1984 York City Council election

1984 York City Council election
15 out of 45 seats to York City Council ; 23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	44.9% (3.6%)
	Winner of each seat at the 1984 York City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election; ; No overall control

Last updated May 27, 2024

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

Summary

Election result

1984 York City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	9	2	60.0	10	19	42.2	14,558	40.8	+5.5
	Conservative	4		26.7	14	18	40.0	12,696	35.5	–1.8
	Alliance	2	2	13.3	6	8	17.8	8,461	23.7	–3.6

Ward results

Acomb

Acomb
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Witcombe	974	36.0	–6.4
	Labour	B. Watson	966	35.7	+0.7
	Alliance	L. Marsh	768	28.4	+5.8
Majority			8	0.3	–7.1
Turnout			2,708	51.0	+2.0
Registered electors			5,307
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	5.6

Beckfield

Beckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Pulleyn	907	36.5	+12.8
	Conservative	D. Evans	906	36.4	–3.0
	Alliance	C. Sherrard	674	27.1	–9.8
Majority			1	0.0	N/A
Turnout			2,487	46.2	–0.8
Registered electors			5,379
	Labour gain from Alliance		Swing	7.9

Bishophill

Bishophill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Edwards*	1,046	43.9	+3.8
	Conservative	C. Greaves	804	33.8	–2.1
	Alliance	J. Ives	531	22.3	–1.7
Majority			242	10.2	+6.0
Turnout			2,381	50.6	–1.1
Registered electors			4,709
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

Bootham

Bootham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Hills*	1,333	65.5	–1.0
	Conservative	A. Reeson	538	26.5	–1.3
	Alliance	H. Jarvis	163	8.0	+2.3
Majority			795	39.1	+0.4
Turnout			2,034	38.9	–3.1
Registered electors			5,231
	Labour hold		Swing	0.2

Clifton

Clifton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Whitehead	1,104	45.1	–2.7
	Conservative	D. Metcalfe	988	40.3	+1.9
	Alliance	S. Gildener	358	14.6	+2.0
Majority			116	4.7	–4.7
Turnout			2,450	45.2	–2.3
Registered electors			5,405
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

Fishergate

Fishergate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Long*	1,069	47.3	–1.7
	Labour	D. Smallwood	890	39.3	+6.8
	Alliance	M. Lapper	303	13.4	–5.1
Majority			179	7.9	–8.6
Turnout			2,262	42.0	–4.7
Registered electors			5,383
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.3

Foxwood

Foxwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	D. Horwell*	1,574	60.4	–4.9
	Conservative	K. Cox	525	20.1	–2.0
	Labour	M. McCarthy	508	19.5	+7.0
Majority			1,049	40.2	–3.0
Turnout			2,607	41.3	–8.7
Registered electors			6,307
	Alliance hold		Swing	1.5

Guildhall

Guildhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Morrison	1,094	47.4	+8.3
	Conservative	D. Nicholson*	865	37.5	–1.2
	Alliance	A. Feinstein	347	15.0	–7.2
Majority			229	9.9	+9.5
Turnout			2,306	43.6	+1.6
Registered electors			5,292
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	4.8

Heworth

Heworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Waite*	1,097	41.6	+9.6
	Conservative	E. Walden	883	33.5	–5.4
	Alliance	J. Morley	658	24.9	–4.2
Majority			214	8.1	N/A
Turnout			2,638	48.5	+1.0
Registered electors			5,329
	Labour hold		Swing	7.5

Holgate

Holgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Parlabeam	1,152	48.3	+4.1
	Conservative	L. Daley	938	39.3	–0.3
	Alliance	K. Harper	296	12.4	–3.8
Majority			214	9.0	+4.4
Turnout			2,386	44.8	–2.7
Registered electors			5,329
	Labour hold		Swing	2.2

Knavesmire

Knavesmire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Fletcher	1,063	44.6	+14.7
	Conservative	D. Dawson	916	38.4	+1.5
	Alliance	D. Lickley	407	17.1	–16.1
Majority			147	6.2	N/A
Turnout			2,386	47.3	–5.6
Registered electors			5,049
	Labour gain from Alliance		Swing	6.6

Micklegate

Micklegate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Milling	1,180	48.9	–5.3
	Labour	W. Atkinson	832	34.5	+5.5
	Alliance	V. Campbell	401	16.6	–0.2
Majority			348	14.4	–10.7
Turnout			2,413	45.9	–6.5
Registered electors			5,256
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.4

Monk

Monk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Heppell*	1,126	47.4	–0.5
	Labour	C. Adams	662	27.9	+1.7
	Alliance	A. Jones	587	24.7	–1.1
Majority			464	19.5	–2.2
Turnout			2,375	45.6	–6.3
Registered electors			5,206
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

Walmgate

Walmgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Bell*	1,036	54.0	–1.2
	Conservative	M. Bulmer	629	32.8	–0.4
	Alliance	D. Wilson	253	13.2	+1.6
Majority			407	21.2	–0.9
Turnout			1,918	36.3	–6.8
Registered electors			5,286
	Labour hold		Swing	0.4

Westfield

Westfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	G. Robinson	1,141	48.3	–10.3
	Labour	D. Horton	868	36.7	+8.9
	Conservative	J. Fitzgerald	355	15.0	+1.4
Majority			273	11.5	–19.4
Turnout			2,364	47.4	–2.1
Registered electors			4,988
	Alliance hold		Swing	9.6

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manuel Esquivel</span> Belizean politician (1940–2022)

Sir Manuel Amadeo Esquivel was a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as the second prime minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. His party's victory in 1984 was the first time an opposition party had won a general election in Belize.

The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an upper-tier level of municipal government in Ontario, Canada, from 1953 to 1998. It was made up of the old city of Toronto and numerous townships, towns and villages that surrounded Toronto, which were starting to urbanize rapidly after World War II. It was commonly referred to as "Metro Toronto" or "Metro".

The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs.

Derby City Council elections are held every four years to elect members of Derby City Council, the local authority for the unitary authority of Derby in Derbyshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 51 councillors have been elected from 18 wards. Prior to 2023 elections were held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time.

Elections to City of York Council were held on 6 May 1999. All 53 council seats in the city were up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

Elections to City of York Council were held in 2003. The whole council was up for election. Boundary changes had reduced the number of seats from 53 to 47.

Local elections for City of York Council were held on Thursday 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election. Of the 47 seats contested, the Liberal Democrats won 19 seats, Labour won 18 seats, Conservatives won eight seats and the Green Party won two seats. The election saw York's ruling Liberal Democrats lose ten seats and overall control of the council.

City of York Council is the local authority for York, in Yorkshire, England. York has had a city council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1996 the council has been a unitary authority, performing both district-level and county-level functions. It is composed of 47 councillors and has been under Labour majority control since 2023. The council is based at West Offices on Station Rise. The council is a constituent member of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Elections to City of York Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election. The vote took place alongside the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum.

The Boston mayoral election of 1993 occurred on Tuesday, November 2, 1993, between Acting Mayor Thomas Menino and State Representative James T. Brett. Menino was elected to his first term.

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1984. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party retained overall control of the council.

The 2015 City of York Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of City of York Council in England. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was substantially up across the city due to the election being held on the same day as the general election and other local elections in England.

Elections to the new City of York unitary authority were held on 4 May 1995, although the new unitary authority wasn't officially created until April 1996. All 53 council seats in the city were up for election and the Labour Party won overall control of the council.

The Boston mayoral election of 1997 occurred on Tuesday, November 4, 1997. Incumbent Thomas Menino ran unopposed, and was re-elected to his second term; he received 71 percent of the vote. Menino only faced write-in opposition. This was the first time an incumbent mayor of Boston faced no opposition on the ballot in a general election since 1834.

Elections to City of York Council were held on 2 May 2019, as part of the United Kingdom local elections. The election resulted in substantial gains for the Liberal Democrats, who became the largest party, although no party surpassed the 24-seat majority threshold. The Conservatives suffered badly in this election, and lost 12 of the 14 seats they had won at the previous election. The Green Party held all their four seats, and surpassed the Conservatives in the popular vote. Labour gained two seats, although they failed to gain support in rural areas, where voters favoured the Liberal Democrats. On 14 May, The Liberal Democrats and the Green Party announced that they had agreed to run the council in a new 'progressive partnership' coalition, with Green Party leader Andy D'Agorne assuming the role of Deputy Leader of the Council while Liberal Democrat leader Keith Aspden succeeded Ian Gillies as Leader of the Council.

The 1984 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 1984. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1980. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

The 1984 Derby City Council election took place on 3 May 1984 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 15 of the council's 44 seats were up for election. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Sandra Nurse is a Panamanian-born American carpenter and Democratic politician from New York City who has served as the New York City Council member for the 37th district since 2022. District 37 covers Bushwick and other neighborhoods in northern Brooklyn.

Brian A. Cunningham is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 43rd district. He assumed office on March 30, 2022, succeeding Diana Richardson.

References

↑ "York City Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 12 December 2023.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "York City Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[1]

v t e (1983 ←) 1984 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1985)
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bath Blackburn Brentwood Brighton Bristol Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Derby East Devon Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gillingham Gloucester Gosport Great Grimsby Great Yarmouth Halton Harlow Harrogate Hart Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere Hinckley and Bosworth Huntingdon Hyndburn Ipswich Kingston upon Hull Leicester Leominster Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Mid Sussex Milton Keynes Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Bedfordshire North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor Scunthorpe Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Herefordshire South Lakeland Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Thamesdown Three Rivers Thurrock Tonbridge and Malling Torbay Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Dorset West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Wokingham Woodspring Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest York
District councils (Scotland)	Aberdeen Angus Annandale and Eskdale Argyll and Bute Badenoch and Strathspey Banff and Buchan Bearsden and Milngavie Berwickshire Caithness Clackmannan Clydebank Clydesdale Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Cumnock and Doon Valley Cunninghame Dumbarton Dundee Dunfermline East Kilbride East Lothian Eastwood Edinburgh Ettrick and Lauderdale Falkirk Glasgow Gordon Hamilton Inverclyde Inverness Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kincardine and Deeside Kirkcaldy Kyle and Carrick Lochaber Midlothian Monklands Moray Motherwell Nairn Nithsdale North East Fife Perth and Kinross Renfrew Ross and Cromarty Roxburgh Skye and Lochalsh Stewartry Stirling Strathkelvin Sutherland Tweeddale West Lothian Wigtown
See also: European Parliament election