1984 Cunninghame District Council election

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All 30 seats to Cunninghame District Council
16 seats needed for a majorityRegistered104,682Turnout45.0%

	First party	Second party
	Lab	Con
Party	Labour	Conservative
Last election	21 seats, 46.4%	5 seats, 21.5%
Seats won	23	5
Seat change	Increase 2	Steady
Popular vote	26,482	10,260
Percentage	56.4%	21.9%
Swing	Increase 10.0	Increase 0.4

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Elections to Cunninghame 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 1974.

1984 Cunninghame District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	23	2	0	Increase 2	76.7	56.4	26,482	Increase 10.0
	Conservative	5	0	0	Steady	20.8	21.9	10,260	Increase 0.4
	Independent	1	0	0	Steady	3.3	4.1	1,930	Increase 0.4
	Moderates	1	0	0	Steady	3.3	2.1	1,027	Decrease 0.2
	SNP	0	0	2	Decrease 2	0.0	11.4	5,360	Decrease 14.4
	Liberal	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	2.5	1,188	Increase 2.4
	SDP	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	0.8	407	New
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	0.5	261	New
Total		30	46,918

Source:^{[1] [2]}

Irvine West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	D. O'Neill	916	57.1	Decrease 3.5
SNP	M. Brown	424	26.5	New
Independent	J. Smith	263	16.4	New
Majority			338	20.6	Decrease 0.7
Turnout			1,603	53.7	Decrease 0.9
Registered electors			2,986
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease 1.7

Source:^{[1] [2]}

Arran

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	E. Sillars	1,100	74.1	Decrease 0.7
Labour	J. Sillars	363	24.5	Increase 0.9
Majority			737	49.6	Decrease 0.6
Turnout			1,463	44.9	Decrease 0.9
Registered electors			3,306
Independent hold		Swing	Decrease 0.3

Source:^{[1] [2]}