1984 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

1984 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|500px|right|Map of the results of the 1984 Wigan council election. Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 3 May 1984, with one third of the seats up for vote. Three wards – Abram, Hindley and Lightshaw – were unopposed, leaving only twenty one of the twenty four wards going to vote – a number not seen since 1975. Also of note was the re-emergence of a fourth party, in the way of persistent Communist candidate H. Kedward contesting Leigh Central after a three-year absence. The election itself seen a Labour gain in Orrell from the Conservatives, which cancelled out the simultaneous Alliance gain from Labour in Aspell-Standish, leaving their majority unchanged. Overall turnout slumped to 29.2%, the lowest level since the aforementioned 1975 election. http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3692F771-E969-41EE-B068-1F9F20DFE0B7/0/WiganResults1973to2007.pdf Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008 wigan.gov.uk 2012-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20111120022015/http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3692F771-E969-41EE-B068-1F9F20DFE0B7/0/WiganResults1973to2007.pdf 2011-11-20 dead Election result Wigan local election result 1984 Labour Party (UK) 21 1 1 0 87.5 62.2 43,977 +5.2% SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 1 0 +1 8.3 19.6 13,856 -6.3% Conservative Party (UK) 1 0 1 -1 4.2 18.0 12,762 +0.9% Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 59 +0.1% This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 60 60 SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 8 Conservatives 5 4 Total 72 72 Working majority #FFBF00 48 darkgray #FFBF00 48 darkgray Ward results Abram Labour Party (UK) A. Bennett Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Ashton-Golborne Labour Party (UK) T. Jones 1,857 66.2 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) M. Fox 488 17.4 +17.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Howarth 460 16.4 -19.8 1,369 48.8 21.2 2,805 29.4 -1.3 Labour Party (UK) -7.5 Aspull-Standish SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Wilson 2,274 44.1 +3.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Hilton 2,149 41.7 +0.8 Conservative Party (UK) P. Walker 728 14.1 -4.3 125 2.4 +2.2 5,151 50.9 -1.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) +1.3 Atherton Labour Party (UK) J. Clarke 2,921 79.1 +6.2 Conservative Party (UK) M. Hatton 770 20.9 +4.3 2,151 58.3 +1.9 3,691 38.8 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) +0.9 Bedford-Astley Labour Party (UK) J. Jones 2,039 54.5 +7.4 Conservative Party (UK) F. Hawley 1,036 27.7 +0.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Mateer 668 17.8 -8.3 1,003 26.8 +6.5 3,743 38.4 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) +3.2 Beech Hill Labour Party (UK) T. Bishop 1,963 69.0 +11.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Pullin 483 17.0 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Wolstenholme 397 14.0 -10.3 1,480 52.1 +21.7 2,843 32.1 -6.6 Labour Party (UK) +6.2 Bryn Labour Party (UK) G. Lockett 2,355 72.6 +6.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Seary 480 14.8 -19.1 Conservative Party (UK) C. Michaels 408 12.6 +12.6 1,875 57.8 +25.6 3,243 32.9 -6.9 Labour Party (UK) +12.8 Hindley Labour Party (UK) A. Robinson Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Hindley Green Labour Party (UK) S. Murphy 2,387 77.8 +30.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. O'Halloran 681 22.2 -3.9 1,706 55.6 +35.3 3,068 28.4 -12.1 Labour Party (UK) +17.3 Hindsford Labour Party (UK) W. Smith 2,545 81.9 +15.7 Conservative Party (UK) C. Rigby 561 18.1 +18.1 1,984 63.9 +31.5 3,106 29.3 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) -1.2 Hope Carr Labour Party (UK) A. Roberts 2,179 60.8 +6.1 Conservative Party (UK) E. Manson 1,122 31.3 -1.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance L. Seal 284 7.9 -4.5 1,057 29.5 +7.6 3,585 37.4 -5.2 Labour Party (UK) +3.8 Ince Labour Party (UK) A. Banks 2,017 89.2 +7.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Robinson 244 10.8 -7.0 1,773 78.4 +14.0 2,261 28.2 -9.8 Labour Party (UK) +7.0 Langtree SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Pigott 2,053 45.2 -3.6 Labour Party (UK) T. O'Hagan 1,762 38.8 +6.7 Conservative Party (UK) R. Gibson 723 15.9 -3.1 291 6.4 -10.2 4,538 43.7 +2.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance -5.1 Leigh Central Labour Party (UK) G. Macdonald 2,164 81.1 +7.1 Conservative Party (UK) S. Emerton 445 16.7 +1.0 Communist Party of Great Britain H. Kedward 59 2.2 +2.2 1,719 64.4 +6.1 2,668 29.5 -3.0 Labour Party (UK) +3.0 Leigh East Labour Party (UK) J. Riley 1,914 64.0 +11.3 Conservative Party (UK) M. Stewart 830 27.7 -0.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance I. Smith 248 8.3 -11.1 1,084 36.2 +11.5 2,992 29.8 -5.4 Labour Party (UK) +5.7 Lightshaw Labour Party (UK) N. Holt Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Newtown Labour Party (UK) A. Peet 2,195 80.1 +7.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lawson 357 13.0 -1.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Hewer 189 6.9 -6.0 1,838 67.1 +9.5 2,741 29.9 -3.8 Labour Party (UK) +4.8 Norley Labour Party (UK) E. Maddocks 2,444 88.2 +9.6 Conservative Party (UK) J. Davies 168 6.1 +0.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Richardson 158 5.7 -10.0 2,276 82.2 +19.3 2,770 33.1 -3.7 Labour Party (UK) +5.0 Orrell Labour Party (UK) E. Swift 1,576 43.6 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) F. Fairbairn 1,414 39.1 +0.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance C. Hughes 627 17.3 -2.4 162 4.5 +2.2 3,617 35.5 -6.6 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +1.1 Swinley Conservative Party (UK) C. Bond 1,637 43.9 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) P. Lees 1,395 37.4 +3.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance E. Parkin 697 18.7 -1.5 242 6.5 -5.8 3,729 41.0 -3.6 Conservative Party (UK) -2.9 Tyldesley East Labour Party (UK) J. Teece 1,986 47.0 +1.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance B. Aitken 1,783 42.2 -12.6 Conservative Party (UK) E. Griffiths 457 10.8 +10.8 203 4.8 -4.9 4,226 42.6 -1.0 Labour Party (UK) +7.2 Whelley Labour Party (UK) A. Coyle 2,224 76.5 +12.4 Conservative Party (UK) F. Sidebotham 362 12.4 -0.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance K. Latham 322 11.1 -11.6 1,862 64.0 +22.7 2,908 32.8 -5.5 Labour Party (UK) +6.6 Winstanley Labour Party (UK) J. Whittle 1,798 43.6 +4.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance H. Evans 1,757 42.6 +5.9 Conservative Party (UK) C. Mugan 570 13.8 -9.9 41 1.0 -1.9 4,125 37.9 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) -0.9 Worsley Mesnes Labour Party (UK) W. Brogan 2,107 74.1 +7.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Meal 448 15.8 -5.6 Conservative Party (UK) F. Hesketh 289 10.2 -1.7 1,659 58.3 +13.0 2,844 29.2 -6.9 Labour Party (UK) +6.4 References expanded Category:1984 English local elections 1984 Category:1980s in Greater Manchester Category:May 1984 in the United Kingdom