1984 United Kingdom local elections

none 1984 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1983 United Kingdom local elections 1983 1985 United Kingdom local elections 1985 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 123 out of 296 English districts and all 53 Scottish districts 3 May 1984 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Thatcher 1984(3x4).jpg 113 113 150 center Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Conservative Party (UK) 38% 10,393 164 Start campagne voor Europese verkiezingen van PvdA (Rotterdam) Neal Kinnoch , k, Bestanddeelnr 932-9811.jpg 113 113 150 0 0 Neil Kinnock 2 October 1983 Labour Party (UK) 37% 8,870 88 David Steel 1985 (cropped).jpg 110 57 150 0 30 David Owen-1.jpg 113 57 150 0 15 SDP–Liberal Alliance David Steel (Lib.) David Owen (SDP) 7 July 1976 / 21 June 1983 21% 2,331 160 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1984.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1984 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3aUlLX1c3S0tVVHc/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 There was a slight reversal in the Conservative government's fortunes, but the party remained ahead. The projected share of the vote was Conservatives 38%, Labour 37%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 21%. Labour gained 88 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 8,870 in the first elections under the leadership of Neil Kinnock who had succeeded Michael Foot the previous autumn. The Conservatives lost 164 seats, leaving them with 10,393 councillors. The SDP-Liberal Alliance, with the SDP now led by David Owen, gained 160 seats and finished with 2,331 councillors. Three parliamentary by-elections were also held on the same day in the Cynon Valley, Stafford and South West Surrey constituencies. Labour held Cynon Valley, and the Conservatives held Stafford and South West Surrey. Results September 2015 England Metropolitan boroughs All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBirmingham Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBury Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCalderdale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOldham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRochdale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSefton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSolihull Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWolverhampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails District councils In 123 districts one third of the council was up for election. A further 20 councils had passed a resolution under section 7 (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972, requesting a system of elections by thirds. They could do so because they had had their new ward boundaries introduced at the 1983 elections. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur No overall control No overall control holdDetailsAmber Valley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasildon Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasingstoke and Deane No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBath Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBlackburn Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBrentwood Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBrighton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBristol No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBroadland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCannock Chase No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCarlisle Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCheltenham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCherwell Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChorley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsColchester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCongleton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCraven Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDaventry Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDerby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Devon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastbourne Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsEastleigh No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEpping Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsExeter Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsFareham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGillingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGloucester Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsGosport Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Grimsby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrogate Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHart No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHartlepool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHastings No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHavant Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHereford SDP–Liberal Alliance SDP–Liberal Alliance holdDetailsHertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHinckley and Bosworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsIpswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Hull Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeicester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeominster Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsLincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMid Sussex Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMilton Keynes No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMole Valley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOadby and Wigston Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPendle No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPenwith Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsPeterborough No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPortsmouth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsPreston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPurbeck Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsReading Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRedditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsReigate and Banstead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRochford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRossendale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRugby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRushmoor Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsScunthorpe Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSlough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Herefordshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthampton Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsSouthend-on-Sea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Albans Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStroud Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSwale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTamworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThamesdown Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThurrock Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTonbridge and Malling Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTorbay Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWaveney Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Dorset Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsWest Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWoking Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWokingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWoodspring Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWorcester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWorthing Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWyre Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsYork No overall control No overall control holdDetails Scotland District councils 1984 Scottish local elections Council Previous control Result DetailsAberdeen Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsAngus No overall control Scottish National Party gainDetailsAnnandale and Eskdale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsArgyll Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBadenoch and Strathspey Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBanff and Buchan Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBearsden and Milngavie Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsBerwickshire Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsCaithness Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsClackmannan Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsClydebank Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsClydesdale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCumbernauld and Kilsyth Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsCumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsCunninghame Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsDumbarton Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsDundee Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsDunfermline Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEast Kilbride Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEast Lothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEastwood Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsEdinburgh No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsEttrick and Lauderdale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsFalkirk Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsGlasgow Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsGordon Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsHamilton Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsInverclyde Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsInverness Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsKilmarnock and Loudoun Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsKincardine and Deeside Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsKirkcaldy Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsKyle and Carrick Scottish Labour Scottish Conservatives gainDetailsLochaber Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsMidlothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsMonklands Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsMoray Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsMotherwell Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsNairn Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNithsdale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorth East Fife Scottish Conservatives SDP–Liberal Alliance gainDetailsPerth and Kinross Scottish Conservatives No overall control gainDetailsRenfrewDetailsRoss and Cromarty Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsRoxburgh Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsSkye and Lochalsh Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStewartry Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStirling Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsStrathkelvin Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsSutherland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsTweeddale Independent (politician) Independent politician holdDetailsWest Lothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsWigtown Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails References Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News Category:May 1984 in the United Kingdom