout			1212	47.4

Forfar South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. MacPhail	571	41.1
	Independent	R. C. Forrester	538	38.7
	Labour	D. Hay	281	20.2
Majority			33	2.4
Turnout			1390	46.7

Forfar North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Margaret C. Thorpe	1,292	77.4
	Conservative	M. J. S. Yeaman	377	22.6
Majority			915	54.8
Turnout			1669	60.4

Montrose Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. Norrie
Majority
Turnout

Montrose North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. M. D. Smith
Majority
Turnout

Montrose South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W. M. Philips
Majority
Turnout

Kirriemuir
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. J. Millar	930	48.0
	Independent	D. B. Simpson	566	29.2
	Independent	D. S. McMartin	441	22.8
Majority			364	18.8
Turnout			1937	46.7

The Glens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. A. Robertson
Majority
Turnout

Strathbeg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Gray-Cheape	879	73.1
	Independent	P. Whitaker	323	26.9
Majority			556	46.2
Turnout			1202	52.5

Dean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. Struthers
Majority
Turnout

Northesk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. L. I. Loyal
Majority
Turnout

Southesk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Isobel M. McLellan	894	63.6
	Independent	A. Nicholl	511	36.4
Majority			383	27.2
Turnout			1405	50.8

Brechin North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Buchan
Majority
Turnout

Brechin South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. A. MacKenzie	659	60.7
	Labour	D. K. Todd	427	39.3
Majority			232	21.4
Turnout			1086	44.8

References

Keane, Kristofer. "Angus District Council, 1974". scottishelections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
^ J Bochel; D Denver (1975). The Scottish Local Government Elections 1974, Results and Statistics (PDF). Scottish Academic Press. SBN 707301114 – via The Election Centre, Plymouth University.

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