1992 Moray District Council election

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All 18 seats to Moray District Council
10 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
Party	Independent	SNP
Last election	9 seats, 36.8%	7 seats, 45.4%
Seats won	9	7
Seat change	Steady	Steady
Popular vote	8,853	11,454
Percentage	35.7%	46.1%
Swing	Decrease1.1%	Increase0.7%
	Third party	Fourth party
Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	0 seats, 8.0%	2 seats, 8.4%
Seats won	1	1
Seat change	Increase1	Decrease1
Popular vote	2,508	1,004
Percentage	10.1%	4.1%
Swing	Increase2.1%	Decrease4.3%

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Elections to Moray District Council were held on 7 May 1992, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. Each ward elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

As in this election to the Moray District Council, the Independent group at the 1988 election also took 9 seats, with the SNP a close second at 7. Labour held the remaining 2 seats.

1988 Moray District Council election results

Party	Seats	Vote share
Independent	9	36.8%
SNP	7	45.4%
Labour	2	8.4%

Source:^[1]

1992 Moray District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	9	2	2	Steady	50.0	35.7	8,853	Decrease1.1
	SNP	7	2	2	Steady	38.9	46.1	11,454	Increase0.7
	Conservative	1	1	0	Increase1	5.6	10.1	2,508	Increase2.1
	Labour	1	0	1	Decrease1	5.6	4.1	1,004	Decrease4.3
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	4.2	1,031	Increase2.8

Source:^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	G MacKenzie	632	54.1
SNP	R Pattie	532	45.5
Majority			100	8.6
Turnout			1,168	32.1
Independent gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	A Farqhuarson (Incumbent)	583	44.2
SNP	E Hardie	385	29.2
Conservative	G Rogers	349	26.4
Majority			198	15.0
Turnout			1,320	34.6
Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
SNP	M Anderson	439	41.5
Conservative	D McGettrick	318	30.0
Labour	A Wood	251	23.7
Liberal Democrats	J Johnstone	50	4.7
Majority			121	11.5
Turnout			1,059	30.8
SNP gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	J Proctor (Incumbent)	866	55.4
SNP	R Burns	448	28.7
Labour	L Easton	170	10.9
Liberal Democrats	W Nelson	75	4.8
Majority			418	26.7
Turnout			1,559	39.7
Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
SNP	H Cumiskie (Incumbent)	898	54.5
Independent	C White	624	37.9
Liberal Democrats	M McLintock	124	7.5
Majority			274	16.6
Turnout			1,647	36.5
SNP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	W Swanson	840	55.3
SNP	R Laing (Incumbent)	732	46.4
Majority			108	6.9
Turnout			1,577	33.2
Independent gain from SNP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	D Thompson	875	57.2
SNP	C Scaife (Incumbent)	650	42.5
Majority			225	14.7
Turnout			1,531	37.6
Conservative gain from SNP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
SNP	A Fleming	1,151	65.2
Conservative	R Conway	521	29.5
Liberal Democrats	A Blumner	88	5.0
Majority			630	35.7
Turnout			1,765	43.0
SNP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	I Lawson (Incumbent)	615	62.3
SNP	S Ewing	297	30.1
Liberal Democrats	E Nelson	73	7.4
Majority			318	32.2
Turnout			987	36.2
Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	J Shaw (Incumbent)	977	66.3
SNP	I Taylor	492	33.4
Majority			485	32.9
Turnout			1,473	37.4
Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
SNP	W Jappy (Incumbent)	975	70.2
Independent	E Scott	409	29.4
Majority			566	40.8
Turnout			1,389	42.1
SNP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
SNP	S Longmore	930	77.4
Independent	H Watt	270	22.5
Majority			660	54.9
Turnout			1,202	37.9
SNP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	J Wilson	784	57.4
SNP	M Marshall	580	42.5
Majority			204	14.9
Turnout			1,366	39.8
Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
SNP	T Howe (Incumbent)	802	56.2
Liberal Democrats	D Cameron	621	43.5
Majority			181	12.7
Turnout			1,427	47.6
SNP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	L Mann (Incumbent)	1,132	66.4
SNP	M Barr	572	33.5
Majority			560	32.9
Turnout			1,706	49.1
Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	M Davidson	537	56.1
SNP	D Barr	421	43.9
Majority			116	12.2
Turnout			958	37.1
Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	E Aldridge (Incumbent)	1,167	71.3
SNP	G Scott	467	28.5
Majority			700	42.8
Turnout			1,636	49.4
Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
SNP	A Scott	683	60.5
Conservative	A Dean	445	39.4
Majority			238	21.1
Turnout			1,129	41.1
SNP gain from Independent