1992 Hamilton District Council election

Registered79,751

Turnout36.9%

1992 Hamilton District Council election

← 1988 7 May 1992 (1992-05-07)
All 20 seats to Hamilton District Council 11 seats needed for a majority
Registered	79,751
Turnout	36.9%
First party Second party   Lab Con Party Labour Conservative Last election 15 seats, 54.7% 1 seat, 10.0% Seats won 15 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 15,271 3,340 Percentage 52.2% 11.5% Swing 2.5 1.5   Third party Fourth party   LD ILab Party Liberal Democrats Independent Labour Last election 2 seats, 7.8% 1 seat, 6.6% Seats won 2 1 Seat change Popular vote 2,121 1,814 Percentage 7.3% 5.5% Swing 0.5 1.1
The result of the election
Council Leader before election Labour Council Leader after election Labour

Elections to Hamilton District Council were held on 7 May 1992, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the final election to the district council which was abolished in 1995 along with East Kilbride District Council and Clydesdale District Council and, combined with part of the abolished City of Glasgow District Council, was replaced by South Lanarkshire Council following the implementation of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The regional council, Strathclyde, was also abolished and the new unitary authority took on its responsibilities.

The election was also the last to use the 20 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980 without alterations. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.^[1]

Labour maintained control of the district council after winning 15 of the 20 seats. Despite a slight reduction in their vote share, they again took more than half the votes cast. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats won two seats and the remaining seat was won by Independent Labour. Despite coming second in the popular vote, the Scottish National Party (SNP) lost their only seat.