1984 Manchester City Council election

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1984 Manchester City Council election
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←  1983 3 May 1984 (1984-05-03) 1986  →
35 of 99 seats
to Manchester City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Bill Egerton Harold Tucker David Sandiford
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Leader's seat Beswick & Clayton Barlow Moor Withington
Last election27 seats,
51.6%		4 seats,
31.1%		2 seats,
17.1%
Seats before72225
Seats won2942
Seats after79146
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg8Increase2.svg1
Popular vote75,33736,02720,443
Percentage57.0%27.2%15.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg5.4%Decrease2.svg3.9%Decrease2.svg1.7%
Manchester 1984.png
Map of results of 1984 election
Leader of the Council before election

Bill Egerton
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Bill Egerton
Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 3 May 1984. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1988. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Labour Party 75,337 (57.0%)
Increase2.svg 5.429 (82.9%)
29 / 35
Increase2.svg 779 (79.8%)
79 / 99
Conservative Party 36,027 (27.2%)
Decrease2.svg 3.94 (11.4%)
4 / 35
Decrease2.svg 814 (14.1%)
14 / 99
Alliance 20,443 (15.4%)
Decrease2.svg 1.72 (5.7%)
2 / 35
Increase2.svg 16 (6.1%)
6 / 99
National Front 163 (0.1%)
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent 156 (0.1%)
Increase2.svg 0.10 (0.0%)
0 / 35
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Communist 93 (0.1%)
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
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Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Dale*1,95676.5+0.9
Conservative Stephen Lundy40815.9+0.4
Liberal Norman Allen1947.6−1.2
Majority1,54860.5+0.4
Turnout 2,558
Labour hold Swing +0.2

Baguley

Baguley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Burns*2,63166.6+4.3
Conservative Christopher Ennis99325.1−3.3
Liberal Georgina Hall3288.3−0.9
Majority1,63841.4+7.5
Turnout 3,952
Labour hold Swing +3.8

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Johnston2,00446.5+0.9
Conservative Henry Moore*1,50334.9−3.3
SDP Simon Gluck79918.6+2.4
Majority50111.6+4.1
Turnout 4,306
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.1

Benchill

Benchill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Veronica Myers*2,14775.7+3.6
Conservative Gladys Parry42515.0−0.5
Liberal Gilbert Stacey2649.3−3.1
Majority1,72260.7+4.1
Turnout 2,836
Labour hold Swing +2.0

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Flanagan*2,43276.2+7.3
Conservative David Eager54317.0−5.0
SDP Angus Bateman1484.6−2.1
National Front Alfred Coles682.1−0.2
Majority1,88959.2+12.2
Turnout 3,191
Labour hold Swing +6.1

Blackley

Blackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eddie Newman*2,52266.2+4.2
Conservative Y. Whitehurst90423.7−4.9
Liberal L. Gordon38610.1+0.7
Majority1,61842.4+9.0
Turnout 3,812
Labour hold Swing +4.5

Bradford

Bradford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. Heald2,45579.3+6.5
Conservative M. Payne40213.0−4.9
Liberal S. Donnelly2377.7−1.6
Majority2,05366.4+11.6
Turnout 3,094
Labour hold Swing +5.7

Brooklands

Brooklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Broderick2,18849.3+6.9
Labour Paul Clarke2,119
Conservative J. Graham1,74139.2−6.3
Conservative Arthur O'Connor*1,729
SDP Jeffrey Burton50811.4−0.7
SDP Peter Thompson464
Majority37810.1+6.9
Turnout 8,749
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.6

Burnage

Burnage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Clegg2,41848.9+4.8
Conservative Ronald Nicholson1,84737.4−3.4
SDP Kenneth McKeon67813.7−1.4
Majority57111.6+8.3
Turnout 4,943
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.1

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Conquest*1,85282.1+5.4
Conservative C. Lundy29713.2+0.8
SDP Muhammad Qureshi1064.7−6.1
Majority1,55569.0+4.7
Turnout 2,255
Labour hold Swing +2.3

Charlestown

Charlestown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Ford*2,53759.4+6.9
Conservative M. Jones1,25229.3−2.0
SDP Teresa Lyons47911.2−5.0
Majority1,28530.1+8.9
Turnout 4,268
Labour hold Swing +4.4

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. McCardell2,56068.0+1.3
SDP K. Evans86322.9+4.0
Conservative P. Martyniuk3449.1−5.3
Majority1,69745.0−2.8
Turnout 3,767
Labour hold Swing -1.3

Chorlton

Chorlton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Walker2,16742.3−4.5
Conservative Margaret Davies2,149
Labour W. Courtney2,10441.1+4.6
Labour Richard Reddington1,906
Liberal John Commons75214.7−1.4
Liberal Margaret Boyle708
Communist Michael Waterfield931.8+1.1
Majority451.2−9.8
Turnout 9,879
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -4.5

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Leese 2,09049.4+5.1
Conservative Frederick Lever*1,64038.8−4.3
Liberal H. Showman50111.8−0.9
Majority45010.6+9.4
Turnout 4,231
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.7

Didsbury

Didsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Duke*2,54348.5−3.8
Labour R. Whyte1,52129.0+8.0
SDP John Whitman1,18122.5−4.2
Majority1,02219.5−6.2
Turnout 5,245
Conservative hold Swing -5.9

Fallowfield

Fallowfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rhona Graham2,12254.0+5.9
Conservative George Taylor1,36834.8−3.5
SDP George Nevins43911.2−2.3
Majority75419.2+9.4
Turnout 3,929
Labour hold Swing +4.7

Gorton North

Gorton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hamnett*2,86868.9+14.3
Conservative Christopher McGregor95723.0−2.9
SDP S. Muir3388.1−11.4
Majority1,91145.9+17.2
Turnout 4,163
Labour hold Swing +8.6

Gorton South

Gorton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour N. Litherland2,52263.8+11.5
Liberal Dorothy Bell82520.9−9.0
Conservative N. Dentith60915.4−2.4
Majority1,69742.9+20.4
Turnout 3,956
Labour hold Swing 10.2

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Stringer*1,98568.3+9.8
Conservative W. Smith51117.6−7.2
SDP Gerald Landsman41114.1−2.6
Majority1,47450.7+17.0
Turnout 2,907
Labour hold Swing 8.5

Hulme

Hulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Dunn*2,24380.6+5.3
Conservative R. Lamptey33712.1−0.7
Liberal Simon Lewis2027.3−4.6
Majority1,90668.5+6.1
Turnout 2,782
Labour hold Swing +3.0

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Janet Blessing*2,40446.1+8.3
Labour John Rimington1,89736.3+5.0
Conservative Gerald Carey91817.6−13.3
Majority5079.7+3.2
Turnout 5,219
Liberal hold Swing +1.6

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Kelly*2,57656.0+2.7
Conservative Gwendoline Hurley1,55633.8−1.4
Liberal John Cookson47110.2−1.3
Majority1,02022.2+4.1
Turnout 4,603
Labour hold Swing +2.0

Longsight

Longsight
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kathleen Robinson*2,62264.2+8.7
SDP Altaf Ahmed81319.9−4.3
Conservative B. Carey57914.2−4.6
Independent M. Amin691.7+1.7
Majority1,80944.3+13.0
Turnout 4,083
Labour hold Swing +6.5

Moss Side

Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Spencer*2,76478.4+6.1
Conservative Grant Higginson49514.0−4.2
Liberal Delsya Redford2657.5−2.0
Majority2,26964.4+10.3
Turnout 3,524
Labour hold Swing +5.1

Moston

Moston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leonard Kelly2,47153.6+4.0
Conservative Kenneth Goulding*1,66136.0−3.0
Liberal Martin Gradwell47610.3−1.0
Majority81017.6+7.0
Turnout 4,608
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.5

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith*2,29373.4+6.2
Conservative R. Driver53517.1−6.7
Liberal M. Clune2036.5−1.3
National Front Bryan Nylan953.0+1.8
Majority1,75856.2+12.8
Turnout 3,126
Labour hold Swing +6.4

Northenden

Northenden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Brown*2,52954.6+10.2
Conservative George Leigh1,66235.9−5.9
SDP L. Shields4449.6−4.2
Majority86718.7+16.1
Turnout 4,635
Labour hold Swing +8.0

Old Moat

Old Moat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Harrison2,73252.6+4.3
Conservative Gerard Fitzsimons*1,79734.6−2.2
Liberal Richard Clayton66412.8−2.1
Majority93518.0+6.4
Turnout 5,193
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.2

Rusholme

Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Nicholson*2,12548.1+1.2
Liberal Guy Goodman1,52534.5+10.4
Conservative S. Denney68515.5−12.2
Independent S. Shah872.0+2.0
Majority60013.6−5.6
Turnout 4,422
Labour hold Swing -4.6

Sharston

Sharston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevan Lim*2,21353.0+6.6
Conservative A. Kenyon1,36232.6+1.4
Liberal Herbert Griffiths59814.3−7.6
Majority85120.4+5.2
Turnout 4,173
Labour hold Swing +2.6

Whalley Range

Whalley Range
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine McQuade1,87042.4−3.5
Labour Roy Walters1,84041.8+3.8
SDP Muriel James69615.8−0.3
Majority300.7−7.3
Turnout 4,406
Conservative hold Swing -3.6

Withington

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal A. Firth1,94036.3−5.7
Labour Graham Martin1,84534.5+12.8
Conservative Joan Jacobs*1,56629.3−7.0
Majority951.8−3.9
Turnout 5,351
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing -9.2

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Ainsworth2,27372.7+12.4
Conservative P. Champion55017.6−3.4
SDP Eileen Wildman3059.8−8.9
Majority1,72355.1+15.7
Turnout 3,128
Labour hold Swing +7.9

References

  1. ↑ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
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