1984 Manchester City Council election

1984 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1984 Manchester City Council election England Arms of the City of Manchester.svg parliamentary no 1983 Manchester City Council election 1983 1984 05 03 y 1986 Manchester City Council election 1986 35 of 99 seats to Manchester City Council 50 Manchester 1984.png Map of results of 1984 election Leader of the Council Bill Egerton Labour Party (UK) Leader of the Council after election Bill Egerton Labour Party (UK) Bill Egerton Labour Party (UK) 27 seats,51.6% Beswick and Clayton 72 29 79 7 75,337 57.0% 5.4% Harold Tucker Conservative Party (UK) 4 seats,31.1% Barlow Moor 22 4 14 8 36,027 27.2% 3.9% David Sandiford SDP-Liberal Alliance Withington 2 seats,17.1% 5 2 6 1 20,443 15.4% 1.7% 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.Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993). Election result PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilLabour Party Labour Party (UK)75,337 (57.0%)57.0 Labour Party (UK) 5.4 29 (82.9%)29 35 Labour Party (UK) 7 79 (79.8%)79 99 Labour Party (UK)Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK)36,027 (27.2%)27.2 Conservative Party (UK) 3.94 (11.4%)4 35 Conservative Party (UK) 814 (14.1%)14 99 Conservative Party (UK)Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance20,443 (15.4%)15.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance 1.7 2 (5.7%)2 35 SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 6 (6.1%)6 99 SDP-Liberal AllianceNational Front National Front (UK)163 (0.1%)0.1 National Front (UK) 0 (0.0%)0 35 National Front (UK) 0 (0.0%)0 99 National Front (UK)Independent Independent (politician)156 (0.1%)0.1 Independent (politician) 0.10 (0.0%)0 35 Independent (politician) 0 (0.0%)0 99 Independent (politician)Communist Communist Party of Great Britain93 (0.1%)0.1 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 (0.0%)0 35 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 (0.0%)0 99 Communist Party of Great Britain + ↓ 79 6 14 Ward results Ardwick Ardwick Labour Party (UK) Frank Dale* 1,956 76.5 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Lundy 408 15.9 +0.4 Liberal Party (UK) Norman Allen 194 7.6 -1.2 1,548 60.5 +0.4 2,558 Labour Party (UK) +0.2 Baguley Baguley Labour Party (UK) Anthony Burns* 2,631 66.6 +4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Ennis 993 25.1 -3.3 Liberal Party (UK) Georgina Hall 328 8.3 -0.9 1,638 41.4 +7.5 3,952 Labour Party (UK) +3.8 Barlow Moor Barlow Moor Labour Party (UK) H. Johnston 2,004 46.5 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Moore* 1,503 34.9 -3.3 Social Democratic Party (UK) Simon Gluck 799 18.6 +2.4 501 11.6 +4.1 4,306 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +2.1 Benchill Benchill Labour Party (UK) Veronica Myers* 2,147 75.7 +3.6 Conservative Party (UK) Gladys Parry 425 15.0 -0.5 Liberal Party (UK) Gilbert Stacey 264 9.3 -3.1 1,722 60.7 +4.1 2,836 Labour Party (UK) +2.0 Beswick and Clayton Beswick and Clayton Labour Party (UK) Jack Flanagan* 2,432 76.2 +7.3 Conservative Party (UK) David Eager 543 17.0 -5.0 Social Democratic Party (UK) Angus Bateman 148 4.6 -2.1 National Front (UK) Alfred Coles 68 2.1 -0.2 1,889 59.2 +12.2 3,191 Labour Party (UK) +6.1 Blackley Blackley Labour Party (UK) Eddie Newman* 2,522 66.2 +4.2 Conservative Party (UK) Y. Whitehurst 904 23.7 -4.9 Liberal Party (UK) L. Gordon 386 10.1 +0.7 1,618 42.4 +9.0 3,812 Labour Party (UK) +4.5 Bradford Bradford Labour Party (UK) C. Heald 2,455 79.3 +6.5 Conservative Party (UK) M. Payne 402 13.0 -4.9 Liberal Party (UK) S. Donnelly 237 7.7 -1.6 2,053 66.4 +11.6 3,094 Labour Party (UK) +5.7 Brooklands Brooklands Labour Party (UK) John Broderick 2,188 49.3 +6.9 Labour Party (UK) Paul Clarke 2,119 Conservative Party (UK) J. Graham 1,741 39.2 -6.3 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur O'Connor* 1,729 Social Democratic Party (UK) Jeffrey Burton 508 11.4 -0.7 Social Democratic Party (UK) Peter Thompson 464 378 10.1 +6.9 8,749 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +6.6 Burnage Burnage Labour Party (UK) J. Clegg 2,418 48.9 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Nicholson 1,847 37.4 -3.4 Social Democratic Party (UK) Kenneth McKeon 678 13.7 -1.4 571 11.6 +8.3 4,943 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +4.1 Central Central Labour Party (UK) Gordon Conquest* 1,852 82.1 +5.4 Conservative Party (UK) C. Lundy 297 13.2 +0.8 Social Democratic Party (UK) Muhammad Qureshi 106 4.7 -6.1 1,555 69.0 +4.7 2,255 Labour Party (UK) +2.3 Charlestown Charlestown Labour Party (UK) David Ford* 2,537 59.4 +6.9 Conservative Party (UK) M. Jones 1,252 29.3 -2.0 Social Democratic Party (UK) Teresa Lyons 479 11.2 -5.0 1,285 30.1 +8.9 4,268 Labour Party (UK) +4.4 Cheetham Cheetham Labour Party (UK) J. McCardell 2,560 68.0 +1.3 Social Democratic Party (UK) K. Evans 863 22.9 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) P. Martyniuk 344 9.1 -5.3 1,697 45.0 -2.8 3,767 Labour Party (UK) -1.3 Chorlton Chorlton Conservative Party (UK) E. Walker 2,167 42.3 -4.5 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Davies 2,149 Labour Party (UK) W. Courtney 2,104 41.1 +4.6 Labour Party (UK) Richard Reddington 1,906 Liberal Party (UK) John Commons 752 14.7 -1.4 Liberal Party (UK) Margaret Boyle 708 Communist Party of Great Britain Michael Waterfield 93 1.8 +1.1 45 1.2 -9.8 9,879 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -4.5 Crumpsall Crumpsall Labour Party (UK) Richard Leese 2,090 49.4 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Lever* 1,640 38.8 -4.3 Liberal Party (UK) H. Showman 501 11.8 -0.9 450 10.6 +9.4 4,231 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +4.7 Didsbury Didsbury Conservative Party (UK) John Duke* 2,543 48.5 -3.8 Labour Party (UK) R. Whyte 1,521 29.0 +8.0 Social Democratic Party (UK) John Whitman 1,181 22.5 -4.2 1,022 19.5 -6.2 5,245 Conservative Party (UK) -5.9 Fallowfield Fallowfield Labour Party (UK) Rhona Graham 2,122 54.0 +5.9 Conservative Party (UK) George Taylor 1,368 34.8 -3.5 Social Democratic Party (UK) George Nevins 439 11.2 -2.3 754 19.2 +9.4 3,929 Labour Party (UK) +4.7 Gorton North Gorton North Labour Party (UK) Thomas Hamnett* 2,868 68.9 +14.3 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher McGregor 957 23.0 -2.9 Social Democratic Party (UK) S. Muir 338 8.1 -11.4 1,911 45.9 +17.2 4,163 Labour Party (UK) +8.6 Gorton South Gorton South Labour Party (UK) N. Litherland 2,522 63.8 +11.5 Liberal Party (UK) Dorothy Bell 825 20.9 -9.0 Conservative Party (UK) N. Dentith 609 15.4 -2.4 1,697 42.9 +20.4 3,956 Labour Party (UK) +10.2 Harpurhey Harpurhey Labour Party (UK) Graham Stringer* 1,985 68.3 +9.8 Conservative Party (UK) W. Smith 511 17.6 -7.2 Social Democratic Party (UK) Gerald Landsman 411 14.1 -2.6 1,474 50.7 +17.0 2,907 Labour Party (UK) +8.5 Hulme Hulme Labour Party (UK) Valerie Dunn* 2,243 80.6 +5.3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Lamptey 337 12.1 -0.7 Liberal Party (UK) Simon Lewis 202 7.3 -4.6 1,906 68.5 +6.1 2,782 Labour Party (UK) +3.0 Levenshulme Levenshulme Liberal Party (UK) Janet Blessing* 2,404 46.1 +8.3 Labour Party (UK) John Rimington 1,897 36.3 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Gerald Carey 918 17.6 -13.3 507 9.7 +3.2 5,219 Liberal Party (UK) +1.6 Lightbowne Lightbowne Labour Party (UK) Alison Kelly* 2,576 56.0 +2.7 Conservative Party (UK) Gwendoline Hurley 1,556 33.8 -1.4 Liberal Party (UK) John Cookson 471 10.2 -1.3 1,020 22.2 +4.1 4,603 Labour Party (UK) +2.0 Longsight Longsight Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Robinson* 2,622 64.2 +8.7 Social Democratic Party (UK) Altaf Ahmed 813 19.9 -4.3 Conservative Party (UK) B. Carey 579 14.2 -4.6 Independent (politician) M. Amin 69 1.7 +1.7 1,809 44.3 +13.0 4,083 Labour Party (UK) +6.5 Moss Side Moss Side Labour Party (UK) A. Spencer* 2,764 78.4 +6.1 Conservative Party (UK) Grant Higginson 495 14.0 -4.2 Liberal Party (UK) Delsya Redford 265 7.5 -2.0 2,269 64.4 +10.3 3,524 Labour Party (UK) +5.1 Moston Moston Labour Party (UK) Leonard Kelly 2,471 53.6 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Goulding* 1,661 36.0 -3.0 Liberal Party (UK) Martin Gradwell 476 10.3 -1.0 810 17.6 +7.0 4,608 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +3.5 Newton Heath Newton Heath Labour Party (UK) John Smith* 2,293 73.4 +6.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Driver 535 17.1 -6.7 Liberal Party (UK) M. Clune 203 6.5 -1.3 National Front (UK) Bryan Nylan 95 3.0 +1.8 1,758 56.2 +12.8 3,126 Labour Party (UK) +6.4 Northenden Northenden Labour Party (UK) Harold Brown* 2,529 54.6 +10.2 Conservative Party (UK) George Leigh 1,662 35.9 -5.9 Social Democratic Party (UK) L. Shields 444 9.6 -4.2 867 18.7 +16.1 4,635 Labour Party (UK) +8.0 Old Moat Old Moat Labour Party (UK) B. Harrison 2,732 52.6 +4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Gerard Fitzsimons* 1,797 34.6 -2.2 Liberal Party (UK) Richard Clayton 664 12.8 -2.1 935 18.0 +6.4 5,193 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +3.2 Rusholme Rusholme Labour Party (UK) John Nicholson* 2,125 48.1 +1.2 Liberal Party (UK) Guy Goodman 1,525 34.5 +10.4 Conservative Party (UK) S. Denney 685 15.5 -12.2 Independent (politician) S. Shah 87 2.0 +2.0 600 13.6 -5.6 4,422 Labour Party (UK) -4.6 Sharston Sharston Labour Party (UK) Kevan Lim* 2,213 53.0 +6.6 Conservative Party (UK) A. Kenyon 1,362 32.6 +1.4 Liberal Party (UK) Herbert Griffiths 598 14.3 -7.6 851 20.4 +5.2 4,173 Labour Party (UK) +2.6 Whalley Range Whalley Range Conservative Party (UK) Catherine McQuade 1,870 42.4 -3.5 Labour Party (UK) Roy Walters 1,840 41.8 +3.8 Social Democratic Party (UK) Muriel James 696 15.8 -0.3 30 0.7 -7.3 4,406 Conservative Party (UK) -3.6 Withington Withington Liberal Party (UK) A. Firth 1,940 36.3 -5.7 Labour Party (UK) Graham Martin 1,845 34.5 +12.8 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Jacobs* 1,566 29.3 -7.0 95 1.8 -3.9 5,351 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -9.2 Woodhouse Park Woodhouse Park Labour Party (UK) M. Ainsworth 2,273 72.7 +12.4 Conservative Party (UK) P. Champion 550 17.6 -3.4 Social Democratic Party (UK) Eileen Wildman 305 9.8 -8.9 1,723 55.1 +15.7 3,128 Labour Party (UK) +7.9 By-elections between 1984 and 1986 Blackley, 2 May 1985 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Eddy Newman M.E.P. (Labour, Blackley, elected 3 May 1979)Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993). on 21 March 1985.Euro MP to quit council, Manchester Evening News, March 22, 1985, p.35 Blackley Labour Party (UK) K. Barnes 2,314 56.9 -9.3 Conservative Party (UK) K. Potter 870 21.4 -2.3 Liberal Party (UK) J. Cookson 801 19.7 +9.6 National Front (UK) B. Nylan 79 1.9 N/A 1,444 35.5 -6.9 4,064 Labour Party (UK) Easy wins for Labour three, Manchester Evening News, May 3, 1985, p.14 References expanded Category:1984 English local elections 1984 Category:1980s in Manchester Category:May 1984 in the United Kingdom