1984 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election

The 1984 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1984 to elect members of North Bedfordshire Borough Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1984 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	8	1	42.1	23	31	58.5	12,155	36.9	–6.0
	Labour	5	2	26.3	6	11	20.8	10,114	30.7	+1.0
	Alliance	4		21.1	5	9	17.0	6,805	20.7	–3.7
	Liberal	1	1	5.3	0	1	1.9	2,317	7.0	N/A
	Independent	1	2	5.3	0	1	1.9	1,114	3.4	+0.5
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	341	1.0	N/A
	Communist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	58	0.2	+0.1
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	49	0.1	N/A

Ward Results

Brickhill

Brickhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Semark*	1,186	43.0	−4.5
	Liberal	C. Green	1,083	39.2	+10.4
	SDP	N. Hills	247	8.9	−19.9
	Labour	M. Hubbard	245	8.9	−5.6
Turnout			2,761	46.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bromham

Bromham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Bates*	1,216	78.2	+19.3
	Alliance	E. Macrae	184	11.8	−24.0
	Labour	G. Blowers	154	9.9	−6.8
Turnout			1,554	40.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlton

Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	V. Brandon*	Unopposed	N/A	−61.2
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Keeling	898	42.4	−0.1
	Labour	E. Grugeon	855	40.3	+12.0
	Alliance	R. O'Keefe	317	15.0	−6.5
	Ecology	G. Hume	49	2.3	N/A
Turnout			2,119	48.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cauldwell

Cauldwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Elford*	1,479	69.8	+10.0
	Conservative	R. Whatton	363	17.1	−3.5
	Alliance	T. Kirby	219	10.3	−1.7
	Communist	C. McCarthy	58	2.7	+0.6
Turnout			2,119	37.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham

Clapham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	D. Osborne*	877	59.5	+24.9
	Conservative	W. Martin	309	20.9	+6.7
	Labour	E. Johnson	289	19.6	+2.8
Turnout			1,475	49.8
	Alliance hold		Swing

De Parys

De Parys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Watkins*	984	49.0	−6.3
	Alliance	J. Struthers	668	33.3	+5.5
	Labour	Y. Anderson	357	17.8	+1.7
Turnout			2,009	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastcotts

Eastcotts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	V. Fattorusso	500	54.6	+5.5
	Conservative	G. Russell	416	45.4	+3.3
Turnout			916	46.2
	Alliance hold		Swing

Goldington

Goldington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	S. Hickman*	1,024	48.1	+2.7
	Labour	J. Loxley	771	36.2	+5.7
	Conservative	D. Davis	333	15.6	−5.4
Turnout			2,128	38.9
	Alliance hold		Swing

Harpur

Harpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Temperley*	862	50.5	+3.0
	Labour	B. Anderson	678	39.7	+12.0
	Alliance	M. Waters	167	9.8	−1.6
Turnout			1,707	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempston East

Kempston East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Lewis	1,008	47.4	+13.2
	Conservative	G. Gilbert*	833	39.1	−5.7
	Alliance	J. Brockett	287	13.5	+1.2
Turnout			2,128	34.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kempston West

Kempston West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Stupple*	782	43.5	+2.8
	Labour	D. Ayris	763	42.5	+2.1
	Alliance	P. Smith	317	14.0	−3.5
Turnout			1,797	33.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Luder*	1,066	48.0	+7.5
	Alliance	M. Nesbitt	892	40.2	+6.5
	Conservative	M. Williams	262	11.8	−5.2
Turnout			2,220	42.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	A. Lennon*	914	48.6	+9.1
	Conservative	R. Norbury	645	34.3	−4.2
	Labour	H. Mitchell	323	17.2	+2.0
Turnout			1,882	48.9
	Alliance hold		Swing

Putnoe

Putnoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. Christie	1,234	48.9	+5.2
	Conservative	J. Moore*	1,024	40.6	−3.3
	Labour	C. Loxley	170	6.7	−0.2
	SDP	S. Wilson	94	3.7	N/A
Turnout			2,522	46.2
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Queen's Park

Queen's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Cotter*	1,398	67.7	+13.8
	Conservative	S. Singh	461	22.3	−5.7
	Alliance	G. Davis-Cooke	205	9.9	+3.2
Turnout			2,064	39.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Roxton

Roxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Dewar	416	54.7	N/A
	Independent	W. Cutts	235	30.9	N/A
	Alliance	I. Sears	110	14.5	−1.7
Turnout			761	44.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Wootton

Wootton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Bruce*	691	36.2	+0.1
	Labour	B. Keens	558	29.2	+14.0
	Conservative	J. Tait	474	24.8	N/A
	Independent	S. Sanders	472	24.7	N/A
	Independent	P. Quirk	407	21.3	−1.8
	Alliance	A. Riley	189	9.9	+4.2
Turnout			1,911	56.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 12 February 2023.