Angus District Council election, 1984

The 1984 Angus District Council election took place on the 1 May 1984 to elect members of Angus District Council, as part of that years Scottish local elections. They were fought on revised boundaries, with 21 seats down from 22.

Election results

Angus District Election Result 1984^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	11	+6	0	+6		42.1	11,863	+5.7
	Conservative	8	1	-4	-3		38.1	10,738	-1.4
	Labour	0	0	-2	-2		10.6	2,999	-4.5
	Independent	2	0	-2	-2		7.1	2,009	-1.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	0	0				2.0	556	+2.0

Harbour^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	A. King	599	58.84	+17.1
	Conservative	E. H. Milne	306	29.8	-12.7
	Labour	T. G. Beattie	121	11.8	-4.0
Majority			293	28.5
Turnout			1027	40.8	-0.2
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing

Abbey^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Andrew Welsh	1,257	55.3	+22.0
	Labour	J. M. Proctor	620	27.3	-25.7
	Conservative	Ms. M. Peacock	339	14.9	+1.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Ms. M. McLenzie	53	2.3	+2.3
Majority			637	28.4
Turnout			2237	52.3	+3.0
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

Timmergreeens and Elms^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	C. S. B. Meldrum	618	38.2	+14.5
	Labour	G. A. Whiteside	452	27.9	-16.2
	Conservative	R. Grieve	392	24.2	-7.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	J. R. Mckelvie	157	9.7	+9.7
Majority			166	10.2
Turnout			1619	48.2	-4.2
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

Arbirlot/Hospitalfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Helen Cargill	708	58.6	+2.6
	SNP	N. Thomson	284	23.5	-0.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	R. B. Spiers	162	13.4	+13.4
	Labour	W. J. Irving	53	4.4	-12.3
Majority			505	35.0	+3.1
Turnout			1208	39.9

Marywell/Cliffburn^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Ms S. M. Welsh	882	60.1	+23.2
	Conservative	Ms E. C. Hill	324	22.1	-10.7
	Labour	Ms. J. S. Fairweather	262	17.8	-12.4
Majority			558
Turnout			1468	42.0	-3.7
	SNP hold		Swing

Colliston/Hayshead^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	B. M. C. Milne	734	49.0	+1.1
	Labour	F. Donaldson	422	28.2	-8.2
	Conservative	A. M. R. Broadfoot	340	22.7	+8.0
Majority			312
Turnout			1497	44.3	-1.5
	SNP hold		Swing

Carnoustie East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	K. Hirstwood	1215	58.6	-4.2
	SNP	T. J. Blackhall	634	30.6	-6.0
	Labour	F. G. Pearson	222	10.7	+10.7
Majority			581	28.0	+1.8
Turnout			2072	45.6	-5.1

Carnoustie West and Panmure^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Gray	829	49.3	+3.4
	SNP	S. Ramsay	586	34.8	-9.9
	Labour	Ms. J. Kettles	263	15.6	+6.5
Majority			243	14.4	+13.2
Turnout			1682	43.1	-6.1

Forfar Central/Lemno^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ms. A. E. D. Thomson	829	54.7
	SNP	Ian Hudghton	684	45.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dunnichen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	G. Suttie	851	52.2
	Conservative	M. H. Hill	773	47.4
Majority			78
Turnout			1630	42.1
	SNP hold		Swing

Montrose North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	G. Norrie	1034	80.3	+2.8
	SNP	D. A. MacAllan	251	19.5	+19.5
Majority			783
Turnout			1288	38.8

Hillside^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Mike Weir	620	47.8	+47.8
	Conservative	W. J. Fraser	438	33.8	+33.8
	Labour	F. Wood	234	18.1	-21.5
Majority			182
Turnout			1296	36.0
	SNP gain from Independent		Swing

Kirriemuir^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	R. Wright	1,021	52.0	+10.9
	Conservative	F. Urquhart	940	47.9	-10.9
Majority			81	4.1
Turnout			1964	47.5	+1.8
	SNP gain from Conservative		Swing	10.9

Western Glens^[2]
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Ms. R. Dundas
Majority
Turnout

Eastern Glens^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Myles	392	67.6	+5.9
	SNP	H. T. Skinner	102	17.6	-20.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	A. E. Shearer	83	14.3	+14.3
Majority			290
Turnout			580	49.2

Langlands^[2]
Party		Candidate
	SNP	W. R. Roberton
Majority
Turnout

Westfield Dean^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	A. E. Thomson	760	55.0	+9.6
	Conservative	M. Struthers	620	44.9	-9.6
Majority			140
Turnout			1381	40.6

Montrose South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	W. M. Philips	496	40.7	+40.7
	SNP	W. A. West	334	27.4	+27.4
	Conservative	R. O. Harris	283	23.2	+23.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Ms. R. Stevens	101	8.3	8.3
Majority			162
Turnout			1218	35.5

Lunan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ms. Isobel M. McLellan	804	62.5
	Independent	J. M. D. Smith	479	37.2
Majority			325
Turnout			1286	37.3

Brechin North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A. Buchan	923	53.9	+53.9
	SNP	G. P. Allan	611	35.7	+35.7
	Labour	P. J. Thompson	171	10.0	+10.0
Majority			312
Turnout			1712	47.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Brechin South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	J. Thomson	1,035	69.0	+19.7
	Conservative	W. Forbes-Hamilton	283	18.9
	Labour	Ms. J. C. V. McFatridge	179	11.9	-13.9
Majority			752
Turnout			1501	47.1
	SNP hold		Swing

References

Council elections in Angus

Angus Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012

Tayside Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1985 1990 1994 Abolished

(1983 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1984 (→ 1985)

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bath Blackburn Brentwood Brighton Bristol Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Derby East Devon Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gillingham Gloucester Gosport Great Grimsby Great Yarmouth Halton Harlow Harrogate Hart Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere Hinckley and Bosworth Huntingdon Hyndburn Ipswich Kingston upon Hull Leicester Leominster Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Mid Sussex Milton Keynes Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Bedfordshire North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor Scunthorpe Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Herefordshire South Lakeland Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Thamesdown Three Rivers Thurrock Tonbridge and Malling Torbay Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Dorset West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Wokingham Woodspring Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest York

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See also: European Parliament election

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