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1984 Manchester City Council election
← 1983
3 May 1984 (1984-05-03)
1986 →
35 of 99 seats
to Manchester City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bill Egerton Harold Tucker David Sandiford
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Leader's seat Beswick and Clayton Barlow Moor Withington
Last election 27 seats,
51.6%		 4 seats,
31.1%		 2 seats,
17.1%
Seats before 72 22 5
Seats won 29 4 2
Seats after 79 14 6
Seat change Increase7 Decrease8 Increase1
Popular vote 75,337 36,027 20,443
Percentage 57.0% 27.2% 15.4%
Swing Increase5.4% Decrease3.9% Decrease1.7%
Map of results of 1984 election
Leader of the Council before election

Bill Egerton
Labour

 Leader of the Council after election

Bill Egerton
Labour

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.[1]

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Labour Party 75,337 (57.0%)
Increase 5.4 29 (82.9%)
29 / 35
 Increase 7 79 (79.8%)
79 / 99
Conservative Party 36,027 (27.2%)
Decrease 3.9 4 (11.4%)
4 / 35
 Decrease 8 14 (14.1%)
14 / 99
Alliance 20,443 (15.4%)
Decrease 1.7 2 (5.7%)
2 / 35
 Increase 1 6 (6.1%)
6 / 99
National Front 163 (0.1%)
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent 156 (0.1%)
Increase 0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Communist 93 (0.1%)
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
↓
79 6 14

Ward results

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Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Frank Dale* 1,956 76.5 +0.9
Conservative Stephen Lundy 408 15.9 +0.4
Liberal Norman Allen 194 7.6 −1.2
Majority 1,548 60.5 +0.4
Turnout 2,558
Labour hold Swing +0.2

Baguley

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Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Anthony Burns* 2,631 66.6 +4.3
Conservative Christopher Ennis 993 25.1 −3.3
Liberal Georgina Hall 328 8.3 −0.9
Majority 1,638 41.4 +7.5
Turnout 3,952
Labour hold Swing +3.8

Barlow Moor

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Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour H. Johnston 2,004 46.5 +0.9
Conservative Henry Moore* 1,503 34.9 −3.3
SDP Simon Gluck 799 18.6 +2.4
Majority 501 11.6 +4.1
Turnout 4,306
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.1

Benchill

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Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Veronica Myers* 2,147 75.7 +3.6
Conservative Gladys Parry 425 15.0 −0.5
Liberal Gilbert Stacey 264 9.3 −3.1
Majority 1,722 60.7 +4.1
Turnout 2,836
Labour hold Swing +2.0

Beswick and Clayton

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Beswick and Clayton
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Jack Flanagan* 2,432 76.2 +7.3
Conservative David Eager 543 17.0 −5.0
SDP Angus Bateman 148 4.6 −2.1
National Front Alfred Coles 68 2.1 −0.2
Majority 1,889 59.2 +12.2
Turnout 3,191
Labour hold Swing +6.1

Blackley

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Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Eddie Newman* 2,522 66.2 +4.2
Conservative Y. Whitehurst 904 23.7 −4.9
Liberal L. Gordon 386 10.1 +0.7
Majority 1,618 42.4 +9.0
Turnout 3,812
Labour hold Swing +4.5

Bradford

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Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour C. Heald 2,455 79.3 +6.5
Conservative M. Payne 402 13.0 −4.9
Liberal S. Donnelly 237 7.7 −1.6
Majority 2,053 66.4 +11.6
Turnout 3,094
Labour hold Swing +5.7

Brooklands

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Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour John Broderick 2,188 49.3 +6.9
Labour Paul Clarke 2,119
Conservative J. Graham 1,741 39.2 −6.3
Conservative Arthur O'Connor* 1,729
SDP Jeffrey Burton 508 11.4 −0.7
SDP Peter Thompson 464
Majority 378 10.1 +6.9
Turnout 8,749
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.6

Burnage

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Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour J. Clegg 2,418 48.9 +4.8
Conservative Ronald Nicholson 1,847 37.4 −3.4
SDP Kenneth McKeon 678 13.7 −1.4
Majority 571 11.6 +8.3
Turnout 4,943
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.1

Central

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Central
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Gordon Conquest* 1,852 82.1 +5.4
Conservative C. Lundy 297 13.2 +0.8
SDP Muhammad Qureshi 106 4.7 −6.1
Majority 1,555 69.0 +4.7
Turnout 2,255
Labour hold Swing +2.3

Charlestown

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Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour David Ford* 2,537 59.4 +6.9
Conservative M. Jones 1,252 29.3 −2.0
SDP Teresa Lyons 479 11.2 −5.0
Majority 1,285 30.1 +8.9
Turnout 4,268
Labour hold Swing +4.4

Cheetham

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Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour J. McCardell 2,560 68.0 +1.3
SDP K. Evans 863 22.9 +4.0
Conservative P. Martyniuk 344 9.1 −5.3
Majority 1,697 45.0 −2.8
Turnout 3,767
Labour hold Swing -1.3

Chorlton

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Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative E. Walker 2,167 42.3 −4.5
Conservative Margaret Davies 2,149
Labour W. Courtney 2,104 41.1 +4.6
Labour Richard Reddington 1,906
Liberal John Commons 752 14.7 −1.4
Liberal Margaret Boyle 708
Communist Michael Waterfield 93 1.8 +1.1
Majority 45 1.2 −9.8
Turnout 9,879
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -4.5

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Richard Leese 2,090 49.4 +5.1
Conservative Frederick Lever* 1,640 38.8 −4.3
Liberal H. Showman 501 11.8 −0.9
Majority 450 10.6 +9.4
Turnout 4,231
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.7

Didsbury

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Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative John Duke* 2,543 48.5 −3.8
Labour R. Whyte 1,521 29.0 +8.0
SDP John Whitman 1,181 22.5 −4.2
Majority 1,022 19.5 −6.2
Turnout 5,245
Conservative hold Swing -5.9

Fallowfield

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Fallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Rhona Graham 2,122 54.0 +5.9
Conservative George Taylor 1,368 34.8 −3.5
SDP George Nevins 439 11.2 −2.3
Majority 754 19.2 +9.4
Turnout 3,929
Labour hold Swing +4.7

Gorton North

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Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Thomas Hamnett* 2,868 68.9 +14.3
Conservative Christopher McGregor 957 23.0 −2.9
SDP S. Muir 338 8.1 −11.4
Majority 1,911 45.9 +17.2
Turnout 4,163
Labour hold Swing +8.6

Gorton South

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Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour N. Litherland 2,522 63.8 +11.5
Liberal Dorothy Bell 825 20.9 −9.0
Conservative N. Dentith 609 15.4 −2.4
Majority 1,697 42.9 +20.4
Turnout 3,956
Labour hold Swing +10.2

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Graham Stringer* 1,985 68.3 +9.8
Conservative W. Smith 511 17.6 −7.2
SDP Gerald Landsman 411 14.1 −2.6
Majority 1,474 50.7 +17.0
Turnout 2,907
Labour hold Swing +8.5

Hulme

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Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Valerie Dunn* 2,243 80.6 +5.3
Conservative R. Lamptey 337 12.1 −0.7
Liberal Simon Lewis 202 7.3 −4.6
Majority 1,906 68.5 +6.1
Turnout 2,782
Labour hold Swing +3.0

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Liberal Janet Blessing* 2,404 46.1 +8.3
Labour John Rimington 1,897 36.3 +5.0
Conservative Gerald Carey 918 17.6 −13.3
Majority 507 9.7 +3.2
Turnout 5,219
Liberal hold Swing +1.6

Lightbowne

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Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Alison Kelly* 2,576 56.0 +2.7
Conservative Gwendoline Hurley 1,556 33.8 −1.4
Liberal John Cookson 471 10.2 −1.3
Majority 1,020 22.2 +4.1
Turnout 4,603
Labour hold Swing +2.0

Longsight

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Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Kathleen Robinson* 2,622 64.2 +8.7
SDP Altaf Ahmed 813 19.9 −4.3
Conservative B. Carey 579 14.2 −4.6
Independent M. Amin 69 1.7 +1.7
Majority 1,809 44.3 +13.0
Turnout 4,083
Labour hold Swing +6.5

Moss Side

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Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour A. Spencer* 2,764 78.4 +6.1
Conservative Grant Higginson 495 14.0 −4.2
Liberal Delsya Redford 265 7.5 −2.0
Majority 2,269 64.4 +10.3
Turnout 3,524
Labour hold Swing +5.1

Moston

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Moston
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Leonard Kelly 2,471 53.6 +4.0
Conservative Kenneth Goulding* 1,661 36.0 −3.0
Liberal Martin Gradwell 476 10.3 −1.0
Majority 810 17.6 +7.0
Turnout 4,608
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.5

Newton Heath

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Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour John Smith* 2,293 73.4 +6.2
Conservative R. Driver 535 17.1 −6.7
Liberal M. Clune 203 6.5 −1.3
National Front Bryan Nylan 95 3.0 +1.8
Majority 1,758 56.2 +12.8
Turnout 3,126
Labour hold Swing +6.4

Northenden

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Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Harold Brown* 2,529 54.6 +10.2
Conservative George Leigh 1,662 35.9 −5.9
SDP L. Shields 444 9.6 −4.2
Majority 867 18.7 +16.1
Turnout 4,635
Labour hold Swing +8.0

Old Moat

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Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour B. Harrison 2,732 52.6 +4.3
Conservative Gerard Fitzsimons* 1,797 34.6 −2.2
Liberal Richard Clayton 664 12.8 −2.1
Majority 935 18.0 +6.4
Turnout 5,193
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.2

Rusholme

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Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour John Nicholson* 2,125 48.1 +1.2
Liberal Guy Goodman 1,525 34.5 +10.4
Conservative S. Denney 685 15.5 −12.2
Independent S. Shah 87 2.0 +2.0
Majority 600 13.6 −5.6
Turnout 4,422
Labour hold Swing -4.6

Sharston

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Sharston
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour Kevan Lim* 2,213 53.0 +6.6
Conservative A. Kenyon 1,362 32.6 +1.4
Liberal Herbert Griffiths 598 14.3 −7.6
Majority 851 20.4 +5.2
Turnout 4,173
Labour hold Swing +2.6

Whalley Range

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Whalley Range
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Conservative Catherine McQuade 1,870 42.4 −3.5
Labour Roy Walters 1,840 41.8 +3.8
SDP Muriel James 696 15.8 −0.3
Majority 30 0.7 −7.3
Turnout 4,406
Conservative hold Swing -3.6

Withington

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Withington
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Liberal A. Firth 1,940 36.3 −5.7
Labour Graham Martin 1,845 34.5 +12.8
Conservative Joan Jacobs* 1,566 29.3 −7.0
Majority 95 1.8 −3.9
Turnout 5,351
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing -9.2

Woodhouse Park

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Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour M. Ainsworth 2,273 72.7 +12.4
Conservative P. Champion 550 17.6 −3.4
SDP Eileen Wildman 305 9.8 −8.9
Majority 1,723 55.1 +15.7
Turnout 3,128
Labour hold Swing +7.9

By-elections between 1984 and 1986

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Blackley, 2 May 1985

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Caused by the resignation of Councillor Eddy Newman M.E.P. (Labour, Blackley, elected 3 May 1979)[2] on 21 March 1985.[3]

Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % Âą%
Labour K. Barnes 2,314 56.9 −9.3
Conservative K. Potter 870 21.4 −2.3
Liberal J. Cookson 801 19.7 +9.6
National Front B. Nylan 79 1.9 N/A
Majority 1,444 35.5 −6.9
Turnout 4,064
Labour hold Swing

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References

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  1. ↑ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
  2. ↑ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
  3. ↑ Euro MP to quit council, Manchester Evening News, March 22, 1985, p.35
  4. ↑ Easy wins for Labour three, Manchester Evening News, May 3, 1985, p.14
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