1984 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election

1984 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election
All 18 seats to Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council; 10 seats needed for a majority
Registered	62,555
Turnout	43.6%
Council Leader before election; ; Labour	Council Leader after election ; ; Labour

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

1984 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election result
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	3	77.7	56.2	15,323	0.3
	Conservative	3	2	16.7	36.1	6,321	10.5
	SNP	1	1	5.6	18.2	4,644	2.1
	Liberal	0		0.0	1.8	501	0.1
	SDP	0		0.0	0.9	254	New
	Independent Labour	0		0.0	0.5	156	New
Total		18				27,199

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward results

Ward 1

Ward 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	R. Brown	927	64.7
	Labour	J. Knapp	500	34.9
Majority			427	29.8
Turnout			1,427	51.1
Registered electors			2,804
	SNP win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 2

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

Ward 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. McAlpine	864	57.6	7.2
	SNP	C. Calman	389	25.9	23.3
	Conservative	G. Woodford	245	16.3	New
Majority			475	21.7	20.5
Turnout			1,498	46.0	6.8
Registered electors			3,258
	Labour hold		Swing	15.2

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 3

Ward 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Campbell	748	50.3
	SNP	D. Coffey	621	41.7
	Liberal	P. Kerr	116	7.8
Majority			127	8.6
Turnout			1,485	46.9
Registered electors			3,172
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 4

Ward 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Parker	575	45.3
	Labour	G. Keegan	537	42.4
	SNP	A. McCredie	152	12.0
Majority			38	2.9
Turnout			1,264	39.7
Registered electors			3,197
	Conservative win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 5

Ward 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Steele	922	56.4
	Conservative	H. Burnett	470	28.7
	SNP	A. Wallace	241	14.7
Majority			452	27.7
Turnout			1,633	43.9
Registered electors			3,723
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 6

Ward 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. McCrae	1,268	79.4
	SNP	E. Boyle	195	12.2
	Conservative	A. McCluskey	132	8.3
Majority			1,073	67.2
Turnout			1,595	45.1
Registered electors			3,535
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 7

Ward 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Buchanan	982	53.5
	Conservative	M. Parker	722	39.3
	SNP	A. Calman	127	6.9
Majority			260	14.2
Turnout			1,831	50.4
Registered electors			3,640
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 8

Ward 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Porter	1,087	66.4
	Liberal	R. Richardson	244	14.9
	Labour	R. McCrae	203	12.4
	SNP	G. Ingram	98	6.0
Majority			843	51.5
Turnout			1,632	45.0
Registered electors			3,636
	Conservative win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 9

Ward 9
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. O'Neil	743	48.1
	Conservative	J. Porter	583	37.8
	SNP	N. Gee	217	14.1
Majority			160	10.3
Turnout			1,543	47.4
Registered electors			3,260
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 10

Ward 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Blaney	854	62.9
	Conservative	J. Howard	268	19.7
	SNP	A. Ingram	233	17.2
Majority			586	43.2
Turnout			1,355	39.9
Registered electors			3,400
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 11

Ward 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Stiring	1,206	86.8
	SNP	J. Miller	177	12.7
Majority			1,029	74.1
Turnout			1,383	42.8
Registered electors			3,243
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 12

Ward 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Ferguson	1,016	66.8
	SNP	P. Gibson	359	23.6
	Liberal	W. George	141	9.3
Majority			657	43.2
Turnout			1,516	42.0
Registered electors			3,615
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 13

Ward 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Thomson	631	47.1
	Labour	H. Boag	341	25.5
	SDP	M. Temple	254	19.0
	SNP	J. Mair	111	8.3
Majority			290	21.6
Turnout			1,437	36.4
Registered electors			3,675
	Conservative win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 14

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

Ward 14
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. O'Neil	880	51.6	18.3
	Conservative	A. MacDougall	818	47.9	14.0
Majority			62	3.7	N/A
Turnout			1,698	45.4	8.7
Registered electors			2,794
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	2.1

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 15

Ward 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Nisbet	1,066	81.7
	SNP	A. Wilson	228	17.5
Majority			838	64.2
Turnout			1,294	36.8
Registered electors			3,542
	Labour win (new seat)

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 16

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

Ward 16
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Mills	1,072	79.5	4.0
	Independent Labour	A. Muir	156	11.6	New
	SNP	R. Young	114	8.5	0.6
Majority			916	68.1	9.1
Turnout			1,342	37.5	9.9
Registered electors			3,598
	Labour hold		Swing	10.2

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 17

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

Ward 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Turnbull	1,114	53.3	17.3
	Conservative	T. Whale	790	37.8	7.7
	SNP	J. Harris	184	8.8	9.6
Majority			324	15.5	N/A
Turnout			2,088	53.5	3.2
Registered electors			3,904
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	12.5

Source:^[2]^[3]

Ward 18

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

Ward 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Anderson	1,007	77.9	18.0
	SNP	J. Dunnachie	271	21.0	6.1
Majority			736	56.9	22.1
Turnout			1,278	36.0	24.2
Registered electors			3,590
	Labour hold		Swing	21.5

Source:^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1984). The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1980). The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

[Initial_review-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

[SCE1984-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1984). The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

[SCE1980-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1980). The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

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