3 May 1984 (1984-05-03) 1986 → 545 189 45.7 21.4 Start date May 3, 1984 | 2 October 1983 11 February 1975 76 43 7 July 1976 15 September 1979 | |
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Local elections were held in Scotland on Thursday 3 May 1984, to elect members to all 53 district councils under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, 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 for the first time.
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Results by council area
The numbers of seats on each council before and after the election were as follows:
Fife
‡ New ward boundaries
Highland
‡ Changes in ward boundaries
Lothian
‡ Changes in ward boundaries
Strathclyde
‡ New ward boundaries.
References
Scottish local elections, 1984 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA