1984 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election

1984 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
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All 10 seats to Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council; 6 seats needed for a majority
Registered	33,911
Turnout	50.2%
Council Leader before election; ; Labour	Council Leader after election ; ; Labour

Elections to Cumnock and Doon Valley 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.

Registered33,911

Turnout50.2%^{[note 1]}

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The election was the first to use the 10 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.^[1]

Labour maintained control of the district council after winning all 10 seats although four wards were uncontested after only Labour stood a candidate. Despite the uncontested seats, Labour increased their vote share by more than 20% and took nearly three-quarters of the popular vote.

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	2	0	2	100.0	70.2	7,253	22.0
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	24.9	1,381	New
	SDP	0	0	0		0.0	18.4	959	New
	Conservative	0	0	0		0.0	17.6	706	9.3
Total		10						10,299

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Eric Ross	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,717
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Cannon	1,248	68.3
	Independent Labour	W. Murray	287	15.7
	Independent Labour	T. Hendry	237	13.0
	Independent Labour	J. McGrady	53	2.9
Majority			961	42.6
Turnout			1,825	55.3
Registered electors			3,292
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Sneller	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,540
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jean Allan	1,325	91.2
	SDP	J. McHardy	287	8.3
Majority			1,204	82.9
Turnout			1,612	39.1
Registered electors			3,717
	Labour win (new seat)

1984 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election

Results

Ward results

Cumnock East

Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk

Cumnock South and Old Cumnock

Cumnock West and Auchinleck

Catrine, Sorn and North Auchinleck

New Cumnock

Dalmellington

Patna and Dalrymple

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair

Mauchline

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Stevenson	1,294	72.7
	Conservative	J. McAuslan	481	27.0
Majority			813	45.7
Turnout			1,775	51.4
Registered electors			3,463
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. Paterson	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,829
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Gormanley	790	51.4	16.8
	SDP	W. Steele	744	48.4	New
Majority			46	3.0	N/A
Turnout			1,534	48.8	2.4
Registered electors			3,151
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	40.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Hainey	876	58.6	21.0
	Independent Labour	J. Freeburn	616	41.2	New
Majority			260	17.4	N/A
Turnout			1,492	47.9	5.6
Registered electors			3,122
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	41.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Hodge	1,720	77.0
	Conservative	M. Castle	225	10.1
	Independent Labour	J. Graham	188	8.4
	SDP	J. McMaster	94	4.2
Majority			1,495	66.9
Turnout			2,227	55.3
Registered electors			3,831
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D. Shankland	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,249
	Labour hold