City polls
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 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 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 ^ 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. ^ "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 20 February 2013 .