Election results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 8 | 2 | 0 |  | 80.0 | 48.2 | 3,828 | | |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 20.0 | 24.8 | 1,791 | | |
| SLP | 0 | 0 | 2 |  | 0.0 | 16.3 | 1,290 | | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0.0 | 8.3 | 659 |  | |
| SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.4 | 188 | | |
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 8 | 2 | 0 | | 80.0 | 48.2 | 3,828 | | |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 20.0 | 24.8 | 1,791 | | |
| SLP | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 0.0 | 16.3 | 1,290 | | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0.0 | 8.3 | 659 | | |
| SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.4 | 188 | | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. King(incumbent) | 1,285 | 61.4 | ||
| SLP | Ms A. Welsh | 793 | 37.9 | ||
| Majority | 492 | ||||
| Turnout | 43.1 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ms A. Lennox | 598 | 46.6 | | |
| SLP | W. Pender (incumbent) | 497 | 38.7 | | |
| SNP | W. Milligan | 188 | 14.7 | | |
| Majority | 101 | 7.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,283 | 54.4 | | ||
| Labour gain from SLP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | T. Hainey(defecting incumbent) | 1,029 | 62.3 | | |
| Labour | M. Rooney | 622 | 37.6 | | |
| Majority | 407 | 24.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,651 | 53.5 | | ||
| Independent gain from SLP | Swing | ||||
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