1984 East Kilbride District Council election

1984 East Kilbride District Council election
All 16 seats to East Kilbride District Council; 9 seats needed for a majority
Registered	62,774
Turnout	44.1%
Council Leader before election; ; Labour	Council Leader after election ; ; Labour

Elections to East Kilbride District Council were held on 3 May 1984, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the fourth election to the district council following the local government reforms in the 1970s.

The election was the first to use the 16 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980 – an increase of one from the previous arrangements. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.^[1]

Labour maintained control of the district council after winning 14 of the 16 seats – an increase of two – and taking more than half of the popular vote. The remaining two seats were won by the Conservatives. Despite taking a fifth of the vote and coming second in the popular vote, the Scottish National Party (SNP) lost their representation on the district council just seven years after winning control of the council.

Results

1984 East Kilbride District Council election result
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	2	0	2	87.5	55.4	15,312	2.3
	Conservative	2	0	0		12.5	12.2	3,366	5.4
	SNP	0	0	1	1	0.0	20.0	5,514	7.2
	SDP	0	0	0		0.0	5.4	1,513	New
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	4.4	1,231	3.4
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.8	509	1.3
	Communist	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	102	0.1
	Ecology	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	68	New
Total		16						27,615

Note: Boundary changes resulted in a net increase of one seat overall.

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward results

Maxwellton

Maxwellton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. McKillop	1,348	66.9	4.0
	Conservative	E. Kay	334	16.6	3.6
	SNP	A. Murphy	264	13.1	3.9
	Ecology	C. I. Kirby	68	3.4	New
Majority			1,014	50.3	7.6
Turnout			2,014	49.2	1.4
Registered electors			4,098
	Labour hold		Swing	4.0

Source:^[2]^[3]

Long Calderwood

Long Calderwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Cameron	1,156	63.1	10.3
	SNP	A. Douglas	344	18.8	22.6
	SDP	B. Balkind	325	17.7	New
Majority			812	44.3	32.9
Turnout			1,825	45.9	1.9
Registered electors			3,995
	Labour hold		Swing	10.3

Source:^[2]^[3]

Morrishall

Morrishall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Dick	1,139	72.2	2.0
	SNP	A. Shaw	435	27.6	1.6
Majority			704	44.6	3.6
Turnout			1,574	40.5	3.9
Registered electors			3,897
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Source:^[2]^[3]

Blacklaw

Blacklaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Robb	1,073	65.6	12.1
	SNP	J. Wilson	544	33.3	16.4
Majority			529	32.3	0.4
Turnout			1,617	40.4	4.3
Registered electors			4,049
	Labour hold		Swing	12.1

Source:^[2]^[3]

Calderglen

Calderglen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Biggins	775	46.5	9.2
	SDP	A. P. Dicken	378	22.7	New
	Conservative	A. Leggat	306	18.4	3.2
	SNP	S. Finlayson	203	12.2	10.5
Majority			397	23.8	9.2
Turnout			1,662	41.8	0.6
Registered electors			3,985
	Labour hold		Swing	16.1

Source:^[2]^[3]

Duncanrig

Duncanrig
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Crawford	1,134	70.8	1.3
	SNP	P. Currie	456	28.5	1.1
Majority			678	42.3	2.4
Turnout			1,590	39.0	3.9
Registered electors			4,102
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Source:^[2]^[3]

Westwoodhill

Westwoodhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Ingram	1,115	62.3	1.5
	SNP	J. Bruce	377	21.1	5.3
	Liberal	W. A. MacKill	293	16.4	New
Majority			738	41.2	6.8
Turnout			1,785	42.8	0.8
Registered electors			4,181
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

Source:^[2]^[3]

Hairmyres

Hairmyres
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. McKenna	605	39.5	17.2
	Conservative	L. Fox	390	25.5	10.5
	SDP	M. Davies	319	20.8	New
	SNP	I. MacNaught	216	14.1	14.0
Majority			215	14.0	14.6
Turnout			1,530	44.3	7.4
Registered electors			3,459
	Labour hold		Swing	13.8

Source:^[2]^[3]

West Mains

West Mains
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. M. C. P. Sutherland	902	48.3	3.8
	Conservative	E. Chalmers	304	16.3	5.3
	SNP	M. Neilson	229	12.3	23.3
	Independent	W. Sinclair	221	11.8	New
	Liberal	I. W. Dalgleish	134	7.2	New
	Communist	W. Quinn	76	4.1	New
Majority			598	32.0	23.1
Turnout			1,866	49.2	4.2
Registered electors			3,791
	Labour hold		Swing	13.5

Source:^[2]^[3]

East Mains

East Mains
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Findlay	1,155	56.9	3.6
	Liberal	A. J. Sutherland	524	25.8	New
	SNP	D. Urquhart	344	17.0	1.1
Majority			631	31.1	8.2
Turnout			2,023	51.0	1.4
Registered electors			3,930
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Source:^[2]^[3]

Kelvin

Kelvin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Reilly	823	50.7	2.1
	SNP	W. Johnston	799	49.2	2.0
Majority			24	1.5	N/A
Turnout			1,622	56.1	7.2
Registered electors			2,895
	Labour gain from SNP		Swing	2.1

Source:^[2]^[3]

Lickprivick

Lickprivick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Ross	1,193	74.0	12.6
	SNP	C. Duke	410	25.4	10.2
Majority			783	48.6	22.8
Turnout			1,603	40.3
Registered electors			3,996
	Labour hold		Swing	12.6

Source:^[2]^[3]

Headhouse

Headhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. McGregor	1,025	57.0	2.3
	Independent	J. Marshall	288	16.0	New
	SDP	R. May	245	13.6	New
	SNP	G. Rae	236	13.1	10.6
Majority			737	41.0	5.4
Turnout			1,794	45.4	1.5
Registered electors			3,963
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

Source:^[2]^[3]

Avondale South

Avondale South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Cameron	904	49.6	3.2
	Labour	J. Molloy	505	27.7	0.4
	SDP	T. Coleman	246	13.5	New
	SNP	D. Williams	165	9.1	17.1
Majority			399	21.9	2.8
Turnout			1,820	40.9	4.6
Registered electors			4,456
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.4

Source:^[2]^[3]

Avondale North

Avondale North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. H. Chalmers	957	53.0	4.4
	Labour	B. Quail	412	22.8	3.1
	Liberal	I. Norie	280	15.5	New
	SNP	D. W. Ross	156	8.6	8.0
Majority			545	31.2	0.3
Turnout			1,805	42.2	8.7
Registered electors			4,282
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.4

Source:^[2]^[3]

Crosshouse

Crosshouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Buchanan	952	64.0
	SNP	G. Neilson	336	22.6
	Conservative	J. Taylor	171	11.5
	Communist	D. Molloy	26	1.7
Majority			616	41.4
Turnout			1,485	40.2
Registered electors			3,695
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1984). The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1980). The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

[1] "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[SCE1984-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1984). The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

[SCE1980-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1980). The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

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