1984 Manchester City Council election

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Elections to Manchester 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]

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Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1984
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2970+782.857.075,337+5.4%
  Conservative 408-811.427.236,027-3.9%
  Alliance 210+15.715.420,443-1.7%
  National Front 00000.00.1163+0.0%
  Independent 00000.00.1156+0.1%
  Communist 00000.00.193-0.0%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour 79+7
Conservative 14-8
Alliance 6+1
Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Dale*1,95676.5+0.9
Conservative Stephen Lundy40815.9+0.4
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance Jeffrey Burton50811.4−0.7
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance John Commons75214.7−1.4
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance Simon Lewis2027.3−4.6
Majority1,90668.5+6.1
Turnout 2,782
Labour hold Swing +3.0

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance 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
Alliance hold Swing +1.6

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Kelly*2,57656.0+2.7
Conservative Gwendoline Hurley1,55633.8−1.4
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance Muriel James69615.8−0.3
Majority300.7−7.3
Turnout 4,406
Conservative hold Swing -3.6

Withington

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance 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
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing -9.2

Woodhouse Park

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

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References

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