1984 Hamilton District Council election

1984 Hamilton District Council election
All 20 seats to Hamilton District Council; 11 seats needed for a majority
Registered	79,126
Turnout	45.2%
Council Leader before election; ; Labour	Council Leader after election ; ; Labour

Elections to Hamilton 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 20 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.^[1]

Labour maintained control of the district council after winning 17 of the 20 seats and taking almost two-thirds of the popular vote. The Liberal Party – who had contested the election in an electoral alliance with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) – won two seats and the remaining seat was won by the Conservatives. The election resulted in the same political composition as the previous election.

Results

1984 Hamilton District Council election result
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	17	1	1	85.0	64.9	21,839	8.4
	Liberal	2	0	0	10.0	13.6	4,602	3.3
	Conservative	1	1	1	5.0	10.7	3,600	11.3
	SNP	0	0	0	0.0	8.0	2,708	0.3
	SDP	0	0	0	0.0	2.6	908	New
Total		20					33,657

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward results

Hillhouse

Hillhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Newberry	1,284	82.7	1.0
	Liberal	G. Gloyer	123	7.9	New
	SNP	M. Miller	98	6.3	New
	Conservative	H. MacKie	47	3.0	3.2
Majority			1,161	74.8	5.2
Turnout			1,552	41.9	4.4
Registered electors			3,708
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Source:^[2]^[3]

Udston

Udston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Dallas	1,486	77.4	7.7
	SNP	J. Pollock	248	12.9	New
	SDP	E. Valerio	182	9.5	New
Majority			1,238	64.5	6.3
Turnout			1,916	45.7	6.6
Registered electors			4,201
	Labour hold		Swing	7.7

Source:^[2]^[3]

Wellhall North

Wellhall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. McKinnon	688	41.3	8.2
	Liberal	I. Fleming	650	39.1	New
	Conservative	J. Bath	213	12.3	14.2
	SNP	J. Randalls	112	6.7	17.2
Majority			38	2.2	21.8
Turnout			1,663	41.0	9.4
Registered electors			4,061
	Labour hold		Swing	4.1

Source:^[2]^[3]

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Murphy	953	51.1	12.8
	Conservative	A. Aitchison	546	29.3	6.5
	SDP	J. Kane	241	12.9	New
	SNP	K. Darling	122	6.5	New
Majority			407	20.8	7.3
Turnout			1,862	47.4	3.1
Registered electors			3,936
	Labour hold		Swing	12.8

Source:^[2]^[3]

Burnbank

Burnbank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. McKillop	1,496	86.9	20.4
	Conservative	M. Aitchison	216	12.5	2.3
Majority			1,280	74.5	25.1
Turnout			1,712	39.5	12.3
Registered electors			4,365
	Labour hold		Swing	20.4

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ferniegair

Ferniegair
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Dorricott	779	42.5
	Labour	M. Smith	635	34.6
	SDP	H. Ormsby	301	16.4
	SNP	A. McCubbin	118	6.4
Majority			144	7.9
Turnout			1,833	47.9
Registered electors			3,833
	Conservative win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Fairhill

Fairhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Cochrane	1,469	83.9	0.5
	Conservative	D. Murray	274	15.6	0.1
Majority			1,195	68.3	0.6
Turnout			1,743	44.3	0.6
Registered electors			3,955
	Labour hold		Swing	0.5

Source:^[2]^[3]

Woodhead

Woodhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Lowe	1,654	83.4
	SNP	S. Buchanan	199	10.0
	Conservative	J. Scott	129	6.5
Majority			1,455	73.4
Turnout			1,982	44.8
Registered electors			4,432
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Low Waters

Low Waters
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Grenfell	741	38.1	1.8
	Conservative	A. Kegg	608	31.3	32.8
	Liberal	S. Strachan	428	22.0	New
	SNP	I. Campbell	166	8.5	New
Majority			133	6.8	N/A
Turnout			1,943	49.7	5.6
Registered electors			3,915
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	1.0

Source:^[2]^[3]

Cadzow

Cadzow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Smith	1,464	82.6	23.9
	SNP	I. McGowan	300	16.9	3.1
Majority			1,164	65.7	28.3
Turnout			1,764	46.6	9.8
Registered electors			3,806
	Labour hold		Swing	23.9

Source:^[2]^[3]

Dalserf

Dalserf
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Millward	813	68.3	8.6
	SNP	J. Braithwaite	191	16.1	4.1
	SDP	H. Rooney	184	15.5	New
Majority			622	52.2	12.7
Turnout			1,188	36.3	9.6
Registered electors			3,278
	Labour hold		Swing	8.6

Source:^[2]^[3]

Larkhall East

Larkhall East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Borland	971	67.5
	SNP	M. Miller	460	32.0
Majority			511	35.5
Turnout			1,431	3,537
Registered electors			3,537
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Larkhall North

Larkhall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Speirs	1,098	77.7
	SNP	J. Mitchell	302	21.4
Majority			796	56.3
Turnout			1,400	38.2
Registered electors			3,702
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Larkhall South

Larkhall South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Casserly	1,235	82.1
	SNP	T. Frew	265	17.6
Majority			970	64.5
Turnout			1,500	46.0
Registered electors			3,275
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Stonehouse

Stonehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Gibb	1,302	60.2
	Liberal	F. McDermid	732	33.8
	SNP	A. Broadfoot	127	5.9
Majority			570	26.4
Turnout			2,161	55.3
Registered electors			3,910
	Labour hold

Source:^[2]^[3]

Uddingston

Uddingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	T. Maxwell	1,118	56.6
	Labour	J. Robertson	563	28.5
	Conservative	M. Scott	289	14.6
Majority			555	28.1
Turnout			1,970	52.2
Registered electors			3,782
	Liberal win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Bothwell

Bothwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	T. Grieve	1,298	54.1
	Labour	S. Sloss	897	37.4
	Conservative	W. Irving	200	8.3
Majority			401	16.7
Turnout			2,395	54.3
Registered electors			4,420
	Liberal win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

High Blantyre

High Blantyre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Swinburne	1,555	92.0
	Conservative	G. Prince	131	7.7
Majority			1,424	84.3
Turnout			1,686	42.4
Registered electors			3,987
	Labour hold

Source:^[2]^[3]

Blantyre

Blantyre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Tremble	1,535	78.2
	Liberal	D. McWhirter	253	12.9
	Conservative	A. Walker	168	8.6
Majority			1,282	65.3
Turnout			1,956	43.2
Registered electors			4,544
	Labour hold

Source:^[2]^[3]

Stonefield

Stonefield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	H. Dunsmuir	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,479
	Labour hold

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 ^r ^s ^t ^u Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1984). The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1980). The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 5 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 ^r ^s ^t ^u Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1984). The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[SCE1980-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1980). The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

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