1984 Sheffield City Council election
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Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 3 May 1984. One third of the council was up for election.
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 70.9 | 54.6 | 82,184 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16.1 | 24.6 | 37,012 | -4.6 | |
Alliance | 4 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 12.9 | 20.5 | 30,924 | +0.8 | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 258 | +0.1 | |
Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 107 | N/A |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 60 | 61 | |||
Conservatives | 18 | 17 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | 9 | 9 | |||
Total | 87 | 87 | |||
Working majority | 33 | 35 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Danny George* | 3,074 | 54.3 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Mohammed Walayat | 1,483 | 26.2 | −2.3 | |
Alliance (SDP) | N. Knox | 1,098 | 19.4 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,591 | 28.1 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,655 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Val Shepherd | 3,755 | 63.9 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Christopher Goldsmith | 1,284 | 21.9 | −3.8 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Cyril Skipworth | 832 | 14.2 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 2,471 | 42.0 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,871 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Price* | 2,757 | 70.3 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Patrick Heath | 2,445 | |||
Alliance (SDP) | George Wilson | 724 | 18.4 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | V. McQuaid | 442 | 11.2 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Maisie Hyatt | 409 | |||
Majority | 1,721 | 51.9 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,923 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irvine Patnick* | 1,929 | 43.4 | −4.8 | |
Labour | Jacqueline Mosley | 1,586 | 35.7 | +5.7 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Patrick Smith | 928 | 20.9 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 343 | 7.7 | −10.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,443 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Boyce | 3,482 | 53.2 | +0.6 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Francis Butler* | 2,736 | 41.8 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 294 | 4.5 | −1.3 | |
Communist | Paul Mackey | 26 | 0.4 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 746 | 11.4 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,538 | ||||
Labour gain from Alliance | Swing | -0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reg Munn* | 2,995 | 77.9 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Joan Graham | 494 | 12.8 | −1.1 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Patricia Major | 314 | 8.2 | −0.2 | |
Communist | Violet Gill | 40 | 1.0 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 2,501 | 65.1 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,843 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance (Liberal) | David Chadwick* | 3,517 | 56.1 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Henry Hanwell | 2,302 | 36.7 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | J. Edwards | 447 | 7.1 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 1,215 | 19.4 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,266 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Prince* | 2,934 | 65.2 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Colin Cavill | 944 | 21.0 | −2.1 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Dennis Boothroyd | 622 | 13.8 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 1,990 | 44.2 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,500 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Heslop* | 3,856 | 58.4 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Chris Prescott | 1,680 | 25.4 | +1.6 | |
Alliance (SDP) | W. Lawrie | 1,060 | 16.1 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 2,176 | 33.0 | −2.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,596 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sidney Cordle | 3,542 | 56.3 | −4.1 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Arthur Fawthrop | 1,537 | 24.4 | +0.4 | |
Labour | N. Eaton | 1,212 | 19.2 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 2,005 | 31.9 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,291 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Betts* | 3,571 | 77.2 | +4.6 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | D. Wagland | 551 | 11.9 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Lorna Banham | 501 | 10.8 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 3,020 | 65.3 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,623 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Jackson* | 3,417 | 54.9 | −4.5 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | G. Hughes | 1,526 | 24.5 | +0.6 | |
Labour | J. Hesketh | 1,280 | 20.5 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 1,891 | 30.4 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,223 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Nicholls* | 3,141 | 65.9 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Kennedy | 993 | 20.8 | −2.7 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Jane Padget | 632 | 13.2 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 2,148 | 45.1 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,766 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phyllis Smith | 3,279 | 61.0 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Bradbury | 1,422 | 26.4 | −4.2 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Raymond Mellor | 674 | 12.5 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 1,857 | 34.6 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,375 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Meade* | 3,484 | 51.8 | +6.1 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Penelope Smith | 1,660 | 24.6 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 1,585 | 23.5 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 1,824 | 27.2 | +16.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,729 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Moscrop | 3,087 | 59.0 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Giles Orton | 1,388 | 26.5 | −0.9 | |
Alliance (SDP) | J. Wild | 759 | 14.5 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 1,699 | 32.5 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,234 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Jordan | 3,088 | 82.0 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | George Booth | 402 | 10.7 | −0.9 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Pamela Brown | 276 | 7.3 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 2,686 | 71.3 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,766 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dorothy Walton* | 4,144 | 67.0 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | G. Ranson | 1,339 | 21.6 | −5.9 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Hilary Gooch | 697 | 11.3 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 2,805 | 45.4 | +15.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,180 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Fiore | 2,509 | 43.1 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Ian Fey | 2,304 | 39.6 | −5.3 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Paul Metcalfe | 893 | 15.3 | −1.0 | |
Ecology | Jane Beharrell | 107 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 205 | 3.5 | −2.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,813 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Barton* | 3,252 | 70.6 | +2.3 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Robert Shillito | 838 | 18.2 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | A. Banham | 512 | 11.1 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 2,414 | 52.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,602 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Robinson | 3,128 | 74.8 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Simon Briggs | 960 | 22.9 | +2.1 | |
Communist | Gordon Ashberry | 94 | 2.2 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 2,168 | 51.9 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,182 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Butler** | 3,479 | 62.8 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | B. Farnsworth | 1,368 | 24.7 | −4.5 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | H. Wallace | 688 | 12.4 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 2,111 | 38.1 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,535 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
John Butler was a sitting councillor for Sharrow ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Burrows* | 3,038 | 74.7 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Ian Beatson | 552 | 13.6 | −5.4 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Philip Taylor | 477 | 11.7 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 2,486 | 61.1 | +11.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,067 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Jones* | 3,224 | 83.0 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Shirley Rhodes | 414 | 10.6 | −6.0 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | D. Eddy | 244 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 2,810 | 72.4 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,882 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Pye | 2,304 | 69.0 | +5.7 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | R. Harrison | 937 | 28.0 | +15.7 | |
Communist | M. Heywood | 98 | 2.9 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 1,367 | 41.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,339 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance (Liberal) | Alan Memmott | 2,951 | 39.6 | +1.1 | |
Labour | H. Howard* | 2,606 | 35.0 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Sylvia Cowley | 1,892 | 25.4 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 345 | 4.6 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,449 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Blunkett* | 3,865 | 85.4 | +3.8 | |
Alliance (SDP) | E. Peacock | 336 | 7.4 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Hutton | 323 | 7.1 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 3,529 | 78.0 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,524 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance (Liberal) | June Hibberd | 2,081 | 48.3 | ||
Alliance (Liberal) | Malcolm Johnson | 1,977 | |||
Labour | John Johnston | 1,801 | 41.8 | ||
Labour | S. Thickett | 1,786 | |||
Conservative | William Travis | 421 | 9.8 | ||
Conservative | C. Whittaker | 414 | |||
Majority | 176 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,303 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Billings* | 3,718 | 62.3 | +5.2 | |
Alliance (SDP) | David Brown | 1,336 | 22.4 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Radcliffe Wilson-Wolfe | 913 | 15.3 | −8.4 | |
Majority | 2,382 | 39.9 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,967 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 |