1984 Manchester City Council election

1984 Manchester City Council election

3 May 1984 (1984-05-03)
35 of 99 seats to Manchester City Council 50 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bill Egerton Harold Tucker David Sandiford Party Labour Conservative Alliance Leader's seat Beswick & Clayton Barlow Moor Withington Last election 27 seats, 51.6% 4 seats, 31.1% 2 seats, 17.1% Seats before 72 22 5 Seats won 29 4 2 Seats after 79 14 6 Seat change 7 8 1 Popular vote 75,337 36,027 20,443 Percentage 57.0% 27.2% 15.4% Swing 5.4% 3.9% 1.7%
Map of results of 1984 election
Leader of the Council before election Bill Egerton Labour Leader of the Council after election Bill Egerton Labour

Elections to Manchester City 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.

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Labour Party		75,337 (57.0%)		5.4	29 (82.9%)	29 / 35	7	79 (79.8%)	79 / 99
Conservative Party		36,027 (27.2%)		3.9	4 (11.4%)	4 / 35	8	14 (14.1%)	14 / 99
Alliance		20,443 (15.4%)		1.7	2 (5.7%)	2 / 35	1	6 (6.1%)	6 / 99
National Front		163 (0.1%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 35		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Independent		156 (0.1%)		0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 35		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Communist		93 (0.1%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 35		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99

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Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Dale*	1,956	76.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Stephen Lundy	408	15.9	+0.4
	Liberal	Norman Allen	194	7.6	−1.2
Majority			1,548	60.5	+0.4
Turnout			2,558
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

Baguley

Baguley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Burns*	2,631	66.6	+4.3
	Conservative	Christopher Ennis	993	25.1	−3.3
	Liberal	Georgina Hall	328	8.3	−0.9
Majority			1,638	41.4	+7.5
Turnout			3,952
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Johnston	2,004	46.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Henry Moore*	1,503	34.9	−3.3
	SDP	Simon Gluck	799	18.6	+2.4
Majority			501	11.6	+4.1
Turnout			4,306
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.1

Benchill

Benchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Myers*	2,147	75.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Gladys Parry	425	15.0	−0.5
	Liberal	Gilbert Stacey	264	9.3	−3.1
Majority			1,722	60.7	+4.1
Turnout			2,836
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Flanagan*	2,432	76.2	+7.3
	Conservative	David Eager	543	17.0	−5.0
	SDP	Angus Bateman	148	4.6	−2.1
	National Front	Alfred Coles	68	2.1	−0.2
Majority			1,889	59.2	+12.2
Turnout			3,191
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.1

Blackley

Blackley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Newman*	2,522	66.2	+4.2
	Conservative	Y. Whitehurst	904	23.7	−4.9
	Liberal	L. Gordon	386	10.1	+0.7
Majority			1,618	42.4	+9.0
Turnout			3,812
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.5

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Heald	2,455	79.3	+6.5
	Conservative	M. Payne	402	13.0	−4.9
	Liberal	S. Donnelly	237	7.7	−1.6
Majority			2,053	66.4	+11.6
Turnout			3,094
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.7

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Broderick	2,188	49.3	+6.9
	Labour	Paul Clarke	2,119
	Conservative	J. Graham	1,741	39.2	−6.3
	Conservative	Arthur O'Connor*	1,729
	SDP	Jeffrey Burton	508	11.4	−0.7
	SDP	Peter Thompson	464
Majority			378	10.1	+6.9
Turnout			8,749
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.6

Burnage

Burnage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Clegg	2,418	48.9	+4.8
	Conservative	Ronald Nicholson	1,847	37.4	−3.4
	SDP	Kenneth McKeon	678	13.7	−1.4
Majority			571	11.6	+8.3
Turnout			4,943
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.1

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Conquest*	1,852	82.1	+5.4
	Conservative	C. Lundy	297	13.2	+0.8
	SDP	Muhammad Qureshi	106	4.7	−6.1
Majority			1,555	69.0	+4.7
Turnout			2,255
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

Charlestown

Charlestown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Ford*	2,537	59.4	+6.9
	Conservative	M. Jones	1,252	29.3	−2.0
	SDP	Teresa Lyons	479	11.2	−5.0
Majority			1,285	30.1	+8.9
Turnout			4,268
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. McCardell	2,560	68.0	+1.3
	SDP	K. Evans	863	22.9	+4.0
	Conservative	P. Martyniuk	344	9.1	−5.3
Majority			1,697	45.0	−2.8
Turnout			3,767
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.3

Chorlton

Chorlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Walker	2,167	42.3	−4.5
	Conservative	Margaret Davies	2,149
	Labour	W. Courtney	2,104	41.1	+4.6
	Labour	Richard Reddington	1,906
	Liberal	John Commons	752	14.7	−1.4
	Liberal	Margaret Boyle	708
	Communist	Michael Waterfield	93	1.8	+1.1
Majority			45	1.2	−9.8
Turnout			9,879
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.5

Crumpsall

Crumpsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Leese	2,090	49.4	+5.1
	Conservative	Frederick Lever*	1,640	38.8	−4.3
	Liberal	H. Showman	501	11.8	−0.9
Majority			450	10.6	+9.4
Turnout			4,231
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.7

Didsbury

Didsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Duke*	2,543	48.5	−3.8
	Labour	R. Whyte	1,521	29.0	+8.0
	SDP	John Whitman	1,181	22.5	−4.2
Majority			1,022	19.5	−6.2
Turnout			5,245
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.9

Fallowfield

Fallowfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhona Graham	2,122	54.0	+5.9
	Conservative	George Taylor	1,368	34.8	−3.5
	SDP	George Nevins	439	11.2	−2.3
Majority			754	19.2	+9.4
Turnout			3,929
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.7

Gorton North

Gorton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Hamnett*	2,868	68.9	+14.3
	Conservative	Christopher McGregor	957	23.0	−2.9
	SDP	S. Muir	338	8.1	−11.4
Majority			1,911	45.9	+17.2
Turnout			4,163
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.6

Gorton South

Gorton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Litherland	2,522	63.8	+11.5
	Liberal	Dorothy Bell	825	20.9	−9.0
	Conservative	N. Dentith	609	15.4	−2.4
Majority			1,697	42.9	+20.4
Turnout			3,956
	Labour hold		Swing	10.2

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Stringer*	1,985	68.3	+9.8
	Conservative	W. Smith	511	17.6	−7.2
	SDP	Gerald Landsman	411	14.1	−2.6
Majority			1,474	50.7	+17.0
Turnout			2,907
	Labour hold		Swing	8.5

Hulme

Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Dunn*	2,243	80.6	+5.3
	Conservative	R. Lamptey	337	12.1	−0.7
	Liberal	Simon Lewis	202	7.3	−4.6
Majority			1,906	68.5	+6.1
Turnout			2,782
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Levenshulme

Levenshulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Janet Blessing*	2,404	46.1	+8.3
	Labour	John Rimington	1,897	36.3	+5.0
	Conservative	Gerald Carey	918	17.6	−13.3
Majority			507	9.7	+3.2
Turnout			5,219
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

Lightbowne

Lightbowne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Kelly*	2,576	56.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Gwendoline Hurley	1,556	33.8	−1.4
	Liberal	John Cookson	471	10.2	−1.3
Majority			1,020	22.2	+4.1
Turnout			4,603
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Robinson*	2,622	64.2	+8.7
	SDP	Altaf Ahmed	813	19.9	−4.3
	Conservative	B. Carey	579	14.2	−4.6
	Independent	M. Amin	69	1.7	+1.7
Majority			1,809	44.3	+13.0
Turnout			4,083
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.5

Moss Side

Moss Side

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Spencer*	2,764	78.4	+6.1
	Conservative	Grant Higginson	495	14.0	−4.2
	Liberal	Delsya Redford	265	7.5	−2.0
Majority			2,269	64.4	+10.3
Turnout			3,524
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.1

Moston

Moston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Kelly	2,471	53.6	+4.0
	Conservative	Kenneth Goulding*	1,661	36.0	−3.0
	Liberal	Martin Gradwell	476	10.3	−1.0
Majority			810	17.6	+7.0
Turnout			4,608
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.5

Newton Heath

Newton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith*	2,293	73.4	+6.2
	Conservative	R. Driver	535	17.1	−6.7
	Liberal	M. Clune	203	6.5	−1.3
	National Front	Bryan Nylan	95	3.0	+1.8
Majority			1,758	56.2	+12.8
Turnout			3,126
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.4

Northenden

Northenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Brown*	2,529	54.6	+10.2
	Conservative	George Leigh	1,662	35.9	−5.9
	SDP	L. Shields	444	9.6	−4.2
Majority			867	18.7	+16.1
Turnout			4,635
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.0

Old Moat

Old Moat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Harrison	2,732	52.6	+4.3
	Conservative	Gerard Fitzsimons*	1,797	34.6	−2.2
	Liberal	Richard Clayton	664	12.8	−2.1
Majority			935	18.0	+6.4
Turnout			5,193
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.2

Rusholme

Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Nicholson*	2,125	48.1	+1.2
	Liberal	Guy Goodman	1,525	34.5	+10.4
	Conservative	S. Denney	685	15.5	−12.2
	Independent	S. Shah	87	2.0	+2.0
Majority			600	13.6	−5.6
Turnout			4,422
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.6

Sharston

Sharston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevan Lim*	2,213	53.0	+6.6
	Conservative	A. Kenyon	1,362	32.6	+1.4
	Liberal	Herbert Griffiths	598	14.3	−7.6
Majority			851	20.4	+5.2
Turnout			4,173
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

Whalley Range

Whalley Range

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine McQuade	1,870	42.4	−3.5
	Labour	Roy Walters	1,840	41.8	+3.8
	SDP	Muriel James	696	15.8	−0.3
Majority			30	0.7	−7.3
Turnout			4,406
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.6

Withington

Withington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. Firth	1,940	36.3	−5.7
	Labour	Graham Martin	1,845	34.5	+12.8
	Conservative	Joan Jacobs*	1,566	29.3	−7.0
Majority			95	1.8	−3.9
Turnout			5,351
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	-9.2

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Ainsworth	2,273	72.7	+12.4
	Conservative	P. Champion	550	17.6	−3.4
	SDP	Eileen Wildman	305	9.8	−8.9
Majority			1,723	55.1	+15.7
Turnout			3,128
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.9