1984 Hamilton District Council election explained

Election Name:1984 Hamilton District Council election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1980 Hamilton District Council election
Previous Year:1980
Next Election:1988 Hamilton District Council election
Next Year:1988
Seats For Election:All 20 seats to Hamilton District Council
Majority Seats:11
Registered:79,126
Turnout:45.2%
Image1: Lab
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats1:17
Popular Vote1:21,839
Percentage1:64.9%
Swing1: 8.4
Party2:Scottish Liberal Party
Seats2:2
Popular Vote2:4,602
Percentage2:13.6%
Swing2: 3.3
Image3: Con
Party3:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats3:1
Popular Vote3:3,600
Percentage3:10.7%
Swing3: 11.3
Council Leader
Before Party:Labour Party (UK)
Posttitle:Council Leader after election
After Party:Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Hamilton 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 20 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.[1]

Labour maintained control of the district council after winning 17 of the 20 seats and taking almost two-thirds of the popular vote. The Liberal Party – who had contested the election in an electoral alliance with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) – won two seats and the remaining seat was won by the Conservatives. The election resulted in the same political composition as the previous election.

Results

Source:[2] [3]

Ward results

Hillhouse

Udston

Wellhall North

Central

Burnbank

Ferniegair

Fairhill

Woodhead

Low Waters

Cadzow

Dalserf

Larkhall East

Larkhall North

Larkhall South

Stonehouse

Uddingston

Bothwell

High Blantyre

Blantyre

Stonefield

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements . Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland . 29 December 2023.
  2. Book: The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics . Dundee . Election Studies, University of Dundee . J. M. . Botchel . D. T. . Denver . 1984 . 29 December 2023.
  3. Book: The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics . Dundee . Election Studies, University of Dundee . J. M. . Botchel . D. T. . Denver . 1980 . 5 January 2024.