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 District Council for the first time.
National results
!colspan=2|Parties !Votes !Votes % !Wards
|45.7 |545
|21.4 |189
|12.8 |78
|11.7 |59
|6.8 |267 |- | style="width: 10px" bgcolor=| | style="text-align: left;" scope="row" | Other
!colspan=2|Total ! !n/a !~1158
Results by region The numbers of seats on each council before and after the election were as follows:
Borders District Labour Conservative Liberal & SDP Independent Control Berwickshire08 (-3)SDP 10 hold Ettrick and Lauderdale2 (+1)1 (-1)0 13 hold Roxburgh0 5 Lib 3 (+2)SDP 17 (-2)Independents lose to NOC Tweeddale00010 hold
Central District Labour Conservative SNP Independent Control Clackmannan7 (+3)12 (-3)0 hold Falkirk25 (+1)2 (-1)7 (+1)2 (-1) hold Stirling11 (+1)8 (-1) 0 1 hold
Dumfries and Galloway District Labour Conservative SNP Liberal Independent Other Control Annandale and Eskdale0004 (+4)12 (-4)0 hold Nithsdale6 (+1)7 (+1)7 (+1)07 (-4)Independent Labour 1 (+1)No Overall Control Stewartry0000120 hold Wigtown001 (+1)013 (-1)0 hold
Fife District Labour Conservative SNP Liberal & SDP Independent Other Control Dunfermline‡2421Lib 3SDP 30Communist 1 hold Kirkcaldy‡3031SDP 2Lib 12Ratepayers 1 hold North-East Fife06 (-4)0Liberal 10 (+4)2 0 gain from Conservatives
‡ New ward boundaries
Grampian District Labour Conservative SNP Liberal Independent Control Banff and Buchan02 (+1)5 011 (-1) hold City of Aberdeen‡2880 140 hold Gordon03 (-1)02 (+1)7 hold Kincardine and Deeside0311 7 hold Moray1 (+1)02 (+1)015 (-2) hold
Highland District Labour Conservative SNP Liberal & SDP Independent Other Control Badenoch and Strathspey‡1 vacancy001090 hold Caithness1 vacancy000Lib 1140 hold Inverness‡8 (-1)00Lib 218 (+1)0 hold Lochaber‡500 08Independent Labour 2 hold Nairn1 (+1)00 09 (-1)0 hold Ross and Cromarty‡1 vacancy2100180 hold Skye and Lochalsh000SDP 1 (+1)10 (-1)0 hold Sutherland0000140 hold ‡ Changes in ward boundaries
Lothian District Labour Conservative SNP Liberal Independent Control Details City of Edinburgh34 (+8)22 (-9)24 (+3)0 (-2) gain from NOCDetails East Lothian11 (+1)6(-1)000 hold Midlothian14 (+1)1 0 10 (-1) hold West Lothian‡190203 hold ‡ Changes in ward boundaries
Strathclyde District Labour Conservative SNP Liberal & SDP Independent Others Control Argyll and Bute0110240 hold Bearsden and Milngavie1 (-1)6 (-1)0Lib 2 (+2)10 hold Clydebank‡11 10 000 hold Clydesdale703060NOC Cumbernauld and Kilsyth‡804 000 hold Cumnock and Doon Valley10 (+1)0 000 (-1)0 hold Cunninghame23 (+2)5 2 (-2)000 hold Dumbarton‡1120SDP 120 hold East Kilbride‡142000 0 hold Eastwood0100020 hold City of Glasgow595 (-1)0 Lib 2 (+1)00 hold Hamilton17 1 0 Lib 20 0 hold Inverclyde‡1100 Lib 9 0 0 hold Kilmarnock and Loudoun‡1431000 hold Kyle and Carrick12 (-1)13 (+1)0 000 gain from Labour Motherwell‡2422 0 1 Communist 1 hold Monklands‡18 20 00 0 hold Renfrew3553Lib 1 SDP 100 hold Strathkelvin‡1140 000 hold
‡ New ward boundaries.
Tayside District Labour Conservative SNP Liberal & SDP Independent Others Control Angus‡0(-3)8(-4)11020 gain from NOC City of Dundee25 15 (-2)2 (+2)Lib 1 (+1)SDP 1 (+1)0 (-1)0 hold Perth and Kinross614 (-4)Lib 3 (+2)SDP1 (+1)1 (+1)4 (+1)0Conservatives lose to NOC
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