1984 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election explained

Election Name:1984 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1980 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election
Previous Year:1980
Next Election:1988 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election
Next Year:1988
Seats For Election:All 18 seats to Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council
Majority Seats:10
Registered:62,555
Turnout:43.6%
Image1: Lab
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats1:14
Seat Change1: 3
Popular Vote1:15,323
Percentage1:56.2%
Swing1: 0.3
Party2:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats2:3
Seat Change2: 2
Popular Vote2:6,321
Percentage2:36.1%
Swing2: 10.5
Image3: SNP
Party3:Scottish National Party
Seats3:1
Seat Change3: 1
Popular Vote3:4,644
Percentage3:18.2%
Swing3: 2.1
Council Leader
Before Party:Labour Party (UK)
Posttitle:Council Leader after election
After Party:Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Kilmarnock and Loudoun 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 18 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981 – two more than the previous election. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.[1]

Labour maintained a large majority on the district council after winning 14 of the 18 seats, three more than the party had won at the previous election in 1980. Despite increasing their vote share by more than 10%, the Conservatives only won three seats, two fewer than four years previous. The final seat was won by the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Results

Source:[2] [3]

Ward results

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 1 was renamed Ward 2 following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements.[1]

Ward 3

Ward 4

Ward 5

Ward 6

Ward 7

Ward 8

Ward 9

Ward 10

Ward 11

Ward 12

Ward 13

Ward 14

Ward 13 was renamed Ward 14 following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements.[1]

Ward 15

Ward 16

Ward 14 was renamed Ward 16 following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements.[1]

Ward 17

Ward 15 was renamed Ward 17 following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements.[1]

Ward 18

Ward 16 was renamed Ward 18 following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements . Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland . 25 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 . 6 December 2022.
  3. Book: The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics . Dundee . Election Studies, University of Dundee . J. M. . Botchel . D. T. . Denver . 1980 . 6 December 2022.