1984 East Kilbride District Council election

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1984 East Kilbride District Council election
 19803 May 1984 (1984-05-03) 1988  

All 16 seats to East Kilbride District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
Registered62,774
Turnout44.1%
 First partySecond party
 
Lab
Con
Party Labour Conservative
Last election12 seats, 53.1%2 seats, 17.6%
Seats won142
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg
Popular vote15,3123,366
Percentage55.4%12.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.3Decrease2.svg 5.4

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.

Contents

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
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1420Increase2.svg 287.555.415,312Increase2.svg 2.3
  Conservative 200Steady2.svg12.512.23,366Decrease2.svg 5.4
  SNP 001Decrease2.svg 10.020.05,514Decrease2.svg 7.2
  SDP 000Steady2.svg0.05.41,513New
  Liberal 000Steady2.svg0.04.41,231Increase2.svg 3.4
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.01.8509Increase2.svg 1.3
  Communist 000Steady2.svg0.00.3102Increase2.svg 0.1
  Ecology 000Steady2.svg0.00.268New
Total16 27,615

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

Source: [2] [3]

Ward results

Maxwellton

Maxwellton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. McKillop 1,348 66.9 Increase2.svg 4.0
Conservative E. Kay33416.6Decrease2.svg 3.6
SNP A. Murphy26413.1Decrease2.svg 3.9
Ecology C. I. Kirby683.4New
Majority1,01450.3Increase2.svg 7.6
Turnout 2,01449.2Increase2.svg 1.4
Registered electors 4,098
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 4.0

Source: [2] [3]

Long Calderwood

Long Calderwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Cameron 1,156 63.1 Increase2.svg 10.3
SNP A. Douglas34418.8Decrease2.svg 22.6
SDP B. Balkind32517.7New
Majority81244.3Increase2.svg 32.9
Turnout 1,82545.9Increase2.svg 1.9
Registered electors 3,995
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 10.3

Source: [2] [3]

Morrishall

Morrishall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Dick 1,139 72.2 Increase2.svg 2.0
SNP A. Shaw43527.6Decrease2.svg 1.6
Majority70444.6Increase2.svg 3.6
Turnout 1,57440.5Increase2.svg 3.9
Registered electors 3,897
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 2.0

Source: [2] [3]

Blacklaw

Blacklaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. Robb 1,073 65.6 Increase2.svg 12.1
SNP J. Wilson54433.3Increase2.svg 16.4
Majority52932.3Decrease2.svg 0.4
Turnout 1,61740.4Decrease2.svg 4.3
Registered electors 4,049
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 12.1

Source: [2] [3]

Calderglen

Calderglen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Biggins 775 46.5 Decrease2.svg 9.2
SDP A. P. Dicken37822.7New
Conservative A. Leggat30618.4Decrease2.svg 3.2
SNP S. Finlayson20312.2Decrease2.svg 10.5
Majority39723.8Decrease2.svg 9.2
Turnout 1,66241.8Increase2.svg 0.6
Registered electors 3,985
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 16.1

Source: [2] [3]

Duncanrig

Duncanrig
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. Crawford 1,134 70.8 Increase2.svg 1.3
SNP P. Currie45628.5Decrease2.svg 1.1
Majority67842.3Increase2.svg 2.4
Turnout 1,59039.0Decrease2.svg 3.9
Registered electors 4,102
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 1.3

Source: [2] [3]

Westwoodhill

Westwoodhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Ingram 1,115 62.3 Increase2.svg 1.5
SNP J. Bruce37721.1Decrease2.svg 5.3
Liberal W. A. MacKill29316.4New
Majority73841.2Increase2.svg 6.8
Turnout 1,78542.8Increase2.svg 0.8
Registered electors 4,181
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 1.5

Source: [2] [3]

Hairmyres

Hairmyres
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. McKenna 605 39.5 Decrease2.svg 17.2
Conservative L. Fox 39025.5Increase2.svg 10.5
SDP M. Davies31920.8New
SNP I. MacNaught21614.1Decrease2.svg 14.0
Majority21514.0Decrease2.svg 14.6
Turnout 1,53044.3Increase2.svg 7.4
Registered electors 3,459
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 13.8

Source: [2] [3]

West Mains

West Mains
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. M. C. P. Sutherland 902 48.3 Increase2.svg 3.8
Conservative E. Chalmers30416.3Increase2.svg 5.3
SNP M. Neilson22912.3Decrease2.svg 23.3
Independent W. Sinclair22111.8New
Liberal I. W. Dalgleish1347.2New
Communist W. Quinn764.1New
Majority59832.0Increase2.svg 23.1
Turnout 1,86649.2Increase2.svg 4.2
Registered electors 3,791
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 13.5

Source: [2] [3]

East Mains

East Mains
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Findlay 1,155 56.9 Decrease2.svg 3.6
Liberal A. J. Sutherland52425.8New
SNP D. Urquhart34417.0Decrease2.svg 1.1
Majority63131.1Decrease2.svg 8.2
Turnout 2,02351.0Increase2.svg 1.4
Registered electors 3,930
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 3.6

Source: [2] [3]

Kelvin

Kelvin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Reilly 823 50.7 Increase2.svg 2.1
SNP W. Johnston79949.2Decrease2.svg 2.0
Majority241.5N/A
Turnout 1,62256.1Increase2.svg 7.2
Registered electors 2,895
Labour gain from SNP Swing Increase2.svg 2.1

Source: [2] [3]

Lickprivick

Lickprivick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Ross 1,193 74.0 Increase2.svg 12.6
SNP C. Duke41025.4Decrease2.svg 10.2
Majority78348.6Increase2.svg 22.8
Turnout 1,60340.3Steady2.svg
Registered electors 3,996
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 12.6

Source: [2] [3]

Headhouse

Headhouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. McGregor 1,025 57.0 Decrease2.svg 2.3
Independent J. Marshall28816.0New
SDP R. May24513.6New
SNP G. Rae23613.1Decrease2.svg 10.6
Majority73741.0Increase2.svg 5.4
Turnout 1,79445.4Decrease2.svg 1.5
Registered electors 3,963
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 2.3

Source: [2] [3]

Avondale South

Avondale South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Cameron 904 49.6 Increase2.svg 3.2
Labour J. Molloy50527.7Increase2.svg 0.4
SDP T. Coleman24613.5New
SNP D. Williams1659.1Decrease2.svg 17.1
Majority39921.9Increase2.svg 2.8
Turnout 1,82040.9Decrease2.svg 4.6
Registered electors 4,456
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 1.4

Source: [2] [3]

Avondale North

Avondale North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. H. Chalmers 957 53.0 Decrease2.svg 4.4
Labour B. Quail41222.8Decrease2.svg 3.1
Liberal I. Norie28015.5New
SNP D. W. Ross1568.6Decrease2.svg 8.0
Majority54531.2Decrease2.svg 0.3
Turnout 1,80542.2Decrease2.svg 8.7
Registered electors 4,282
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 4.4

Source: [2] [3]

Crosshouse

Crosshouse
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. Buchanan 952 64.0
SNP G. Neilson33622.6
Conservative J. Taylor17111.5
Communist D. Molloy261.7
Majority61641.4
Turnout 1,48540.2
Registered electors 3,695
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [2] [3]

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