1984_Sheffield_Council_election

1984 Sheffield City Council election
31 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council; 44 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1984 Sheffield City Council elections.
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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.

Quick Facts 31 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council 44 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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John Butler was a sitting councillor for Sharrow ward

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	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

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

Heeley^[1]
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

Intake^[1]
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

Mosborough^[1]
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

Netherthorpe^[1]
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	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	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	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	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

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