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1992 Hamilton District Council election

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1992 Hamilton District Council election
← 1988 7 May 1992 (1992-05-07)

All 20 seats to Hamilton District Council
11 seats needed for a majority
Registered79,751
Turnout36.9%
  First party Second party
 
Lab
Con
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 15 seats, 54.7% 1 seat, 10.0%
Seats won 15 2
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 15,271 3,340
Percentage 52.2% 11.5%
Swing Decrease 2.5 Increase 1.5

  Third party Fourth party
 
LD
ILab
Party Liberal Democrats Independent Labour
Last election 2 seats, 7.8% 1 seat, 6.6%
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 2,121 1,814
Percentage 7.3% 5.5%
Swing Decrease 0.5 Decrease 1.1

The result of the election

Council Leader before election


Labour

Council Leader after election


Labour

Elections to Hamilton District Council were held on 7 May 1992, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the final election to the district council which was abolished in 1995 along with East Kilbride District Council and Clydesdale District Council and, combined with part of the abolished City of Glasgow District Council, was replaced by South Lanarkshire Council following the implementation of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The regional council, Strathclyde, was also abolished and the new unitary authority took on its responsibilities.

The election was also the last to use the 20 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980 without alterations. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.[1]

Labour maintained control of the district council after winning 15 of the 20 seats. Despite a slight reduction in their vote share, they again took more than half the votes cast. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats won two seats and the remaining seat was won by Independent Labour. Despite coming second in the popular vote, the Scottish National Party (SNP) lost their only seat.

Results

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Hamilton District Council election result 1992
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 15 2 2 Steady 75.0 52.2 15,271 Decrease 2.5
  Conservative 2 1 0 Increase 1 10.0 11.5 3,340 Increase 1.5
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 0 Steady 10.0 7.3 2,121 Decrease 0.5
  Independent Labour 1 1 1 Steady 5.0 5.5 1,634 Decrease 1.1
  SNP 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.0 22.8 6,651 Increase 2.9
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.5 199 New
  Scottish Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.4 99 New
  Democratic Left 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 57 New
Total 20 29,282

Source:[2][3]

Ward results

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Hillhouse

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Hillhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Newberry 562 67.8 Decrease 10.7
SNP T. Muir 264 31.8 Increase 13.7
Majority 298 36.0 Decrease 24.4
Turnout 826 24.7 Decrease 18.7
Registered electors 3,353
Labour hold Swing Decrease 12.2

Source:[2][3]

Udston

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Udston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Daisley 1,109 73.6 Decrease 0.6
SNP V. Dow 288 19.1 Decrease 6.3
Scottish Green J. Condron 99 6.6 New
Majority 821 54.5 Increase 5.7
Turnout 1,496 36.8 Decrease 12.6
Registered electors 4,094
Labour hold Swing Decrease 0.3

Source:[2][3]

Wellhall North

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Wellhall North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats I. Blackstock 1,038 59.4 Increase 23.1
Labour W. C. Agnew 508 29.1 Increase 8.0
Conservative D. Thomas 200 11.4 Increase 1.6
Majority 530 30.3 Increase 15.1
Turnout 1,746 39.1 Decrease 5.4
Registered electors 4,464
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase 7.5

Source:[2][3]

Central

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Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Murphy 570 38.5 Decrease 13.2
Conservative S. McHarg 484 32.7 Increase 4.9
SNP J. McGuigan 368 24.9 New
Democratic Left I. Donnely 57 3.9 New
Majority 86 5.8 Decrease 18.3
Turnout 1,479 33.5 Decrease 10.1
Registered electors 4,417
Labour hold Swing Decrease 9.0

Source:[2][3]

Burnbank

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Burnbank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Ward 940 77.3 Increase 19.6
Liberal Democrats J. Oswald 136 11.2 New
Conservative M. Murray 132 10.9 Increase 6.7
Majority 804 66.1 Increase 31.1
Turnout 1,208 32.3 Decrease 15.0
Registered electors 3,768
Labour hold Swing Increase 21.1

Source:[2][3]

Ferniegair

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Ferniegair
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. J. Mitchell 779 46.8 Increase 5.7
Labour M. A. Smith 532 32.0 Decrease 2.2
SNP G. Lloyd 353 21.2 Decrease 3.1
Majority 247 14.8 Increase 7.9
Turnout 1,664 41.2 Decrease 6.2
Registered electors 4,035
Conservative hold Swing Increase 3.9

Source:[2][3]

Fairhill

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Fairhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Walls 548 36.4 Decrease 28.4
Independent Labour N. Cochrane 495 32.8 New
SNP S. McCandless 344 22.8 Decrease 9.0
Independent J. Williamson 119 7.9 New
Majority 53 3.6 Decrease 27.4
Turnout 1,506 41.7 Decrease 6.8
Registered electors 3,618
Labour hold Swing Decrease 30.6

Source:[2][3]

Woodhead

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Woodhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Lowe 854 64.5 Decrease 8.8
SNP A. Rae 294 22.2 Decrease 4.1
Independent Labour J. Bain 172 13.0 New
Majority 560 42.3 Decrease 10.7
Turnout 1,320 31.1 Decrease 13.9
Registered electors 4,252
Labour hold Swing Decrease 5.9

Source:[2][3]

Low Waters

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Low Waters
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Irving 537 31.7 Increase 2.2
SNP N. Dear 523 30.8 Increase 2.1
Labour C. McFadden 385 22.7 Decrease 18.9
Independent Labour P. R. Grenfell 248 14.6 New
Majority 14 0.9 N/A
Turnout 1,693 42.9 Decrease 6.7
Registered electors 3,949
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase 1.1

Source:[2][3]

Cadzow

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Cadzow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. McKeown 919 51.0 Increase 5.2
SNP J. Smith 876 48.6 Increase 0.9
Majority 43 2.4 N/A
Turnout 1,795 44.5 Decrease 6.9
Registered electors 4,055
Labour gain from SNP Swing Increase 2.1

Source:[2][3]

Dalserf

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Dalserf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Ahmed 814 67.7 Increase 15.6
SNP I. McGowan 367 30.5 Increase 16.1
Majority 447 37.2 Increase 5.9
Turnout 1,181 35.7 Decrease 17.0
Registered electors 3,370
Labour hold Swing Increase 8.2

Source:[2][3]

Larkhall East

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Larkhall East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Ferguson 651 53.7 Decrease 4.6
SNP M. Miller 551 45.5 Increase 4.4
Majority 100 8.2 Decrease 9.0
Turnout 1,202 35.0 Decrease 11.6
Registered electors 3,466
Labour hold Swing Decrease 4.5

Source:[2][3]

Larkhall North

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Larkhall North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Ferguson 819 63.4 Decrease 2.8
SNP J. Meikle 459 35.5 Increase 2.7
Majority 360 27.9 Decrease 5.5
Turnout 1,278 33.1 Decrease 13.1
Registered electors 3,904
Labour hold Swing Decrease 2.7

Source:[2][3]

Larkhall South

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Larkhall South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Casserly 776 67.8 Decrease 4.8
SNP S. Clarkson 362 31.6 Increase 4.3
Majority 414 36.2 Decrease 9.1
Turnout 1,138 35.5 Decrease 15.2
Registered electors 3,225
Labour hold Swing Decrease 4.5

Source:[2][3]

Stonehouse

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Stonehouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Gibb 1,120 68.6 Increase 2.6
SNP G. Sutherland 502 30.7 Increase 17.3
Majority 618 37.9 Decrease 8.7
Turnout 1,622 39.4 Decrease 10.6
Registered electors 4,140
Labour hold Swing Increase 1.9

Source:[2][3]

Uddingston

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Uddingston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats T. Maxwell 947 50.2 Increase 0.7
Labour J. Keenan 617 32.7 Decrease 4.7
Conservative E. Montgomery 323 17.1 Increase 4.2
Majority 330 17.5 Increase 5.4
Turnout 1,887 44.7 Decrease 9.2
Registered electors 4,228
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase 0.3

Source:[2][3]

Bothwell

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Bothwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Rooney 920 50.7 Increase 9.5
Conservative I. S. MacAusline 885 48.8 Increase 33.5
Majority 35 1.9 Decrease 5.3
Turnout 1,805 37.8 Decrease 18.7
Registered electors 4,794
Labour hold Swing Increase 4.8

Source:[2][3]

High Blantyre

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High Blantyre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour J. Swinburne 719 45.6 Increase 20.2
Labour M. Martin 607 38.5 Decrease 19.5
SNP C. Sutherland 249 15.8 Decrease 0.6
Majority 112 7.1 N/A
Turnout 1,575 41.2 Decrease 12.3
Registered electors 3,826
Independent Labour gain from Labour Swing Increase 19.8

Source:[2][3]

Blantyre

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Blantyre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Handibode 995 70.3 Increase 34.2
SNP J. Pollock 409 28.9 New
Majority 586 41.4 N/A
Turnout 1,404 31.4 Decrease 19.2
Registered electors 4,511
Labour gain from Independent Labour Swing Increase 17.1

Source:[2][3]

Stonefield

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Stonefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. McGlynn 1,025 69.6 Decrease 7.4
SNP P. Stewart 442 30.0 Increase 7.3
Majority 583 39.6 Decrease 14.7
Turnout 1,467 34.4 Decrease 11.2
Registered electors 4,282
Labour hold Swing Decrease 7.3

Source:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1992). The Scottish Council Elections 1992: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. ISBN 1-869820-04-5. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1989). The Scottish District Elections 1988: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. ISBN 1-869820-02-9. Retrieved 29 December 2023.