1974 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election

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1974 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election
7 May 1974 (1974-05-07) 1977  

All 16 seats to Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
Registered60,643
Turnout49.5%
 First partySecond party
 
Lab
Con
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won124
Popular vote16,5059,266
Percentage54.9%30.8%

Council Leader after election


Labour

Elections to Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council were held on 7 May 1974, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the first election to the district council following the implementation of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

Contents

The election used the 16 wards created by the Formation Electoral Arrangements in 1974. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting. [1]

Labour took control of the council after winning a large majority. The party took 12 of the 16 seats and more than 50% of the popular vote. The other four seats were won by the Conservatives.

Background

Prior to 1974, the area that was to become Kilmarnock and Loudoun, included five of the 17 burghs within the County of Ayr. The four small burghs (Darvel, Galston, Newmilns and Greenholm and Stewarton) had limited powers which included some control over planning as well as local taxation, building control, housing, lighting and drainage. The large burgh of Kilmarnock had further powers over the police, public health, social services, registration of births, marriages and deaths and electoral registration. The rest of the local government responsibility fell to the county council which had full control over the areas which were not within a burgh. [2]

Following the recommendations in the Wheatly Report, the old system of counties and burghs – which had resulted in a mishmash of local government areas in which some small burghs had larger populations but far fewer responsibilities than some large burghs and even counties [2] – was to be replaced by a new system of regional and district councils. The five burghs as well as the surrounding areas were placed in Kilmarnock and Loudoun District within the Strathclyde region. [3]

Results

1974 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 12N/A75.054.916,505N/A
  Conservative 4N/A25.030.89,266N/A
  Liberal 0N/A0.013.64,090N/A
  Independent Labour 0N/A0.00.6183N/A
Total16 30,044

Source: [4]

Ward results

Ward 1

Ward 1
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. Raphael 1,363 68.2
Conservative J. Corbett63731.9
Majority72636.3
Turnout 2,00045.5
Registered electors 4,431
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 2

Ward 2
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour R. Creighton 1,160 60.6
Liberal P. McMillan45823.9
Conservative T. Callaghan29615.5
Majority70236.7
Turnout 1,91449.4
Registered electors 3,902
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 3

Ward 3
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. Hunter 1,403 73.8
Conservative A. Hughes49826.2
Majority90547.6
Turnout 1,90143.0
Registered electors 4,474
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 4

Ward 4
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative R. Ledgerwood 773 41.9
Labour H. Mitchell56530.6
Liberal O. Dunlop32617.7
Independent Labour B. Mitchell1839.9
Majority20811.3
Turnout 1,84745.5
Registered electors 4,099
Conservative win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 5

Ward 5
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. Anderson 1,341 78.0
Conservative K. Hughes22313.0
Liberal B. Ellerd-Elliot1559.0
Majority1,11865.0
Turnout 1,71946.7
Registered electors 3,710
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 6

Ward 6
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative M. Parker 1,070 56.9
Labour J. Hollywood61732.8
Liberal D. Young19310.3
Majority45324.1
Turnout 1,88057.3
Registered electors 3,331
Conservative win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 7

Ward 7
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour A. Mackie 962 46.8
Conservative J. Porter90444.0
Liberal P. Hayman1889.1
Majority582.8
Turnout 2,05456.9
Registered electors 3,633
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 8

Ward 8
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative M. Porter 1,392 66.3
Labour W. Maxwell41519.8
Liberal R. O'Hagan29314.0
Majority97746.5
Turnout 2,10055.7
Registered electors 3,799
Conservative win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 9

Ward 9
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour M. Garven 1,258 68.1
Conservative A. McCluskey34318.6
Liberal A. Brown24713.4
Majority91549.5
Turnout 1,84845.2
Registered electors 4,116
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 10

Ward 10
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour T. Ferguson 1,465 72.2
Conservative C. McCambridge32015.8
Liberal G. Gibson24512.1
Majority1,14556.4
Turnout 2,03041.9
Registered electors 4,867
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 11

Ward 11
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative J. Thomson 862 57.2
Liberal J. Carruthers36424.2
Labour B. McGeechan28018.6
Majority49833.0
Turnout 1,50654.5
Registered electors 2,789
Conservative win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 12

Ward 12
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour A. Nisbet 1,541 80.9
Conservative O. Cater36519.2
Majority1,17661.7
Turnout 1,90648.3
Registered electors 3,993
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 13

Ward 13
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour W. Aitken 1,025 46.3
Liberal J. Brown69931.6
Conservative R. Grant48822.1
Majority32614.7
Turnout 2,21255.2
Registered electors 4,029
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 14

Ward 14
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour A. Lundie 1,517 72.9
Conservative P. Foote39118.8
Liberal W. Powell1748.4
Majority1,12654.1
Turnout 2,08252.9
Registered electors 3,977
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 15

Ward 15
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. White 753 47.6
Conservative E. Harrison44328.0
Liberal T. Whale38524.4
Majority31019.6
Turnout 1,58152.5
Registered electors 3,053
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

Ward 16

Ward 16
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. Anderson 840 57.4
Liberal R. Wilson36324.8
Conservative T. Donald26117.8
Majority47732.6
Turnout 1,46460.6
Registered electors 2,440
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [4]

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