1984 Hamilton District Council election

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All 20 seats to Hamilton District Council
11 seats needed for a majorityRegistered79,126Turnout45.2%

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Lab	Lib	Con
Party	Labour	Liberal	Conservative
Last election	17 seats, 56.5%	2 seats, 10.3%	1 seats, 22.0%
Seats won	17	2	1
Seat change	Steady	Steady	Steady
Popular vote	21,839	4,602	3,600
Percentage	64.9%	13.6%	10.7%
Swing	Increase 8.4	Increase 3.3	Decrease 11.3

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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.

1984 Hamilton District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	17	1	1	Steady	85.0	64.9	21,839	Increase 8.4
	Liberal	2	0	0	Steady	10.0	13.6	4,602	Increase 3.3
	Conservative	1	1	1	Steady	5.0	10.7	3,600	Decrease 11.3
	SNP	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	8.0	2,708	Decrease 0.3
	SDP	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	2.6	908	New
Total		20	33,657

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Hillhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	R. Newberry	1,284	82.7	Increase 1.0
Liberal	G. Gloyer	123	7.9	New
SNP	M. Miller	98	6.3	New
Conservative	H. MacKie	47	3.0	Decrease 3.2
Majority			1,161	74.8	Increase 5.2
Turnout			1,552	41.9	Increase 4.4
Registered electors			3,708
Labour hold		Swing	Increase 1.0

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Udston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	S. Dallas	1,486	77.4	Decrease 7.7
SNP	J. Pollock	248	12.9	New
SDP	E. Valerio	182	9.5	New
Majority			1,238	64.5	Decrease 6.3
Turnout			1,916	45.7	Decrease 6.6
Registered electors			4,201
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease 7.7

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Wellhall North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	B. McKinnon	688	41.3	Decrease 8.2
Liberal	I. Fleming	650	39.1	New
Conservative	J. Bath	213	12.3	Decrease 14.2
SNP	J. Randalls	112	6.7	Decrease 17.2
Majority			38	2.2	Decrease 21.8
Turnout			1,663	41.0	Decrease 9.4
Registered electors			4,061
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease 4.1

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	T. Murphy	953	51.1	Decrease 12.8
Conservative	A. Aitchison	546	29.3	Decrease 6.5
SDP	J. Kane	241	12.9	New
SNP	K. Darling	122	6.5	New
Majority			407	20.8	Decrease 7.3
Turnout			1,862	47.4	Decrease 3.1
Registered electors			3,936
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease 12.8

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Burnbank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	I. McKillop	1,496	86.9	Increase 20.4
Conservative	M. Aitchison	216	12.5	Increase 2.3
Majority			1,280	74.5	Increase 25.1
Turnout			1,712	39.5	Decrease 12.3
Registered electors			4,365
Labour hold		Swing	Increase 20.4

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Ferniegair

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	J. Dorricott	779	42.5
Labour	M. Smith	635	34.6
SDP	H. Ormsby	301	16.4
SNP	A. McCubbin	118	6.4
Majority			144	7.9
Turnout			1,833	47.9
Registered electors			3,833
Conservative win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Fairhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	N. Cochrane	1,469	83.9	Decrease 0.5
Conservative	D. Murray	274	15.6	Increase 0.1
Majority			1,195	68.3	Decrease 0.6
Turnout			1,743	44.3	Decrease 0.6
Registered electors			3,955
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease 0.5

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Woodhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	J. Lowe	1,654	83.4
SNP	S. Buchanan	199	10.0
Conservative	J. Scott	129	6.5
Majority			1,455	73.4
Turnout			1,982	44.8
Registered electors			4,432
Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Low Waters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	P. Grenfell	741	38.1	Increase 1.8
Conservative	A. Kegg	608	31.3	Decrease 32.8
Liberal	S. Strachan	428	22.0	New
SNP	I. Campbell	166	8.5	New
Majority			133	6.8	N/A
Turnout			1,943	49.7	Decrease 5.6
Registered electors			3,915
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	Increase 1.0

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Cadzow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	G. Smith	1,464	82.6	Increase 23.9
SNP	I. McGowan	300	16.9	Decrease 3.1
Majority			1,164	65.7	Increase 28.3
Turnout			1,764	46.6	Decrease 9.8
Registered electors			3,806
Labour hold		Swing	Increase 23.9

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Dalserf

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	J. Millward	813	68.3	Increase 8.6
SNP	J. Braithwaite	191	16.1	Decrease 4.1
SDP	H. Rooney	184	15.5	New
Majority			622	52.2	Increase 12.7
Turnout			1,188	36.3	Decrease 9.6
Registered electors			3,278
Labour hold		Swing	Increase 8.6

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Larkhall East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	J. Borland	971	67.5
SNP	M. Miller	460	32.0
Majority			511	35.5
Turnout			1,431	3,537
Registered electors			3,537
Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Larkhall North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	J. Speirs	1,098	77.7
SNP	J. Mitchell	302	21.4
Majority			796	56.3
Turnout			1,400	38.2
Registered electors			3,702
Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Larkhall South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	T. Casserly	1,235	82.1
SNP	T. Frew	265	17.6
Majority			970	64.5
Turnout			1,500	46.0
Registered electors			3,275
Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Stonehouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	R. Gibb	1,302	60.2
Liberal	F. McDermid	732	33.8
SNP	A. Broadfoot	127	5.9
Majority			570	26.4
Turnout			2,161	55.3
Registered electors			3,910
Labour hold

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Uddingston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	T. Maxwell	1,118	56.6
Labour	J. Robertson	563	28.5
Conservative	M. Scott	289	14.6
Majority			555	28.1
Turnout			1,970	52.2
Registered electors			3,782
Liberal win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

Bothwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	T. Grieve	1,298	54.1
Labour	S. Sloss	897	37.4
Conservative	W. Irving	200	8.3
Majority			401	16.7
Turnout			2,395	54.3
Registered electors			4,420
Liberal win (new seat)

Source:^[2]

High Blantyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	J. Swinburne	1,555	92.0
Conservative	G. Prince	131	7.7
Majority			1,424	84.3
Turnout			1,686	42.4
Registered electors			3,987
Labour hold

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Blantyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	D. Tremble	1,535	78.2
Liberal	D. McWhirter	253	12.9
Conservative	A. Walker	168	8.6
Majority			1,282	65.3
Turnout			1,956	43.2
Registered electors			4,544
Labour hold

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Stonefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	H. Dunsmuir	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,479
Labour hold

Source:^{[2] [3]}