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1984 United Kingdom local elections

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election_name1984 United Kingdom local elections
countryUnited Kingdom
typelegislative
previous_election1983 United Kingdom local elections
previous_year1983
next_election1985 United Kingdom local elections
next_year1985
seats_for_electionAll 36 metropolitan boroughs, 123 out of 296 English districts and all 53 Scottish districts
election_date3 May 1984
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percentage138%
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leader2Neil Kinnock
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party3SDP–Liberal Alliance
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and David Owen and 21 June 1983

Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1984. 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

England

Metropolitan boroughs

All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsBarnsleyBirminghamBoltonBradfordBuryCalderdaleCoventryDoncasterDudleyGatesheadKirkleesKnowsleyLeedsLiverpoolManchesterNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideOldhamRochdaleRotherhamSalfordSandwellSeftonSheffieldSolihullSouth TynesideSt HelensStockportSunderlandTamesideTraffordWakefieldWalsallWiganWirralWolverhampton
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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.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAdurAmber ValleyBarrow-in-FurnessBasildonBasingstoke and DeaneBassetlawBathBlackburnBrentwoodBrightonBristolBroadlandBroxbourneBurnleyCambridgeCannock ChaseCarlisleCheltenhamCherwellChesterChorleyColchesterCongletonCravenCrawleyCrewe and NantwichDaventryDerbyEast DevonEastbourneEastleighEllesmere Port and NestonElmbridgeEpping ForestExeterFarehamGillinghamGloucesterGosportGreat GrimsbyGreat YarmouthHaltonHarlowHarrogateHartHartlepoolHastingsHavantHerefordHertsmereHinckley and BosworthHuntingdonHyndburnIpswichKingston upon HullLeicesterLeominsterLincolnMacclesfieldMaidstoneMid SussexMilton KeynesMole ValleyNewcastle-under-LymeNorth BedfordshireNorth HertfordshireNorwichNuneaton and BedworthOadby and WigstonOxfordPendlePenwithPeterboroughPortsmouthPrestonPurbeckReadingRedditchReigate and BansteadRochfordRossendaleRugbyRunnymedeRushmoorScunthorpeShrewsbury and AtchamSloughSouth BedfordshireSouth CambridgeshireSouth HerefordshireSouth LakelandSouthamptonSouthend-on-SeaSt AlbansStevenageStoke-on-TrentStratford-on-AvonStroudSwaleTamworthTandridgeThamesdownThree RiversThurrockTonbridge and MallingTorbayTunbridge WellsWatfordWaveneyWelwyn HatfieldWest DorsetWest LancashireWest LindseyWest OxfordshireWeymouth and PortlandWinchesterWokingWokinghamWoodspringWorcesterWorthingWyre ForestYork
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District councils

Main article: 1984 Scottish local elections

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAberdeenAngusAnnandale and EskdaleArgyllBadenoch and StrathspeyBanff and BuchanBearsden and MilngavieBerwickshireCaithnessClackmannanClydebankClydesdaleCumbernauld and KilsythCumnock and Doon ValleyCunninghameDumbartonDundeeDunfermlineEast KilbrideEast LothianEastwoodEdinburghEttrick and LauderdaleFalkirkGlasgowGordonHamiltonInverclydeInvernessKilmarnock and LoudounKincardine and DeesideKirkcaldyKyle and CarrickLochaberMidlothianMonklandsMorayMotherwellNairnNithsdaleNorth East FifePerth and KinrossRenfrewRoss and CromartyRoxburghSkye and LochalshStewartryStirlingStrathkelvinSutherlandTweeddaleWest LothianWigtown
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References

References

  1. "Local Elections Handbook 1984". The Elections Centre.
  2. "Council compositions".
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