City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 1984

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Map of the results for the 1984 Bradford council election.

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]

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Local government body in England

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is the local authority of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Bradford. Since 1 April 2014 it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Bradford Moor electoral ward of Bradford City Council

Bradford Moor is an electoral ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 21,210. The ward includes the areas of Laisterdyke and Thornbury.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

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Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 1984 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1722054.844.962,243+5.2%
  Conservative 1222038.738.653,537-1.6%
  SDP–Liberal Alliance 20006.416.422,726-3.6%
  Communist 00000.00.1149+0.1%
  Workers Revolutionary 00000.00.190+0.1%

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Conservatives4444
Labour4040
Alliance66
Total9090
Working majority -2  -2 

Ward results

Baildon [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)M. Atkinson2,65649.0+9.2
Conservative C. Charlesworth2,03337.5-8.2
Labour B. Hughes73113.5-1.0
Majority62311.5+5.5
Turnout 5,420
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +8.7
Bingley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative J. Booth2,23748.9+1.3
Labour G. Carey1,37030.0-4.7
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)N. Tregoning96621.1+3.4
Majority86719.0+6.0
Turnout 4,573
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
Bingley Rural [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative P. Pettit2,66456.9-5.3
Labour Y. Tough1,10223.5+2.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)F. Sunderland91519.5+3.1
Majority1,56233.4-7.5
Turnout 4,681
Conservative hold Swing -3.7
Bolton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative S. Gaunt1,76743.1-1.9
Labour G. Mitchell1,50036.6+1.4
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)J. Minshull83120.3+0.4
Majority2676.5-3.3
Turnout 4,098
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -1.6
Bowling [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour L. Coughlin3,00873.0+11.0
Conservative B. Moore1,11127.0+4.0
Majority1,89746.0+7.0
Turnout 4,119
Labour hold Swing +3.5
Bradford Moor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour R. Cannell2,93063.3+0.4
Labour R. Bilheimer2,835
Conservative P. Magson1,20426.0+5.4
Conservative S. Newton1,133
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)C. Lee49810.7-5.8
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)W. Whitley463
Majority1,72637.3-5.0
Turnout 4,632
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -2.5
Clayton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour G. Sutcliffe 2,51348.0+8.3
Conservative E. Byrom2,08239.8-7.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)J. Brennan63512.1-1.2
Majority4318.2+1.0
Turnout 5,230
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.7
Craven [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative E. Hoare1,96343.5-3.6
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)G. Funnell1,65736.7+3.4
Labour S. Best89319.8+0.2
Majority3066.8-7.0
Turnout 4,513
Conservative hold Swing -3.5
Eccleshill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour A. Dewhirst2,01346.1+1.9
Conservative D. Hill1,59536.5-0.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)J. Taylor76117.4-1.5
Majority4189.6+2.4
Turnout 4,369
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Great Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour P. Deeny2,55853.8+4.6
Conservative R. Warren1,73436.5-3.8
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)R. Haines4589.6-0.8
Majority82417.3+8.5
Turnout 4,750
Labour hold Swing +4.2
Heaton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative J. King2,93060.0+9.8
Labour S. Khokhar1,39828.6+0.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)M. Khan55511.4-10.3
Majority1,53231.4+9.3
Turnout 4,883
Conservative hold Swing +4.6
Idle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)D. Ward1,66436.3+4.5
Conservative H. Lycett1,49032.5+0.3
Labour G. Porter1,42931.2-4.9
Majority1743.8-0.0
Turnout 4,583
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +2.1
Ilkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative A. Blann2,44553.2-10.7
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)S. Moorhouse1,70637.1+11.6
Labour S. Tatham4479.7-0.9
Majority73916.1-22.3
Turnout 4,598
Conservative hold Swing -11.1
Keighley North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour T. Flanagan2,31947.0+11.2
Conservative P. Gilmour1,98140.2+2.6
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)T. Figgess63312.8-13.9
Majority3386.8+5.1
Turnout 4,933
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.3
Keighley South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour J. Ryan2,63166.1+4.6
Conservative D. Lynas83420.9-0.3
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)B. Salmons51613.0-4.3
Majority1,79745.1+4.9
Turnout 3,981
Labour hold Swing +2.4
Keighley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour S. Bowen2,58452.3+1.4
Conservative T. Whitley1,63533.1-2.4
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)R. Quayle72214.6+1.1
Majority94919.2+3.8
Turnout 4,941
Labour hold Swing +1.9
Little Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour J. Cairns2,73371.3+16.8
Conservative G. Johnson74319.4+0.1
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)M. Afzal3579.3-16.9
Majority1,99051.9+23.7
Turnout 3,833
Labour hold Swing +8.3
Odsal [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour D. Bentley2,39850.4+4.3
Conservative J. Sizer1,52532.0-6.7
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)K. Reynolds83817.6+2.3
Majority87318.3+11.0
Turnout 4,761
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Queensbury [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative I. Cookland2,36144.5-1.1
Labour G. Foster2,24242.3+3.3
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)C. Best70113.2-2.2
Majority1192.2-4.4
Turnout 5,304
Conservative hold Swing -2.2
Rombalds [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative W. Clavering2,83456.3-1.8
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)C. Svensgaard1,23624.5-4.7
Labour J. Grogan96419.1+6.5
Majority1,59831.7+2.9
Turnout 5,034
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
Shipley East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour N. Free2,21957.2+2.9
Conservative B. Larkin1,07127.6-1.6
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)I. Horner59015.2-1.3
Majority1,14829.6+4.5
Turnout 3,880
Labour hold Swing +2.2
Shipley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative O. Messer2,74750.1-5.2
Labour C. Butler1,95035.6+10.7
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)M. Pollard78114.3-2.5
Majority79714.5-15.9
Turnout 5,478
Conservative hold Swing -7.9
Thornton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative A. Townsend1,96045.2-5.4
Labour R. Swindells1,90944.0+11.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)S. Whitehead46910.8-5.8
Majority511.2-16.6
Turnout 4,338
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -8.3
Toller [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour R. Goldberg2,65149.1+8.7
Conservative V. Holdsworth2,12939.4-2.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)H. Rashid62311.5-6.7
Majority5229.7+8.6
Turnout 5,403
Labour hold Swing +5.3
Tong [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour J. Senior2,93680.1+13.0
Conservative H. Thorne73019.9-0.9
Majority2,20660.2+13.8
Turnout 3,666
Labour hold Swing +6.9
Undercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour G. Goodyear2,55957.8+6.4
Conservative H. Ibbotson1,38031.1-3.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)M. Attenborough49111.1-3.1
Majority1,17926.6+9.6
Turnout 4,430
Labour hold Swing +4.8
University [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour M. Ajeeb4,32178.0+14.5
Conservative J. Orpwood72013.0+1.1
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)G. Telfer3466.2-16.9
Communist J. Baruch1492.7+1.3
Majority3,60165.0+24.6
Turnout 5,536
Labour hold Swing +6.7
Wibsey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative F. Hillam2,20551.3+8.1
Labour R. Kubicsek2,00146.6+5.8
Workers Revolutionary E. McEvoy902.1+2.1
Majority2044.7+2.3
Turnout 4,296
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
Worth Valley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative G. Hodgson2,22453.7-2.7
Labour B. Brown1,52736.9+7.8
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)R. Taylor3909.4-5.2
Majority69716.8-10.5
Turnout 4,141
Conservative hold Swing -5.2
Wyke [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour L. Kearns2,40755.4+8.3
Conservative D. Owen1,20327.7-6.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)J. Ryan73116.8-2.4
Majority1,20427.7+14.3
Turnout 4,341
Labour hold Swing +7.1

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  2. ↑ "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 2013-02-20.
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