1984 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester 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.

Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1984

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	29	7	0	+7	82.8	57.0	75,337	+5.4%
	Conservative	4	0	8	-8	11.4	27.2	36,027	-3.9%
	Alliance	2	1	0	+1	5.7	15.4	20,443	-1.7%
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	163	+0.0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	156	+0.1%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	93	-0.0%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party		Seats	+/-
	Labour	79	+7
	Conservative	14	-8
	Alliance	6	+1
	Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick

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

Baguley

Baguley

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

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor

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

Benchill

Benchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Myers*	2,147	75.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Gladys Parry	425	15.0	−0.5
	Alliance	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

Beswick and Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Flanagan*	2,432	76.2	+7.3
	Conservative	David Eager	543	17.0	−5.0
	Alliance	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

Blackley

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

Bradford

Bradford

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

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	Alliance	Jeffrey Burton	508	11.4	−0.7
	Alliance	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

Burnage

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

Central

Central

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

Charlestown

Charlestown

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

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. McCardell	2,560	68.0	+1.3
	Alliance	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

Chorlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	Alliance	John Commons	752	14.7	−1.4
	Alliance	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

Crumpsall

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

Didsbury

Didsbury

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

Fallowfield

Fallowfield

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

Gorton North

Gorton North

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

Gorton South

Gorton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Litherland	2,522	63.8	+11.5
	Alliance	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

Harpurhey

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

Hulme

Hulme

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

Levenshulme

Levenshulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	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
	Alliance hold		Swing	+1.6

Lightbowne

Lightbowne

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

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Robinson*	2,622	64.2	+8.7
	Alliance	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

Moss Side

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

Moston

Moston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Kelly	2,471	53.6	+4.0
	Conservative	Kenneth Goulding*	1,661	36.0	−3.0
	Alliance	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

Newton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith*	2,293	73.4	+6.2
	Conservative	R. Driver	535	17.1	−6.7
	Alliance	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

Northenden

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

Old Moat

Old Moat

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

Rusholme

Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Nicholson*	2,125	48.1	+1.2
	Alliance	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

Sharston

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

Whalley Range

Whalley Range

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

Withington

Withington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	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
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	-9.2

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park

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