Elections to Hamilton District Council were held on 3 May 1984, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the fourth election to the district council following the local government reforms in the 1970s.

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1984 Hamilton District Council election

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All 20 seats to Hamilton District Council 11 seats needed for a majority
Registered	79,126
Turnout	45.2%
First party Second party Third party   Lab Lib Con Party Labour Liberal Conservative Last election 17 seats, 56.5% 2 seats, 10.3% 1 seats, 22.0% Seats won 17 2 1 Seat change Popular vote 21,839 4,602 3,600 Percentage 64.9% 13.6% 10.7% Swing 8.4 3.3 11.3
Council Leader before election Labour Council Leader after election Labour

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The election was the first to use the 20 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.^[1]

Labour maintained control of the district council after winning 17 of the 20 seats and taking almost two-thirds of the popular vote. The Liberal Party – who had contested the election in an electoral alliance with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) – won two seats and the remaining seat was won by the Conservatives. The election resulted in the same political composition as the previous election.

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1984 Hamilton District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	17	1	1		85.0	64.9	21,839	8.4
	Liberal	2	0	0		10.0	13.6	4,602	3.3
	Conservative	1	1	1		5.0	10.7	3,600	11.3
	SNP	0	0	0		0.0	8.0	2,708	0.3
	SDP	0	0	0		0.0	2.6	908	New
Total		20						33,657

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