1984 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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The 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]

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 1984^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	17	2	2	54.8	44.9	62,243	+5.2%
Conservative	12	2	2	38.7	38.6	53,537	-1.6%
Alliance	2	0	0	6.4	16.4	22,726	-3.6%
Communist	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	149	+0.1%
Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	90	+0.1%

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	44	44
	Labour	40	40
	Alliance	6	6
Total		90	90
Working majority		-2	-2

Ward results

Baildon ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	M. Atkinson	2,656	49.0	+9.2
	Conservative	C. Charlesworth	2,033	37.5	-8.2
	Labour	B. Hughes	731	13.5	-1.0
Majority			623	11.5	+5.5
Turnout			5,420
	Alliance hold		Swing	+8.7

Bingley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Booth	2,237	48.9	+1.3
	Labour	G. Carey	1,370	30.0	-4.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	N. Tregoning	966	21.1	+3.4
Majority			867	19.0	+6.0
Turnout			4,573
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

Bingley Rural ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Pettit	2,664	56.9	-5.3
	Labour	Y. Tough	1,102	23.5	+2.2
	Alliance (SDP)	F. Sunderland	915	19.5	+3.1
Majority			1,562	33.4	-7.5
Turnout			4,681
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.7

Bolton ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Gaunt	1,767	43.1	-1.9
	Labour	G. Mitchell	1,500	36.6	+1.4
	Alliance (SDP)	J. Minshull	831	20.3	+0.4
Majority			267	6.5	-3.3
Turnout			4,098
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-1.6

Bowling ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Coughlin	3,008	73.0	+11.0
	Conservative	B. Moore	1,111	27.0	+4.0
Majority			1,897	46.0	+7.0
Turnout			4,119
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

Bradford Moor ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Cannell	2,930	63.3	+0.4
	Labour	R. Bilheimer	2,835
	Conservative	P. Magson	1,204	26.0	+5.4
	Conservative	S. Newton	1,133
	Alliance (SDP)	C. Lee	498	10.7	-5.8
	Alliance (SDP)	W. Whitley	463
Majority			1,726	37.3	-5.0
Turnout			4,632
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.5

Clayton ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Sutcliffe	2,513	48.0	+8.3
	Conservative	E. Byrom	2,082	39.8	-7.2
	Alliance (SDP)	J. Brennan	635	12.1	-1.2
Majority			431	8.2	+1.0
Turnout			5,230
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.7

Craven ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Hoare	1,963	43.5	-3.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	G. Funnell	1,657	36.7	+3.4
	Labour	S. Best	893	19.8	+0.2
Majority			306	6.8	-7.0
Turnout			4,513
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.5

Eccleshill ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Dewhirst	2,013	46.1	+1.9
	Conservative	D. Hill	1,595	36.5	-0.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	J. Taylor	761	17.4	-1.5
Majority			418	9.6	+2.4
Turnout			4,369
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Great Horton ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Deeny	2,558	53.8	+4.6
	Conservative	R. Warren	1,734	36.5	-3.8
	Alliance (SDP)	R. Haines	458	9.6	-0.8
Majority			824	17.3	+8.5
Turnout			4,750
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.2

Heaton ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. King	2,930	60.0	+9.8
	Labour	S. Khokhar	1,398	28.6	+0.5
	Alliance (SDP)	M. Khan	555	11.4	-10.3
Majority			1,532	31.4	+9.3
Turnout			4,883
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Idle ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	D. Ward	1,664	36.3	+4.5
	Conservative	H. Lycett	1,490	32.5	+0.3
	Labour	G. Porter	1,429	31.2	-4.9
Majority			174	3.8	-0.0
Turnout			4,583
	Alliance hold		Swing	+2.1

Ilkley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Blann	2,445	53.2	-10.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	S. Moorhouse	1,706	37.1	+11.6
	Labour	S. Tatham	447	9.7	-0.9
Majority			739	16.1	-22.3
Turnout			4,598
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.1

Keighley North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Flanagan	2,319	47.0	+11.2
	Conservative	P. Gilmour	1,981	40.2	+2.6
	Alliance (SDP)	T. Figgess	633	12.8	-13.9
Majority			338	6.8	+5.1
Turnout			4,933
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.3

Keighley South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Ryan	2,631	66.1	+4.6
	Conservative	D. Lynas	834	20.9	-0.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	B. Salmons	516	13.0	-4.3
Majority			1,797	45.1	+4.9
Turnout			3,981
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Keighley West ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Bowen	2,584	52.3	+1.4
	Conservative	T. Whitley	1,635	33.1	-2.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	R. Quayle	722	14.6	+1.1
Majority			949	19.2	+3.8
Turnout			4,941
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

Little Horton ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Cairns	2,733	71.3	+16.8
	Conservative	G. Johnson	743	19.4	+0.1
	Alliance (SDP)	M. Afzal	357	9.3	-16.9
Majority			1,990	51.9	+23.7
Turnout			3,833
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.3

Odsal ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Bentley	2,398	50.4	+4.3
	Conservative	J. Sizer	1,525	32.0	-6.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	K. Reynolds	838	17.6	+2.3
Majority			873	18.3	+11.0
Turnout			4,761
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.5

Queensbury ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Cookland	2,361	44.5	-1.1
	Labour	G. Foster	2,242	42.3	+3.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	C. Best	701	13.2	-2.2
Majority			119	2.2	-4.4
Turnout			5,304
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.2

Rombalds ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Clavering	2,834	56.3	-1.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	C. Svensgaard	1,236	24.5	-4.7
	Labour	J. Grogan	964	19.1	+6.5
Majority			1,598	31.7	+2.9
Turnout			5,034
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

Shipley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Free	2,219	57.2	+2.9
	Conservative	B. Larkin	1,071	27.6	-1.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	I. Horner	590	15.2	-1.3
Majority			1,148	29.6	+4.5
Turnout			3,880
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.2

Shipley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Messer	2,747	50.1	-5.2
	Labour	C. Butler	1,950	35.6	+10.7
	Alliance (SDP)	M. Pollard	781	14.3	-2.5
Majority			797	14.5	-15.9
Turnout			5,478
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.9

Thornton ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Townsend	1,960	45.2	-5.4
	Labour	R. Swindells	1,909	44.0	+11.2
	Alliance (Liberal)	S. Whitehead	469	10.8	-5.8
Majority			51	1.2	-16.6
Turnout			4,338
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-8.3

Toller ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Goldberg	2,651	49.1	+8.7
	Conservative	V. Holdsworth	2,129	39.4	-2.0
	Alliance (SDP)	H. Rashid	623	11.5	-6.7
Majority			522	9.7	+8.6
Turnout			5,403
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.3

Tong ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Senior	2,936	80.1	+13.0
	Conservative	H. Thorne	730	19.9	-0.9
Majority			2,206	60.2	+13.8
Turnout			3,666
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

Undercliffe ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Goodyear	2,559	57.8	+6.4
	Conservative	H. Ibbotson	1,380	31.1	-3.2
	Alliance (SDP)	M. Attenborough	491	11.1	-3.1
Majority			1,179	26.6	+9.6
Turnout			4,430
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

University ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Ajeeb	4,321	78.0	+14.5
	Conservative	J. Orpwood	720	13.0	+1.1
	Alliance (SDP)	G. Telfer	346	6.2	-16.9
	Communist	J. Baruch	149	2.7	+1.3
Majority			3,601	65.0	+24.6
Turnout			5,536
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.7

Wibsey ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Hillam	2,205	51.3	+8.1
	Labour	R. Kubicsek	2,001	46.6	+5.8
	Workers Revolutionary	E. McEvoy	90	2.1	+2.1
Majority			204	4.7	+2.3
Turnout			4,296
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

Worth Valley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Hodgson	2,224	53.7	-2.7
	Labour	B. Brown	1,527	36.9	+7.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	R. Taylor	390	9.4	-5.2
Majority			697	16.8	-10.5
Turnout			4,141
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.2

Wyke ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Kearns	2,407	55.4	+8.3
	Conservative	D. Owen	1,203	27.7	-6.0
	Alliance (SDP)	J. Ryan	731	16.8	-2.4
Majority			1,204	27.7	+14.3
Turnout			4,341
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1

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1984 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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