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1984 Liverpool City Council election
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UK local government election
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1984 Liverpool City Council election Liverpool Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary no 1983 Liverpool City Council election 1983 1984 05 03 y 1986 Liverpool City Council election 1986 34 of 99 seatsto Liverpool City Council Leader after election 160 120 160 25 center Labour Party (UK) 51 51 58 7 90,219 46% 15 center Liberal Party (UK) 30 30 28 2 67,234 35% Derek Hatton Conservative Party (UK) 18 18 17 1 37,055 19% 120 120 160 center Communist 0 0 0 0 250 0.1% #ED1941
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.Liverpool Daily Post 4 May 1984
This election was during the time the far left trotskyist entryist group within the Labour Party called the Militant Tendency had significant influence on the council, they had 16 out of the 58 councillors on the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
thumb|left|Composition of Liverpool City Council after 1984, with Militant tendency in dark red
Party Seats ± Labour 58 +7Liberal 28 -2Conservative 17 -1
Abercromby
Abercromby
Labour Party (UK)
J. A. Devaney
2,739
80%
Liberal Party (UK)
C. J. Leahy
350
10%
Conservative Party (UK)
H. V. Tracy-Forster
252
7%
Communist Party (UK)
F. Carroll
92
3%
2,389
8,960
3,433
38%
Labour Party (UK)
Aigburth
Aigburth
Liberal Party (UK)
Cathy Hancox
3,683
53%
Labour Party (UK)
J. D. Williams
1,901
27%
Conservative Party (UK)
J. Mass
1,329
19%
2,389
13,502
6,913
51%
Liberal Party (UK)
Allerton
Allerton
Conservative Party (UK)
Sheila Craine
3,446
50%
Social Democratic Party (UK)
W. M. Scott
1,783
26%
Labour Party (UK)
Dawn Booth
1,609
24%
1,663
12,717 6,838
54%
Anfield
Anfield
Labour Party (UK)
Jacqueline Crowley
2,870
43%
Liberal Party (UK)
R. Johnston
2,553
38%
Conservative Party (UK)
Myrna Fitzsimmons
1,308
19%
317
12,540 6,731
54%
Arundel
Arundel
Liberal Party (UK)
S. J. Hicks
2,404
43%
Labour Party (UK)
M. V. Roberts
2,334
42%
Conservative Party (UK)
H. M. Rigby
815
15%
Communist
J. C. Blevin
63
1%
70
12,114 5,616
46%
Breckfield
Breckfield
Labour Party (UK)
S. J. Ellison
2,911
50%
Liberal Party (UK)
D. M. B. Crofts
2,699
46%
Conservative Party (UK)
A. Brill
208
4%
212
11,508 5,818
51%
Broadgreen
Broadgreen
Liberal Party (UK)
Rosemary Cooper
3,500
48%
Labour Party (UK)
R. Quinn
2,982
41%
Conservative Party (UK)
S. Fitzsimmons
756
10%
518
13,532 7,238
53%
Childwall
Childwall
Liberal Party (UK)
Eddie Clein
3,694
48%
Conservative Party (UK)
W. A. N. Fearenside
2,581
34%
Labour Party (UK)
D. J. Phillips
1,429
19%
1,113
13,718 7,704
56%
Church
Church
Liberal Party (UK)
Mike Storey
4,306
50%
Conservative Party (UK)
R. F. Symington
2,656
31%
Labour Party (UK)
P. J. Thompson
1,661
19%
1,650
14,897 8,623
58%
Clubmoor
Clubmoor
Labour Party (UK)
W. Lafferty
4,050
60%
Social Democratic Party (UK)
J. P. Prince
1,693
25%
Conservative Party (UK)
A. G. Wilson
1,002
15%
2,357
13,926 6,745
48%
County
County
Liberal Party (UK)
Paul Clark
3,932
54%
Labour Party (UK)
M. P. Bolland
2,971
40%
Conservative Party (UK)
C. P. Loller
439
6%
961
12,973 7,342
57%
Croxteth
Croxteth
Conservative Party (UK)
G. E. Brandwood
3,413
47%
Labour Party (UK)
Frank Vaudrey
2,299
31%
Social Democratic Party (UK)
S. F. Jacobs
1,603
22%
1,114
13,703 7,315
53%
Dingle
Dingle
Labour Party (UK)
P. Ferguson
3,095
52%
Liberal Party (UK)
Richard Kemp
2,339
39%
Conservative Party (UK)
D. W. Patmore
462
8%
Communist
J. Cook
30
1%
756
11,453 5,926
52%
Dovecot
Dovecot
Labour Party (UK)
E. Burke
3,454
70%
Conservative Party (UK)
J. F. MacMillan
849
17%
Liberal Party (UK)
C. Mayes
654
13%
2,605
11,965 4,957
41%
Everton
Everton
Labour Party (UK)
J. Parry
3,186
87%
Conservative Party (UK)
C. Freemantle
282
8%
Liberal Party (UK)
J. P. Murray
213
6%
2,904
9,290 3,681
40%
Fazakerley
Fazakerley
Labour Party (UK)
D. J. Lloyd
3,293
60%
Conservative Party (UK)
A. Brown
1,091
20%
Social Democratic Party (UK)
S. D. Jones
1,080
20%
2,202
11,448 5,464
48%
Gillmoss
Gillmoss
Labour Party (UK)
A. L. Rimmer
3,836
77%
Conservative Party (UK)
P. C. Ferris
634
13%
Social Democratic Party (UK)
B. Coleman
490
10%
3,202
11,927 4,960
42%
Granby
Granby
Labour Party (UK)
Alex Doswell
2,715
56%
Liberal Party (UK)
Arthur Eric Damsell
1,890
39%
Conservative Party (UK)
D. N. Gillott
187
4%
Communist
E. F. Caddick
65
1%
825
10,350 4,857
47%
Grassendale
Grassendale
Liberal Party (UK)
J. C. Greenwood
4,221
55%
Conservative Party (UK)
J. H. Lea
2,511
33%
Labour Party (UK)
S. D. Flemming
958
12%
1,710
12,313 7,690
62%
Kensington
Kensington
Labour Party (UK)
A. D. Fogg
3,001
49%
Liberal Party (UK)
Frank Doran
2,679
44%
Conservative Party (UK)
T. Caulfield
422
7%
322
12,600 6,102
48%
Melrose
Melrose
Labour Party (UK)
V. J. Wagner
3,303
58%
Liberal Party (UK)
David Vasmer
2,116
37%
Conservative Party (UK)
Angela Oliver
246
4%
1,187
11,779 5,665
48%
Netherley
Netherley
Labour Party (UK)
W. Harper
2,566
72%
Social Democratic Party (UK)
Ian Phillips
580
16%
Conservative Party (UK)
Ann Nugent
431
12%
1,986
7,730 3,577
46%
Old Swan
Old Swan
Labour Party (UK)
P. J. Lloyd
3,126
51%
Liberal Party (UK)
J. Rossington
2,136
35%
Conservative Party (UK)
Pauline Dougherty
887
14%
990
11,989
6,149
51%
Picton
Picton
Liberal Party (UK)
Pamela Bradley
3,569
56%
Labour Party (UK)
A. C. Snowden
2,391
37%
Conservative Party (UK)
S. M. Sugden
419
7%
1,178
11,626
6,379
55%
Pirrie
Pirrie
Labour Party (UK)
H. Dalton
3,949
70%
Conservative Party (UK)
M. Kingston
880
16%
Social Democratic Party (UK)
D. Stephenson
804
14%
3,069
12,242
5,633
46%
St. Mary's
St. Mary's
Labour Party (UK)
A. Mulhearn
2,972
51%
Liberal Party (UK)
M. N. Bestel
2,149
37%
Conservative Party (UK)
M. S. Gill
727
12%
823
11,613 5,848
50%
Smithdown
Smithdown
Labour Party (UK)
Dorothy Matthews
2,884
59%
Liberal Party (UK)
Anne Clitherow
1,810
37%
Conservative Party (UK)
S. J. Melia
173
4%
1,074
10,331 4,867
47%
Speke
Speke 2 seats
Labour Party (UK)
J. Ord
3,607
80%
Labour Party (UK)
F. M. Dowling
3,543
79%
Liberal Party (UK)
J. D. Ball
466
10%
Liberal Party (UK)
Katherine Watson
405
10%
Conservative Party (UK)
C. W. Harpin
427
9%
Conservative Party (UK)
K. G. Watkin
363
8%
3,141
9,715
4,500
46%
Tuebrook
Tuebrook
Liberal Party (UK)
Steve R. Radford
3,492
53%
Labour Party (UK)
J. E. Roberts
2,412
36%
Conservative Party (UK)
J. Irving
706
11%
1,080
12,419
6,610
53%
Valley
Valley
Labour Party (UK)
H. Smith
2,961
63%
Conservative Party (UK)
S. R. Marsden
1,054
22%
Liberal Party (UK)
Veronica Best
688
15%
1,907
9,778
4,703
48%
Vauxhall
Vauxhall
Labour Party (UK)
Paul Orr
3,031
94%
Conservative Party (UK)
H. W. Drohan
208
6%
2,823
8,038
2,823
40%
Warbreck
Warbreck
Liberal Party (UK)
Elsie Lang
2,707
40%
Labour Party (UK)
T. A. Prout
2,515
37%
Conservative Party (UK)
R. Gould
1,558
23%
192
13,914
6,780
49%
Woolton
Woolton
Conservative Party (UK)
Ruth Dean
4,696
69%
Labour Party (UK)
R. J. Lafferty
1,208
18%
Liberal Party (UK)
D. E. Huish
951
14%
3,488
12,857
3,488
53%
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