1984 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 1984 Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 3 May 1984 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

During the 1984 election the Conservatives gained the Bushbury seat from Labour whilst Labour gained the Wednesfield South, Oxley and Fallings Park seats from the Conservatives, the SDP/Liberal Alliance gained a Council seat beating Labour in Spring Vale.

Prior to the election the constitution of the Council was:

• Labour 34
• Conservative 24
• Alliance 1

Vacant 1

Following the election the constitution of the Council was:

• Labour 35
• Conservative 23
• Alliance 2

Election result

Source:

Bilston East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Collingswood	1968
	Alliance	Mrs A Nightingale	1137
	Conservative	A Lewis	297
Majority			831

Bilston North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Kyte	1853
	Conservative	A Mills	1046
	Alliance	J Speakman	727
Majority			807

Blakenhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Jones	2409
	Conservative	K Clark	1262
	Alliance	Mrs G Hammond	323
Majority			1147

Bushbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Brueton	1533
	Labour	S Lydon	1445
	Alliance	I Jenkins	687
Majority			88

East Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs P Byrne	1920
	Conservative	M Hutt	525
	Alliance	J Hemmings	278
Majority			1395

Ettingshall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Johnson	1801
	True And Trusted Labour	T Lane	575
	Conservative	Mrs J Shore	389
	Alliance	F Bayley	249
Majority			1233

Fallings Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs T Walton	2007
	Conservative	A Griffiths	1544
	Alliance	D Hislop	507
Majority			463

Graiseley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Bird	2553
	Conservative	P Windridge	1456
	Alliance	J Nock	399
	Indian Independent	S Prased	102
Majority			1097

Heath Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M McElligott	1445
	Conservative	Miss T Bradley	736
	Alliance	C Hallmark	673
Majority			709

Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Garner	1963
	Conservative	K Gliwitzki	583
	Alliance	J Thompson	268
Majority			1380

Merry Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Bradley	2034
	Alliance	B Lamb	1317
	Labour	Mrs A Denham	729
Majority			717

Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Clifford	2284
	Conservative	A Findlay	1537
	Alliance	G Carter	290
Majority			747

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Swatman	2433
	Labour	P Plummer	1134
	Alliance	L Sherwin	540
Majority			1299

Penn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Hart	2708
	Labour	Dr J Gabriel	731
	Alliance	J White	629
Majority			1977

St Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S S Duhra	2367
	Conservative	Mrs T Ling	512
	Alliance	R Gray	431
	Communist	Dr G Barnsby	86
Majority			1855

Spring Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R Whitehouse	2551
	Labour	N Davies	1736
	Conservative	P Nicholls	369
Majority			815

Tettenhall Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs D Seiboth	2076
	Alliance	Mrs J Aubrey	1346
	Labour	P Pittam	521
Majority			730

Tettenhall Wightwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Rissbrook	2403
	Alliance	D Pottle	874
	Labour	Mrs B Hill	605
Majority			1529

Wednesfield North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Bateman	2114
	Conservative	R Woodhouse	1376
	Alliance	M Pearson	629
Majority			738

Wednesfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B Servian	2112
	Conservative	B Findlay	1370
	Alliance	E George	365
Majority			742