Local election
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
s were held in
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
on Thursday 3 May 1984, to elect members to all 53 district councils under the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered local government in Scotland on 16 May 1975.
The Act followed and largely implemented the report of the Royal Commission on Local Gove ...
, which had established the two-tier system of
regions and districts. This was the first election to take place after the 1983 general election landslide victory for the Conservatives. The local elections resulted in the Labour Party taking control of the
City of Edinburgh
The City of Edinburgh Council is the local government authority for the city of Edinburgh, capital of Scotland. With a population of in mid-2019, it is the second most populous local authority area in Scotland.
In its current form, the counci ...
for the first time.
National results
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Results by council area
The numbers of seats on each council before and after the election were as follows:
Borders
Central
Dumfries and Galloway
Fife
‡ New ward boundaries
Grampian
Highland
‡ Changes in ward boundaries
Lothian
‡ Changes in ward boundaries
Strathclyde
‡ New ward boundaries.
Tayside
References
{{United Kingdom local elections, 1984
1984
Events
January
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May 1984 events in the United Kingdom