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1984 Liverpool City Council election
← 1983 3 May 1984 (1984-05-03) 1986 →
34 of 105 seats
to Liverpool City Council
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Derek Hatton
Party Labour Liberal Militant tendency (labour party UK)
Leader's seat
Last election 51 30
Seats before 51 30
Seats after 58 28 16[a]
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 2
Popular vote 90,219 67,234
Percentage 46% 35%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Conservative Communist
Leader's seat
Last election 18 0
Seats before 18 0
Seats after 17 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0
Popular vote 37,055 250
Percentage 19% 0.1%

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.[1]

This election was during the time the far left trotskyist entryist group within the Labour Party called the Millitant Tendency had significant influence on the council, they had 16 out of the 58 councilors on the council.

Under millitant's influence the council built thousands of counil houses, created thousands of jobs. They fought the conservative government then led under Margret Thatcher and mobalised workers, working class people and community campaigners against the government and won a victory achiving funding for the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Composition of Liverpool City Council after 1984, with Militant tendency in dark red
Party Seats   ±  
Labour 58 +7
Militant tendency (Labour) 16[a]
Liberal 28 -2
Conservative 17 -1

Allerton

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Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sheila Craine 3,446 50%
SDP W. M. Scott 1,783 26%
Labour Dawn Booth 1,609 24%
Majority 1,663
Registered electors 12,717
Turnout 6,838 54%

Anfield

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Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqueline Crowley 2,870 43%
Liberal R. Johnston 2,553 38%
Conservative Myrna Fitzsimmons 1,308 19%
Majority 317
Registered electors 12,540
Turnout 6,731 54%

Arundel

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Arundel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal S. J. Hicks 2,404 43%
Labour M. V. Roberts 2,334 42%
Conservative H. M. Rigby 815 15%
Communist J. C. Blevin 63 1%
Majority 70
Registered electors 12,114
Turnout 5,616 46%

Breckfield

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Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. J. Ellison 2,911 50%
Liberal D. M. B. Crofts 2,699 46%
Conservative A. Brill 208 4%
Majority 212
Registered electors 11,508
Turnout 5,818 51%

Broadgreen

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Broadgreen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rosemary Cooper 3,500 48%
Labour R. Quinn 2,982 41%
Conservative S. Fitzsimmons 756 10%
Majority 518
Registered electors 13,532
Turnout 7,238 53%

Childwall

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Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eddie Clein 3,694 48%
Conservative W. A. N. Fearenside 2,581 34%
Labour D. J. Phillips 1,429 19%
Majority 1,113
Registered electors 13,718
Turnout 7,704 56%

Church

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Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mike Storey 4,306 50%
Conservative R. F. Symington 2,656 31%
Labour P. J. Thompson 1,661 19%
Majority 1,650
Registered electors 14,897
Turnout 8,623 58%

Clubmoor

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Clubmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Lafferty 4,050 60%
SDP J. P. Prince 1,693 25%
Conservative A. G. Wilson 1,002 15%
Majority 2,357
Registered electors 13,926
Turnout 6,745 48%

County

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County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Clark 3,932 54%
Labour M. P. Bolland 2,971 40%
Conservative C. P. Loller 439 6%
Majority 961
Registered electors 12,973
Turnout 7,342 57%

Croxteth

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Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. E. Brandwood 3,413 47%
Labour Frank Vaudrey 2,299 31%
SDP S. F. Jacobs 1,603 22%
Majority 1,114
Registered electors 13,703
Turnout 7,315 53%

Dingle

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Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Ferguson 3,095 52%
Liberal Richard Kemp 2,339 39%
Conservative D. W. Patmore 462 8%
Communist J. Cook 30 1%
Majority 756
Registered electors 11,453
Turnout 5,926 52%

Dovecot

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Dovecot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Burke 3,454 70%
Conservative J. F. MacMillan 849 17%
Liberal C. Mayes 654 13%
Majority 2,605
Registered electors 11,965
Turnout 4,957 41%

Everton

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Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Parry 3,186 87%
Conservative C. Freemantle 282 8%
Liberal J. P. Murray 213 6%
Majority 2,904
Registered electors 9,290
Turnout 3,681 40%

Fazakerley

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Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. J. Lloyd 3,293 60%
Conservative A. Brown 1,091 20%
SDP S. D. Jones 1,080 20%
Majority 2,202
Registered electors 11,448
Turnout 5,464 48%

Gillmoss

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Gillmoss
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. L. Rimmer 3,836 77%
Conservative P. C. Ferris 634 13%
SDP B. Coleman 490 10%
Majority 3,202
Registered electors 11,927
Turnout 4,960 42%

Granby

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Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Doswell 2,715 56%
Liberal Arthur Eric Damsell 1,890 39%
Conservative D. N. Gillott 187 4%
Communist E. F. Caddick 65 1%
Majority 825
Registered electors 10,350
Turnout 4,857 47%

Grassendale

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Grassendale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. C. Greenwood 4,221 55%
Conservative J. H. Lea 2,511 33%
Labour S. D. Flemming 958 12%
Majority 1,710
Registered electors 12,313
Turnout 7,690 62%

Kensington

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Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. D. Fogg 3,001 49%
Liberal Frank Doran 2,679 44%
Conservative T. Caulfield 422 7%
Majority 322
Registered electors 12,600
Turnout 6,102 48%

Melrose

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Melrose
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. J. Wagner 3,303 58%
Liberal David Vasmer 2,116 37%
Conservative Angela Oliver 246 4%
Majority 1,187
Registered electors 11,779
Turnout 5,665 48%

Netherley

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Netherley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Harper 2,566 72%
SDP Ian Phillips 580 16%
Conservative Ann Nugent 431 12%
Majority 1,986
Registered electors 7,730
Turnout 3,577 46%

Old Swan

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Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. J. Lloyd 3,126 51%
Liberal J. Rossington 2,136 35%
Conservative Pauline Dougherty 887 14%
Majority 990
Registered electors 11,989
Turnout 6,149 51%

Picton

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Picton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pamela Bradley 3,569 56%
Labour A. C. Snowden 2,391 37%
Conservative S. M. Sugden 419 7%
Majority 1,178
Registered electors 11,626
Turnout 6,379 55%

Pirrie

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Pirrie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Dalton 3,949 70%
SDP D. Stephenson 804 14%
Conservative M. Kingston 880 16%
Majority 3,069
Registered electors 12,242
Turnout 5,633 46%

St. Mary's

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St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Mulhearn 2,972 51%
Liberal M. N. Bestel 2,149 37%
Conservative M. S. Gill 727 12%
Majority 823
Registered electors 11,613
Turnout 5,848 50%

Smithdown

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Smithdown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dorothy Matthews 2,884 59%
Liberal Anne Clitherow 1,810 37%
Conservative S. J. Melia 173 4%
Majority 1,074
Registered electors 10,331
Turnout 4,867 47%

Speke

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Speke 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Ord 3,607 80%
Labour F. M. Dowling 3,543 79%
Liberal J. D. Ball 466 10%
Liberal Katherine Watson 405 10%
Conservative C. W. Harpin 427 9%
Conservative K. G. Watkin 363 8%
Majority 3,141
Registered electors 9,715
Turnout 4,500 46%

Tuebrook

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Tuebrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steve R. Radford 3,492 53%
Labour J. E. Roberts 2,412 36%
Conservative J. Irving 706 11%
Majority 1,080
Registered electors 12,419
Turnout 6,610 53%

Valley

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Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Smith 2,961 63%
Conservative S. R. Marsden 1,054 22%
Liberal Veronica Best 688 15%
Majority 1,907
Registered electors 9,778
Turnout 4,703 48%

Vauxhall

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Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Orr 3,031 94%
Conservative H. W. Drohan 208 6%
Majority 2,823
Registered electors 8,038
Turnout 2,823 40%

Warbreck

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Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Elsie Lang 2,707 40%
Labour T. A. Prout 2,515 37%
Conservative R. Gould 1,558 23%
Majority 192
Registered electors 13,914
Turnout 6,780 49%

Woolton

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Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ruth Dean 4,696 69%
Labour R. J. Lafferty 1,208 18%
Liberal D. E. Huish 951 14%
Majority 3,488
Registered electors 12,857
Turnout 3,488 53%

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b of 58 Labour councillors

References

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  1. ^ a b Liverpool Daily Post 4 May 1984
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