| Election Name: | 1984 Scottish local elections |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1982 Scottish regional elections |
| Previous Year: | 1982 |
| Next Election: | 1986 Scottish regional elections |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
| Leader1: | Neil Kinnock |
| Leader Since1: | 2 October 1983 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Percentage1: | 45.7 |
| Seats1: | 545 |
| Seat Change1: | 76 |
| Swing1: | 0.3 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 189 |
| Seat Change2: | 43 |
| Swing2: | 2.7 |
| Percentage2: | 21.4 |
| Party4: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
| Seats4: | 78 |
| Seat Change4: | 45 |
| Swing4: | 6.6 |
| Percentage4: | 12.8 |
| Party5: | Scottish National Party |
| Seats5: | 59 |
| Seat Change5: | 7 |
| Swing5: | 3.8 |
| Percentage5: | 11.7 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
Local elections were held in Scotland on Thursday 3 May 1984, to elect members to all 53 district councils under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which had established the two-tier system of regions and districts. This was the first election to take place after the 1983 general election landslide victory for the Conservatives. The local elections resulted in the Labour Party taking control of the City of Edinburgh District Council for the first time.
|-!colspan=2|Parties!Votes!Votes %!Wards|-| ||45.7|545|-| ||21.4|189|-| ||12.8|78|-| ||11.7|59|-| ||6.8|267|-| style="width: 10px" bgcolor=|| style="text-align: left;" scope="row" | Other||||-!colspan=2|Total! !n/a !~1158|}
The numbers of seats on each council before and after the election were as follows:[1]
| District | Labour | Conservative | Liberal & SDP | Independent | Control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berwickshire | 0 | 8 (-3) | SDP 1 | 0 | hold | ||
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | 2 (+1) | 1 (-1) | 0 | 13 | hold | ||
| Roxburgh | 0 | 5 | Lib 3 (+2) SDP 1 | 7 (-2) | bgcolor=white | Independents lose to NOC | |
| Tweeddale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | hold |
| District | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Independent | Control | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clackmannan | 7 (+3) | 1 | 2 (-3) | 0 | hold | |
| Falkirk | 25 (+1) | 2 (-1) | 7 (+1) | 2 (-1) | hold | |
| Stirling | 11 (+1) | 8 (-1) | 0 | 1 | hold |
| District | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Other | Control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annandale and Eskdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (+4) | 12 (-4) | 0 | hold | ||
| Nithsdale | 6 (+1) | 7 (+1) | 7 (+1) | 0 | 7 (-4) | Independent Labour 1 (+1) | bgcolor=white | No Overall Control | |
| Stewartry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | hold | ||
| Wigtown | 0 | 0 | 1 (+1) | 0 | 13 (-1) | 0 | hold |
| District | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal & SDP | Independent | Other | Control | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunfermline‡ | 24 | 2 | 1 | Lib 3 SDP 3 | 0 | Communist 1 | hold | |
| Kirkcaldy‡ | 30 | 3 | 1 | SDP 2 Lib 1 | 2 | Ratepayers 1 | hold | |
| North-East Fife | 0 | 6 (-4) | 0 | Liberal 10 (+4) | 2 | 0 | gain from Conservatives |
‡ New ward boundaries
| District | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Control | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banff and Buchan | 0 | 2 (+1) | 5 | 0 | 11 (-1) | hold | |
| City of Aberdeen‡ | 28 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | hold | |
| Gordon | 0 | 3 (-1) | 0 | 2 (+1) | 7 | hold | |
| Kincardine and Deeside | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | hold | |
| Moray | 1 (+1) | 0 | 2 (+1) | 0 | 15 (-2) | hold |
| District | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal & SDP | Independent | Other | Control | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badenoch and Strathspey‡ 1 vacancy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | hold | |
| Caithness 1 vacancy | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lib 1 | 14 | 0 | hold | |
| Inverness‡ | 8 (-1) | 0 | 0 | Lib 2 | 18 (+1) | 0 | hold | |
| Lochaber‡ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Independent Labour 2 | hold | |
| Nairn | 1 (+1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (-1) | 0 | hold | |
| Ross and Cromarty‡ 1 vacancy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | hold | |
| Skye and Lochalsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | SDP 1 (+1) | 10 (-1) | 0 | hold | |
| Sutherland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | hold |
| District | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal | Independent | Control | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Edinburgh | 34 (+8) | 22 (-9) | 2 | 4 (+3) | 0 (-2) | gain from NOC | Details |
| East Lothian | 11 (+1) | 6(-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | hold | |
| Midlothian | 14 (+1) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 (-1) | hold | |
| West Lothian‡ | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | hold |
| District | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal & SDP | Independent | Others | Control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyll and Bute | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | hold | ||
| Bearsden and Milngavie | 1 (-1) | 6 (-1) | 0 | Lib 2 (+2) | 1 | 0 | hold | ||
| Clydebank‡ | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | hold | ||
| Clydesdale | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | bgcolor=white | NOC | |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth‡ | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | hold | ||
| Cumnock and Doon Valley | 10 (+1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (-1) | 0 | hold | ||
| Cunninghame | 23 (+2) | 5 | 2 (-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | hold | ||
| Dumbarton‡ | 11 | 2 | 0 | SDP 1 | 2 | 0 | hold | ||
| East Kilbride‡ | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | hold | ||
| Eastwood | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | hold | ||
| City of Glasgow | 59 | 5 (-1) | 0 | Lib 2 (+1) | 0 | 0 | hold | ||
| Hamilton | 17 | 1 | 0 | Lib 2 | 0 | 0 | hold | ||
| Inverclyde‡ | 11 | 0 | 0 | Lib 9 | 0 | 0 | hold | ||
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun‡ | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | hold | ||
| Kyle and Carrick | 12 (-1) | 13 (+1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | gain from Labour | ||
| Motherwell‡ | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Communist 1 | hold | ||
| Monklands‡ | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | hold | ||
| Renfrew | 35 | 5 | 3 | Lib 1SDP 1 | 0 | 0 | hold | ||
| Strathkelvin‡ | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | hold |
‡ New ward boundaries.
| District | Labour | Conservative | SNP | Liberal & SDP | Independent | Others | Control | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus‡ | 0(-3) | 8(-4) | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | gain from NOC | |||
| City of Dundee | 25 | 15 (-2) | 2 (+2) | Lib 1 (+1) SDP 1 (+1) | 0 (-1) | 0 | hold | |||
| Perth and Kinross | 6 | 14 (-4) | Lib 3 (+2) SDP1 (+1) | 1 (+1) | 4 (+1) | 0 | bgcolor=white | Conservatives lose to NOC |