1984 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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Map of the results for the 1984 Bradford council election. Bradford UK local election 1984 map.png
Map of the results for the 1984 Bradford council election.

The 1984 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 3 May 1984, with one third of the council and an extra vacancy in Bradford Moor to be elected. The council remained under no overall control. [1] [2]

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Election result

Bradford local election result 1984 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1722054.844.962,243+5.2
  Conservative 1222038.738.653,537-1.6
  Alliance 20006.416.422,726-3.6
  Communist 00000.00.1149+0.1
  Workers Revolutionary 00000.00.190+0.1

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Conservatives4444
Labour4040
Alliance66
Total9090
Working majority -2  -2 

Ward results

Baildon [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)M. Atkinson2,65649.0+9.2
Conservative C. Charlesworth2,03337.5−8.2
Labour B. Hughes73113.5−1.0
Majority 62311.5+5.5
Turnout 5,420
Alliance hold Swing +8.7
Bingley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Booth2,23748.9+1.3
Labour G. Carey1,37030.0−4.7
Alliance (Liberal)N. Tregoning96621.1+3.4
Majority 86719.0+6.0
Turnout 4,573
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
Bingley Rural [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P. Pettit2,66456.9−5.3
Labour Y. Tough1,10223.5+2.2
Alliance (SDP)F. Sunderland91519.5+3.1
Majority 1,56233.4−7.5
Turnout 4,681
Conservative hold Swing -3.7
Bolton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Gaunt1,76743.1−1.9
Labour G. Mitchell1,50036.6+1.4
Alliance (SDP)J. Minshull83120.3+0.4
Majority 2676.5−3.3
Turnout 4,098
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -1.6
Bowling [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Coughlin3,00873.0+11.0
Conservative B. Moore1,11127.0+4.0
Majority 1,89746.0+7.0
Turnout 4,119
Labour hold Swing +3.5
Bradford Moor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Cannell2,93063.3+0.4
Labour R. Bilheimer2,835
Conservative P. Magson1,20426.0+5.4
Conservative S. Newton1,133
Alliance (SDP)C. Lee49810.7−5.8
Alliance (SDP)W. Whitley463
Majority 1,72637.3−5.0
Turnout 4,632
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -2.5
Clayton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Sutcliffe 2,51348.0+8.3
Conservative E. Byrom2,08239.8−7.2
Alliance (SDP)J. Brennan63512.1−1.2
Majority 4318.2+1.0
Turnout 5,230
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.7
Craven [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Hoare1,96343.5−3.6
Alliance (Liberal)G. Funnell1,65736.7+3.4
Labour S. Best89319.8+0.2
Majority 3066.8−7.0
Turnout 4,513
Conservative hold Swing -3.5
Eccleshill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Dewhirst2,01346.1+1.9
Conservative D. Hill1,59536.5−0.5
Alliance (Liberal)J. Taylor76117.4−1.5
Majority 4189.6+2.4
Turnout 4,369
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Great Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Deeny2,55853.8+4.6
Conservative R. Warren1,73436.5−3.8
Alliance (SDP)R. Haines4589.6−0.8
Majority 82417.3+8.5
Turnout 4,750
Labour hold Swing +4.2
Heaton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. King2,93060.0+9.8
Labour S. Khokhar1,39828.6+0.5
Alliance (SDP)M. Khan55511.4−10.3
Majority 1,53231.4+9.3
Turnout 4,883
Conservative hold Swing +4.6
Idle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)D. Ward1,66436.3+4.5
Conservative H. Lycett1,49032.5+0.3
Labour G. Porter1,42931.2−4.9
Majority 1743.8−0.0
Turnout 4,583
Alliance hold Swing +2.1
Ilkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Blann2,44553.2−10.7
Alliance (Liberal)S. Moorhouse1,70637.1+11.6
Labour S. Tatham4479.7−0.9
Majority 73916.1−22.3
Turnout 4,598
Conservative hold Swing -11.1
Keighley North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Flanagan2,31947.0+11.2
Conservative P. Gilmour1,98140.2+2.6
Alliance (SDP)T. Figgess63312.8−13.9
Majority 3386.8+5.1
Turnout 4,933
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.3
Keighley South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Ryan2,63166.1+4.6
Conservative D. Lynas83420.9−0.3
Alliance (Liberal)B. Salmons51613.0−4.3
Majority 1,79745.1+4.9
Turnout 3,981
Labour hold Swing +2.4
Keighley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. Bowen2,58452.3+1.4
Conservative T. Whitley1,63533.1−2.4
Alliance (Liberal)R. Quayle72214.6+1.1
Majority 94919.2+3.8
Turnout 4,941
Labour hold Swing +1.9
Little Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Cairns2,73371.3+16.8
Conservative G. Johnson74319.4+0.1
Alliance (SDP)M. Afzal3579.3−16.9
Majority 1,99051.9+23.7
Turnout 3,833
Labour hold Swing +8.3
Odsal [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Bentley2,39850.4+4.3
Conservative J. Sizer1,52532.0−6.7
Alliance (Liberal)K. Reynolds83817.6+2.3
Majority 87318.3+11.0
Turnout 4,761
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Queensbury [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative I. Cookland2,36144.5−1.1
Labour G. Foster2,24242.3+3.3
Alliance (Liberal)C. Best70113.2−2.2
Majority 1192.2−4.4
Turnout 5,304
Conservative hold Swing -2.2
Rombalds [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Clavering2,83456.3−1.8
Alliance (Liberal)C. Svensgaard1,23624.5−4.7
Labour J. Grogan96419.1+6.5
Majority 1,59831.7+2.9
Turnout 5,034
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
Shipley East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour N. Free2,21957.2+2.9
Conservative B. Larkin1,07127.6−1.6
Alliance (Liberal)I. Horner59015.2−1.3
Majority 1,14829.6+4.5
Turnout 3,880
Labour hold Swing +2.2
Shipley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative O. Messer2,74750.1−5.2
Labour C. Butler1,95035.6+10.7
Alliance (SDP)M. Pollard78114.3−2.5
Majority 79714.5−15.9
Turnout 5,478
Conservative hold Swing -7.9
Thornton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Townsend1,96045.2−5.4
Labour R. Swindells1,90944.0+11.2
Alliance (Liberal)S. Whitehead46910.8−5.8
Majority 511.2−16.6
Turnout 4,338
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -8.3
Toller [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Goldberg2,65149.1+8.7
Conservative V. Holdsworth2,12939.4−2.0
Alliance (SDP)H. Rashid62311.5−6.7
Majority 5229.7+8.6
Turnout 5,403
Labour hold Swing +5.3
Tong [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Senior2,93680.1+13.0
Conservative H. Thorne73019.9−0.9
Majority 2,20660.2+13.8
Turnout 3,666
Labour hold Swing +6.9
Undercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Goodyear2,55957.8+6.4
Conservative H. Ibbotson1,38031.1−3.2
Alliance (SDP)M. Attenborough49111.1−3.1
Majority 1,17926.6+9.6
Turnout 4,430
Labour hold Swing +4.8
University [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Ajeeb4,32178.0+14.5
Conservative J. Orpwood72013.0+1.1
Alliance (SDP)G. Telfer3466.2−16.9
Communist J. Baruch1492.7+1.3
Majority 3,60165.0+24.6
Turnout 5,536
Labour hold Swing +6.7
Wibsey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Hillam2,20551.3+8.1
Labour R. Kubicsek2,00146.6+5.8
Workers Revolutionary E. McEvoy902.1+2.1
Majority 2044.7+2.3
Turnout 4,296
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
Worth Valley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Hodgson2,22453.7−2.7
Labour B. Brown1,52736.9+7.8
Alliance (Liberal)R. Taylor3909.4−5.2
Majority 69716.8−10.5
Turnout 4,141
Conservative hold Swing -5.2
Wyke [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Kearns2,40755.4+8.3
Conservative D. Owen1,20327.7−6.0
Alliance (SDP)J. Ryan73116.8−2.4
Majority 1,20427.7+14.3
Turnout 4,341
Labour hold Swing +7.1

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "District results: Bradford". The Yorkshire Post . 4 May 1984.
  2. ↑ "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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