1984 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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Map of the results for the 1984 Bradford council election.

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 3 May 1984, with one third of the council and an extra vacancy in Bradford Moor to be elected. The council remained under no overall control.[1][2]

Election result[edit]

Bradford Local Election Result 1984[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 17 2 2 0 54.8 44.9 62,243 +5.2%
  Conservative 12 2 2 0 38.7 38.6 53,537 -1.6%
  Alliance 2 0 0 0 6.4 16.4 22,726 -3.6%
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 149 +0.1%
  Workers Revolutionary 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 90 +0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party Previous council New council
Conservatives 44 44
Labour 40 40
Alliance 6 6
Total 90 90
Working majority  -2   -2 

Ward results[edit]

Baildon[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) M. Atkinson 2,656 49.0 +9.2
Conservative C. Charlesworth 2,033 37.5 -8.2
Labour B. Hughes 731 13.5 -1.0
Majority 623 11.5 +5.5
Turnout 5,420
Alliance hold Swing +8.7
Bingley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Booth 2,237 48.9 +1.3
Labour G. Carey 1,370 30.0 -4.7
Alliance (Liberal) N. Tregoning 966 21.1 +3.4
Majority 867 19.0 +6.0
Turnout 4,573
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
Bingley Rural[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Pettit 2,664 56.9 -5.3
Labour Y. Tough 1,102 23.5 +2.2
Alliance (SDP) F. Sunderland 915 19.5 +3.1
Majority 1,562 33.4 -7.5
Turnout 4,681
Conservative hold Swing -3.7
Bolton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Gaunt 1,767 43.1 -1.9
Labour G. Mitchell 1,500 36.6 +1.4
Alliance (SDP) J. Minshull 831 20.3 +0.4
Majority 267 6.5 -3.3
Turnout 4,098
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -1.6
Bowling[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Coughlin 3,008 73.0 +11.0
Conservative B. Moore 1,111 27.0 +4.0
Majority 1,897 46.0 +7.0
Turnout 4,119
Labour hold Swing +3.5
Bradford Moor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Cannell 2,930 63.3 +0.4
Labour R. Bilheimer 2,835
Conservative P. Magson 1,204 26.0 +5.4
Conservative S. Newton 1,133
Alliance (SDP) C. Lee 498 10.7 -5.8
Alliance (SDP) W. Whitley 463
Majority 1,726 37.3 -5.0
Turnout 4,632
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -2.5
Clayton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Sutcliffe 2,513 48.0 +8.3
Conservative E. Byrom 2,082 39.8 -7.2
Alliance (SDP) J. Brennan 635 12.1 -1.2
Majority 431 8.2 +1.0
Turnout 5,230
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.7
Craven[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Hoare 1,963 43.5 -3.6
Alliance (Liberal) G. Funnell 1,657 36.7 +3.4
Labour S. Best 893 19.8 +0.2
Majority 306 6.8 -7.0
Turnout 4,513
Conservative hold Swing -3.5
Eccleshill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Dewhirst 2,013 46.1 +1.9
Conservative D. Hill 1,595 36.5 -0.5
Alliance (Liberal) J. Taylor 761 17.4 -1.5
Majority 418 9.6 +2.4
Turnout 4,369
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Great Horton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Deeny 2,558 53.8 +4.6
Conservative R. Warren 1,734 36.5 -3.8
Alliance (SDP) R. Haines 458 9.6 -0.8
Majority 824 17.3 +8.5
Turnout 4,750
Labour hold Swing +4.2
Heaton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. King 2,930 60.0 +9.8
Labour S. Khokhar 1,398 28.6 +0.5
Alliance (SDP) M. Khan 555 11.4 -10.3
Majority 1,532 31.4 +9.3
Turnout 4,883
Conservative hold Swing +4.6
Idle[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) D. Ward 1,664 36.3 +4.5
Conservative H. Lycett 1,490 32.5 +0.3
Labour G. Porter 1,429 31.2 -4.9
Majority 174 3.8 -0.0
Turnout 4,583
Alliance hold Swing +2.1
Ilkley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Blann 2,445 53.2 -10.7
Alliance (Liberal) S. Moorhouse 1,706 37.1 +11.6
Labour S. Tatham 447 9.7 -0.9
Majority 739 16.1 -22.3
Turnout 4,598
Conservative hold Swing -11.1
Keighley North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Flanagan 2,319 47.0 +11.2
Conservative P. Gilmour 1,981 40.2 +2.6
Alliance (SDP) T. Figgess 633 12.8 -13.9
Majority 338 6.8 +5.1
Turnout 4,933
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.3
Keighley South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Ryan 2,631 66.1 +4.6
Conservative D. Lynas 834 20.9 -0.3
Alliance (Liberal) B. Salmons 516 13.0 -4.3
Majority 1,797 45.1 +4.9
Turnout 3,981
Labour hold Swing +2.4
Keighley West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Bowen 2,584 52.3 +1.4
Conservative T. Whitley 1,635 33.1 -2.4
Alliance (Liberal) R. Quayle 722 14.6 +1.1
Majority 949 19.2 +3.8
Turnout 4,941
Labour hold Swing +1.9
Little Horton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Cairns 2,733 71.3 +16.8
Conservative G. Johnson 743 19.4 +0.1
Alliance (SDP) M. Afzal 357 9.3 -16.9
Majority 1,990 51.9 +23.7
Turnout 3,833
Labour hold Swing +8.3
Odsal[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Bentley 2,398 50.4 +4.3
Conservative J. Sizer 1,525 32.0 -6.7
Alliance (Liberal) K. Reynolds 838 17.6 +2.3
Majority 873 18.3 +11.0
Turnout 4,761
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Queensbury[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative I. Cookland 2,361 44.5 -1.1
Labour G. Foster 2,242 42.3 +3.3
Alliance (Liberal) C. Best 701 13.2 -2.2
Majority 119 2.2 -4.4
Turnout 5,304
Conservative hold Swing -2.2
Rombalds[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Clavering 2,834 56.3 -1.8
Alliance (Liberal) C. Svensgaard 1,236 24.5 -4.7
Labour J. Grogan 964 19.1 +6.5
Majority 1,598 31.7 +2.9
Turnout 5,034
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
Shipley East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Free 2,219 57.2 +2.9
Conservative B. Larkin 1,071 27.6 -1.6
Alliance (Liberal) I. Horner 590 15.2 -1.3
Majority 1,148 29.6 +4.5
Turnout 3,880
Labour hold Swing +2.2
Shipley West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative O. Messer 2,747 50.1 -5.2
Labour C. Butler 1,950 35.6 +10.7
Alliance (SDP) M. Pollard 781 14.3 -2.5
Majority 797 14.5 -15.9
Turnout 5,478
Conservative hold Swing -7.9
Thornton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Townsend 1,960 45.2 -5.4
Labour R. Swindells 1,909 44.0 +11.2
Alliance (Liberal) S. Whitehead 469 10.8 -5.8
Majority 51 1.2 -16.6
Turnout 4,338
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -8.3
Toller[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Goldberg 2,651 49.1 +8.7
Conservative V. Holdsworth 2,129 39.4 -2.0
Alliance (SDP) H. Rashid 623 11.5 -6.7
Majority 522 9.7 +8.6
Turnout 5,403
Labour hold Swing +5.3
Tong[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Senior 2,936 80.1 +13.0
Conservative H. Thorne 730 19.9 -0.9
Majority 2,206 60.2 +13.8
Turnout 3,666
Labour hold Swing +6.9
Undercliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Goodyear 2,559 57.8 +6.4
Conservative H. Ibbotson 1,380 31.1 -3.2
Alliance (SDP) M. Attenborough 491 11.1 -3.1
Majority 1,179 26.6 +9.6
Turnout 4,430
Labour hold Swing +4.8
University[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Ajeeb 4,321 78.0 +14.5
Conservative J. Orpwood 720 13.0 +1.1
Alliance (SDP) G. Telfer 346 6.2 -16.9
Communist J. Baruch 149 2.7 +1.3
Majority 3,601 65.0 +24.6
Turnout 5,536
Labour hold Swing +6.7
Wibsey[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Hillam 2,205 51.3 +8.1
Labour R. Kubicsek 2,001 46.6 +5.8
Workers Revolutionary E. McEvoy 90 2.1 +2.1
Majority 204 4.7 +2.3
Turnout 4,296
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
Worth Valley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Hodgson 2,224 53.7 -2.7
Labour B. Brown 1,527 36.9 +7.8
Alliance (Liberal) R. Taylor 390 9.4 -5.2
Majority 697 16.8 -10.5
Turnout 4,141
Conservative hold Swing -5.2
Wyke[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Kearns 2,407 55.4 +8.3
Conservative D. Owen 1,203 27.7 -6.0
Alliance (SDP) J. Ryan 731 16.8 -2.4
Majority 1,204 27.7 +14.3
Turnout 4,341
Labour hold Swing +7.1

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "District results: Bradford". The Yorkshire Post. 4 May 1984.
  2. ^ "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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