1984 Leeds City Council election

1984 UK local government election November 2019 July 2026 right|thumb|500px|Map of the results for the 1984 Leeds council election. The 1984 Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 3 May 1984, with one third of the council to be elected. In the interim there had been a by-election in Armley to replace the incumbent councillor Michael Meadowcroft after he was elected the Leeds West MP, resulting in an Alliance hold. The Conservative's downward trend continued after the previous year's respite to a new party low, resulting in a 3% swing to Labour. In contrast, the Alliance support stabilised after the prior year's fall to retain a healthy proportion of their initial 1982 surge. Despite the swing towards them, Labour finished the night with a net loss, as the Alliance won the only remaining Burmantofts seat they did not hold from them. The Alliance also gained in Moortown, winning their first seat in the ward from the Conservatives - who lost another in Pudsey South to their former incumbent turn Independent, achieving the feat of first elected Independent onto the council.District results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 4 May 1984 Election result Leeds local election result 1984 Labour Party (UK) 19 0 1 -1 57.6 42.7 91,314 +2.6 Conservative Party (UK) 9 1 2 -1 27.3 33.0 70,431 -3.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 2 1 +1 12.1 22.6 48,335 -0.4 Independent (politician) 1 1 0 +1 3.0 1.3 2,770 +1.1 Ecology Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 531 +0.1 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 308 -0.1 This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 54 53 Conservatives 34 33 Alliance 11 12 Independent 0 1 Total 99 99 Working majority #FFBF00  9 darkgray #FFBF00  7 darkgray Ward results Aireborough Conservative Party (UK) W. Hudson 3,515 42.7 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) M. Dunn 2,550 31.0 +3.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) M. Cooksey 2,167 26.3 -2.9 965 11.7 -2.3 8,232 Conservative Party (UK) -1.9 Armley SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) Sandy Melville 3,328 55.9 +10.1 Labour Party (UK) J. Appleyard 1,756 29.5 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) H. Hinchliffe 872 14.6 -6.0 1,572 26.4 +13.4 5,956 SDP-Liberal Alliance +6.7 Barwick & Kippax Labour Party (UK) F. Flatters 3,802 50.3 +0.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Tweddle 2,971 39.3 -0.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) N. Snowdon 793 10.5 -0.2 831 11.0 +1.3 7,566 Labour Party (UK) +0.6 Beeston Labour Party (UK) A. Beevers 3,102 62.6 +8.3 Conservative Party (UK) W. Birch 1,400 28.3 -4.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) L. Shaffner 417 8.4 -4.8 Independent (politician) A. Ali 35 0.7 +0.7 1,702 34.4 +12.5 4,954 Labour Party (UK) +6.2 Bramley Labour Party (UK) A. Siantonas 2,939 53.2 +1.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) C. Pearson 1,856 33.6 +2.5 Conservative Party (UK) P. Netzel 731 13.2 -4.0 1,083 19.6 -1.0 5,526 Labour Party (UK) -0.5 Burmantofts SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) N. Mackie 3,730 50.5 +4.9 Labour Party (UK) S. Armitage 3,244 43.9 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) S. Temple 416 5.6 -4.6 486 6.6 +3.4 7,390 SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) +1.7 Chapel Allerton Labour Party (UK) J. Frankland 3,555 59.8 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Moore 1,590 26.8 -0.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) C. Smith 717 12.1 -1.0 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Rodgers 78 1.3 +1.3 1,965 33.1 -0.1 5,940 Labour Party (UK) -0.1 City & Holbeck Labour Party (UK) B. Sanderson 3,354 69.2 +4.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) K. Hawkins 959 19.8 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) H. Woodhead 534 11.0 -4.1 2,395 49.4 +5.5 4,847 Labour Party (UK) +2.7 Cookridge Conservative Party (UK) K. Loudon 3,619 48.7 -7.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) P. Kelley 2,241 30.2 +4.5 Labour Party (UK) C. Ashley 1,569 21.1 +2.7 1,387 18.5 -11.8 7,429 Conservative Party (UK) -5.8 Garforth & Swillington Labour Party (UK) G. Moakes 4,235 51.6 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) N. May 3,070 37.4 -5.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) P. Wilson 896 10.9 -2.2 1,165 14.2 +12.9 8,201 Labour Party (UK) +6.4 Halton Conservative Party (UK) M. Dodgson 3,823 53.2 -6.0 Labour Party (UK) E. McGee 2,504 34.9 +9.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) D. Mortimer 855 11.9 -3.8 1,319 18.4 -15.8 7,182 Conservative Party (UK) -7.9 Harehills Labour Party (UK) L. Cohen 3,252 64.2 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) M. Cohen 1,194 23.6 +0.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) J. Foster 623 12.3 +0.2 2,058 40.6 -1.7 5,069 Labour Party (UK) -0.8 Headingley Labour Party (UK) A. Larsen 3,480 56.8 +3.2 Conservative Party (UK) D. Flowers 1,688 27.5 -4.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) K. Lee 691 11.3 -0.8 Ecology Party G. Rainford 213 3.5 +3.5 Communist Party of Great Britain I. Dixon 58 0.9 -1.1 1,792 29.2 +7.8 6,130 Labour Party (UK) +3.9 Horsforth SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) S. Cooksey 4,037 48.9 +4.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Stevens 3,451 41.8 -4.0 Labour Party (UK) L. Smith 762 9.2 -0.9 586 7.1 +5.3 8,250 SDP-Liberal Alliance +4.4 Hunslet Labour Party (UK) G. Driver 3,379 82.8 -0.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) S. Gillen 369 9.0 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) H. Lavery 333 8.2 -1.5 3,010 73.8 -0.1 4,081 Labour Party (UK) -1.4 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) E. Nash 3,418 54.9 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) A. Walkington 1,415 22.7 -4.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) P. Meadowcroft 1,322 21.3 +5.9 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Jackson 66 1.1 -0.1 2,003 32.2 +3.2 6,221 Labour Party (UK) +1.6 Middleton Labour Party (UK) J. Kitchen 2,946 74.8 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Larvin 612 15.5 -1.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) D. Howard 381 9.7 +0.5 2,334 59.3 +2.6 3,939 Labour Party (UK) +1.2 Moortown SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) M. Harris 3,355 45.0 +10.3 Conservative Party (UK) C. Thomas 2,967 39.8 -8.0 Labour Party (UK) C. Dews 1,129 15.2 -2.3 388 5.2 -7.9 7,451 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) +9.1 Morley North Labour Party (UK) P. Jones 3,521 51.1 +9.3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Halpin 2,845 41.3 -5.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) E. Ayres 527 7.6 -4.0 676 9.8 +5.1 6,893 Labour Party (UK) +7.2 Morley South Labour Party (UK) B. North 3,723 60.9 +10.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Grayson 1,682 27.5 -4.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) H. Smith 709 11.6 +1.7 2,041 33.4 +15.3 6,114 Labour Party (UK) +7.6 North Conservative Party (UK) A. O'Brien 3,128 51.6 -9.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) G. Shaffner 1,681 27.7 +6.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Langan 1,255 20.7 +3.8 1,447 23.9 -15.9 6,064 Conservative Party (UK) -7.9 Otley & Wharfedale Conservative Party (UK) C. Hindle 4,108 43.6 +5.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) H. Morgan 3,871 41.1 -10.2 Labour Party (UK) M. Attwood 1,303 13.8 +5.3 Ecology Party A. Laurence 138 1.5 -0.8 237 2.5 -10.8 9,420 Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance +7.9 Pudsey North Conservative Party (UK) A. Carter 4,402 51.1 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Hodgson 3,188 37.0 +6.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. Stott 1,021 11.9 -7.6 1,214 14.1 -5.6 8,611 Conservative Party (UK) -2.8 Pudsey South Independent (politician) P. Kersting 2,735 36.7 +36.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Lewis 2,340 31.4 -8.0 Conservative Party (UK) H. Gill 1,582 21.2 -15.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) A. Booker 791 10.6 -13.4 395 5.3 +2.5 7,448 Independent (politician) Conservative Party (UK) Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) M. Lyons 3,853 56.2 +5.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) K. Norman 2,618 38.2 -2.9 Conservative Party (UK) D. Boynton 381 5.6 -1.8 1,235 18.0 +8.8 6,852 Labour Party (UK) +4.4 Rothwell Labour Party (UK) R. Lund 3,871 68.3 +9.3 Conservative Party (UK) M. Dalton 1,234 21.8 -5.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) S. Browning 564 9.9 -3.0 2,637 46.5 +14.7 5,669 Labour Party (UK) +7.4 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) P. Crotty 4,045 61.0 -2.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) L. Thackray 1,358 20.5 +0.4 Labour Party (UK) F. Hamilton 1,230 18.5 +2.1 2,687 40.5 -2.9 6,633 Conservative Party (UK) -1.4 Seacroft Labour Party (UK) George Mudie 3,459 72.0 +4.1 Conservative Party (UK) B. Caro 963 20.0 -0.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) S. Richmond 381 7.9 -3.2 2,496 52.0 +5.1 4,803 Labour Party (UK) +2.5 University Labour Party (UK) W. Kilgallon 3,149 70.7 +4.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. Killick 639 14.4 -4.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) J. Staines 558 12.5 -1.0 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Honey 106 2.4 +0.4 2,510 56.4 +8.9 4,452 Labour Party (UK) +4.4 Weetwood Conservative Party (UK) A. Lodge 2,955 41.1 -4.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Page 2,759 38.3 +3.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. MacArthur 1,301 18.1 -1.5 Ecology Party C. Nash 180 2.5 +2.5 196 2.7 -8.8 7,195 Conservative Party (UK) -4.4 Wetherby Conservative Party (UK) H. Gardiner 4,624 70.3 +1.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) T. Burgess 1,129 17.2 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) R. Bishop 820 12.5 +1.7 3,495 53.2 +4.9 6,573 Conservative Party (UK) +2.4 Whinmoor Labour Party (UK) F. Stringer 2,992 53.5 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Howard 1,977 35.4 -1.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) M. Lance 620 11.1 -3.7 1,015 18.2 +6.6 5,589 Labour Party (UK) +3.3 Wortley Labour Party (UK) W. Thurlow 2,875 41.0 -2.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) A. Gilchrist 2,469 35.2 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) A. Stephenson 1,665 23.8 -5.1 406 5.8 -8.8 7,009 Labour Party (UK) -5.0 By-elections between 1984 and 1986 Beeston by-election 27 September 1984replacing Michael McGowan (resigned) Labour Party (UK) Jon Trickett 1,784 55.5 -7.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Birch 909 28.3 -0.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) Terence Ayres 519 16.2 +7.8 875 27.2 -7.2 3,212 23.0 Labour Party (UK) -3.5 References 1 expanded Category:1984 English local elections 1984 Category:1980s in Leeds Category:May 1984 in the United Kingdom