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Elections to the Moray District Council took place on 3 May 1984, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 18 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system. The Independent grouping on the council remained significant due to a large number of wards having members being elected unopposed. [1]
The first Labour councillor to ever sit on the Moray District Council was elected at this election. [2]
At the previous election in 1980 to the Moray District Council Independents took the vast majority of seats.
Party | Seats | Vote share |
---|---|---|
Independent | 15 | 64.0% |
SNP | 3 | 36.0% |
Source: [3]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 15 | 2 | 2 | 83.3 | 81.0 | 7154 | 17.0 | ||
SNP | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 1047 | 24.1 | |
Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 630 | New |
Source: [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A Anderson (Incumbent) | 696 | 73.0 | |
Independent | N Baird | 258 | 27.0 | |
Majority | 438 | 46.0 | ||
Turnout | 954 | 25.5 | ||
Independent gain from SNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Farquharson | 630 | 53.2 | |
Independent | J Russell (Incumbent) | 551 | 46.5 | |
Majority | 79 | 6.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,181 | 30.2 | ||
Labour gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R Hossack (Incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H Proctor | Unopposed | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A Slorach (Incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R Cochrane | Unopposed | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D Thomson (Incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R Murdoch | 918 | 54.3 | |
Independent | M Hancock | 770 | 45.5 | |
Majority | 148 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,688 | 41.7 | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H Mustard | Unopposed | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J Shaw | 783 | 62.8 | |
Independent | C Gray | 291 | 23.3 | |
Independent | P Jappy | 172 | 13.8 | |
Majority | 492 | 39.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,247 | 33.6 | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | H Watt | 634 | 58.8 | |
Independent | J Cole (Incumbent) | 444 | 41.1 | |
Majority | 190 | 17.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,079 | 35.0 | ||
SNP gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | F Anderson (Incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
SNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G Innes (Incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T Howe (Incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
Independent gain from SNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L Mann (Incumbent) | 887 | 56.0 | |
Independent | W Ettles | 694 | 43.8 | |
Majority | 193 | 12.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,584 | 48.5 | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | W Watt (Incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E Aldridge (Incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M Marshall | 690 | 62.4 | |
SNP | I Murray | 413 | 37.4 | |
Majority | 277 | 25.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,105 | 41.0 | ||
Independent hold |
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