1984 Moray Council District Election
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All 18 seats to Moray District Council 10 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Independent | SNP | Labour | Last election | 15 seats, 64.0% | 3 seats, 36.0% | Did not contest | Seats won | 15 | 2 | 1 | Seat change | | 1 | 1 | Popular vote | 7,154 | 1,047 | 630 | Percentage | 81.0% | 11.9% | 7.1% | Swing | 17.0% | 24.1% | New | |
Elections to the Moray District Council took place on 3 May 1984, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's 53 other districts. There were 18 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system. The Independent grouping on the council remained significant due to a large number of wards having members being elected unopposed.[1]
The first Labour councillor to ever sit on the Moray District Council was elected at this election.[2]
Background
At the previous election in 1980 to the Moray District Council Independents took the vast majority of seats.
1980 Moray District Council election results Party | Seats | Vote share |
Independent | 15 | 64.0% |
SNP | 3 | 36.0% |
Source:[3]
Results
1984 Moray District Council election result Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Independent | 15 | 2 | 2 | | 83.3 | 81.0 | 7154 | 17.0 |
| SNP | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 1047 | 24.1 |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 630 | New |
Source:[1]
Ward results
Bishopmill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | A Anderson (Incumbent) | 696 | 73.0 |
| Independent | N Baird | 258 | 27.0 |
Majority | 438 | 46.0 |
Turnout | 954 | 25.5 |
| Independent gain from SNP |
Cathedral
New Elgin
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | R Hossack (Incumbent) | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Central West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | H Proctor | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Forres
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | A Slorach (Incumbent) | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Findhorn Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | R Cochrane | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Laich
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | D Thomson (Incumbent) | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Lossiemouth
Heldon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | H Mustard | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Innes
Buckie West
Buckie East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| SNP | F Anderson (Incumbent) | Unopposed |
| SNP hold |
Rathford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | G Innes (Incumbent) | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Lennox
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | T Howe (Incumbent) | Unopposed |
| Independent gain from SNP |
Keith
Strathisla
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | W Watt (Incumbent) | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Speyside
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | E Aldridge (Incumbent) | Unopposed |
| Independent hold |
Glenlivet
References
- ^ a b "The Scottish District Elections 1984" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 27. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Shock as Moray district chairman goes". Press and Journal. 4 May 1984. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "The Scottish District Elections 1980" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 24. Retrieved 11 July 2024.