1984 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election explained

Election Name:1984 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1980 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Previous Year:1980
Next Election:1988 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Next Year:1988
Seats For Election:All 10 seats to Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council
Majority Seats:6
Registered:33,911
Turnout:50.2%
Image1: Lab
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats1:10
Seat Change1: 2
Popular Vote1:7,253
Percentage1:70.2%
Swing1: 22.0
Council Leader
Before Party:Labour Party (UK)
Posttitle:Council Leader after election
After Party:Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Cumnock and Doon Valley 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.

The election was the first to use the 10 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.[1]

Labour maintained control of the district council after winning all 10 seats although four wards were uncontested after only Labour stood a candidate. Despite the uncontested seats, Labour increased their vote share by more than 20% and took nearly three-quarters of the popular vote.

Results

Source:[2] [3]

Ward results

Cumnock East

Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk

Cumnock South and Old Cumnock

Cumnock West and Auchinleck

Catrine, Sorn and North Auchinleck

New Cumnock

Dalmellington

Patna and Dalrymple

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair

Mauchline

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements . Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland . 23 November 2022.
  2. Book: The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics . Dundee . Election Studies, University of Dundee . J. M. . Botchel . D. T. . Denver . 1984 . 23 November 2022.
  3. Book: The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics . Dundee . Election Studies, University of Dundee . J. M. . Botchel . D. T. . Denver . 1980 . 22 December 2022.