1984 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
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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]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]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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |