1992 Cunninghame District Council election

1992 Cunninghame District Council election

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All 30 seats to Cunninghame District Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	103,784
Turnout	39.6% [note 1]
First party Second party Third party   Lab Con SNP Party Labour Conservative SNP Last election 24 seats, 52.3% 4 seats, 20.0% 0 seats, 18.2% Seats won 20 6 3 Seat change 4 1 3 Popular vote 16,083 8,817 8,911 Percentage 43.9% 24.1% 24.3% Swing 8.4 4.1 6.1
The result of the election
Council Leader before election Labour Council Leader after election Labour

Elections to Cunninghame District Council were held on 7 May 1992, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the final election to the district council which was abolished in 1995 following the implementation of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

Results

1992 Cunninghame District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	20	0	4	4	66.7	43.9	16,083	8.4
	Conservative	6	2	0	2	20.0	24.1	8,817	4.1
	SNP	3	3	0	3	10.0	24.3	8,911	6.1
	Moderates	1	0	0		3.3	3.0	1,108	0.7
	Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.1	768	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	1.7	616	0.9
	People Pension Power	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	341	New
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	50	1.2
Total		30						36,694

Source: ^{[1] [2]}

Ward results

Irvine West

Irvine West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. O'Neill	495	48.2	11.3
	SNP	L. Brown	348	33.9	7.1
	Independent	E. Holmes	177	17.2	New
Majority			147	14.3	18.4
Turnout			1,020	35.8	11.7
Registered electors			2,872
	Labour hold		Swing	9.2

Source: ^{[1] [2]}

Arran

Arran

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Knox	799	43.5	New
	Labour	J. Sillars	731	39.8	7.4
	SNP	M. Lunan	304	16.6	New
Majority			68	3.7	N/A
Turnout			1,834	51.2	0.3
Registered electors			3,586
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	43.5

Source: ^{[1] [2]}

Notes

1. Excludes uncontested wards.

References

1. Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1992). The Scottish Council Elections 1992: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. ISBN   1-869820-04-5 . Retrieved 9 March 2025.
2. Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1989). The Scottish District Elections 1988: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. ISBN   1-869820-02-9 . Retrieved 9 March 2025.