1984 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1984. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party retained overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	58	+7
	Liberal	28	-2
	Conservative	17	-1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1984

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21				63%	46%	90,219
	Liberal	10				29%	35%	67,234
	Conservative	3				9%	19%	37,055
	Communist	0				0%	0.1%	250

^[2]

Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. A. Devaney	2,739	80%
	Liberal	C. J. Leahy	350	10%
	Conservative	H. V. Tracy-Forster	252	7%
	Communist	F. Carroll	92	3%
Majority			2,389
Registered electors			8,960
Turnout			3,433	38%

Aigburth

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cathy Hancox	3,683	53%
	Labour	J. D. Williams	1,901	27%
	Conservative	J. Mass	1,329	19%
Majority			1,782
Registered electors			13,502
Turnout			6,913	51%

Allerton

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Craine	3,446	50%
	SDP	W. M. Scott	1,783	26%
	Labour	Dawn Booth	1,609	24%
Majority			1,663
Registered electors			12,717
Turnout			6,838	54%

Anfield

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Crowley	2,870	43%
	Liberal	R. Johnston	2,553	38%
	Conservative	Myrna Fitzsimmons	1,308	19%
Majority			317
Registered electors			12,540
Turnout			6,731	54%

Arundel

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. J. Hicks	2,404	43%
	Labour	M. V. Roberts	2,334	42%
	Conservative	H. M. Rigby	815	15%
	Communist	J. C. Blevin	63	1%
Majority			70
Registered electors			12,114
Turnout			5,616	46%

Breckfield

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. J. Ellison	2,911	50%
	Liberal	D. M. B. Crofts	2,699	46%
	Conservative	A. Brill	208	4%
Majority			212
Registered electors			11,508
Turnout			5,818	51%

Broadgreen

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rosemary Cooper	3,500	48%
	Labour	R. Quinn	2,982	41%
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	756	10%
Majority			518
Registered electors			13,532
Turnout			7,238	53%

Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eddie Clein	3,694	48%
	Conservative	W. A. N. Fearenside	2,581	34%
	Labour	D. J. Phillips	1,429	19%
Majority			1,113
Registered electors			13,718
Turnout			7,704	56%

Church

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Storey	4,306	50%
	Conservative	R. F. Symington	2,656	31%
	Labour	P. J. Thompson	1,661	19%
Majority			1,650
Registered electors			14,897
Turnout			8,623	58%

Clubmoor

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Lafferty	4,050	60%
	SDP	J. P. Prince	1,693	25%
	Conservative	A. G. Wilson	1,002	15%
Majority			2,357
Registered electors			13,926
Turnout			6,745	48%

County

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Clark	3,932	54%
	Labour	M. P. Bolland	2,971	40%
	Conservative	C. P. Loller	439	6%
Majority			961
Registered electors			12,973
Turnout			7,342	57%

Croxteth

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. E. Brandwood	3,413	47%
	Labour	Frank Vaudrey	2,299	31%
	SDP	S. F. Jacobs	1,603	22%
Majority			1,114
Registered electors			13,703
Turnout			7,315	53%

Dingle

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Ferguson	3,095	52%
	Liberal	Richard Kemp	2,339	39%
	Conservative	D. W. Patmore	462	8%
	Communist	J. Cook	30	1%
Majority			756
Registered electors			11,453
Turnout			5,926	52%

Dovecot

Dovecot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Burke	3,454	70%
	Conservative	J. F. MacMillan	849	17%
	Liberal	C. Mayes	654	13%
Majority			2,605
Registered electors			11,965
Turnout			4,957	41%

Everton

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Parry	3,186	87%
	Conservative	C. Freemantle	282	8%
	Liberal	J. P. Murray	213	6%
Majority			2,904
Registered electors			9,290
Turnout			3,681	40%

Fazakerley

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. J. Lloyd	3,293	60%
	Conservative	A. Brown	1,091	20%
	SDP	S. D. Jones	1,080	20%
Majority			2,202
Registered electors			11,448
Turnout			5,464	48%

Gillmoss

Gillmoss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. L. Rimmer	3,836	77%
	Conservative	P. C. Ferris	634	13%
	SDP	B. Coleman	490	10%
Majority			3,202
Registered electors			11,927
Turnout			4,960	42%

Granby

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	'	2,715	56%
	Liberal	Arthur Eric Damsell	1,890	39%
	Conservative	D. N. Gillott	187	4%
	Communist	E. F. Caddick	65	1%
Majority			825
Registered electors			10,350
Turnout			4,857	47%

Grassendale

Grassendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. C. Greenwood	4,221	55%
	Conservative	J. H. Lea	2,511	33%
	Labour	S. D. Flemming	958	12%
Majority			1,710
Registered electors			12,313
Turnout			7,690	62%

Kensington

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. D. Fogg	3,001	49%
	Liberal	Frank Doran	2,679	44%
	Conservative	T. Caulfield	422	7%
Majority			322
Registered electors			12,600
Turnout			6,102	48%

Melrose

Melrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. J. Wagner	3,303	58%
	Liberal	David Vasmer	2,116	37%
	Conservative	Angela Oliver	246	4%
Majority			1,187
Registered electors			11,779
Turnout			5,665	48%

Netherley

Netherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Harper	2,566	72%
	SDP	Ian Phillips	580	16%
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	431	12%
Majority			1,986
Registered electors			7,730
Turnout			3,577	46%

Old Swan

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. J. Lloyd	3,126	51%
	Liberal	J. Rossington	2,136	35%
	Conservative	Pauline Dougherty	887	14%
Majority			990
Registered electors			11,989
Turnout			6,149	51%

Picton

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pamela Bradley	3,569	56%
	Labour	A. C. Snowden	2,391	37%
	Conservative	S. M. Sugden	419	7%
Majority			1,178
Registered electors			11,626
Turnout			6,379	55%

Pirrie

Pirrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Dalton	3,949	70%
	SDP	D. Stephenson	804	14%
	Conservative	M. Kingston	880	16%
Majority			3,069
Registered electors			12,242
Turnout			5,633	46%

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Mulhearn	2,972	51%
	Liberal	M. N. Bestel	2,149	37%
	Conservative	M. S. Gill	727	12%
Majority			823
Registered electors			11,613
Turnout			5,848	50%

Smithdown

Smithdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Matthews	2,884	59%
	Liberal	Anne Clitherow	1,810	37%
	Conservative	S. J. Melia	173	4%
Majority			1,074
Registered electors			10,331
Turnout			4,867	47%

Speke

Speke 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Ord	3,607	80%
	Labour	F. M. Dowling	3,543	79%
	Liberal	J. D. Ball	466	10%
	Liberal	Katherine Watson	405	10%
	Conservative	C. W. Harpin	427	9%
	Conservative	K. G. Watkin	363	8%
Majority			3,141
Registered electors			9,715
Turnout			4,500	46%

Tuebrook

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve R. Radford	3,492	53%
	Labour	J. E. Roberts	2,412	36%
	Conservative	J. Irving	706	11%
Majority			1,080
Registered electors			12,419
Turnout			6,610	53%

Valley

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Smith	2,961	63%
	Conservative	S. R. Marsden	1,054	22%
	Liberal	Veronica Best	688	15%
Majority			1,907
Registered electors			9,778
Turnout			4,703	48%

Vauxhall

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Orr	3,031	94%
	Conservative	H. W. Drohan	208	6%
Majority			2,823
Registered electors			8,038
Turnout			2,823	40%

Warbreck

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Elsie Lang	2,707	40%
	Labour	T. A. Prout	2,515	37%
	Conservative	R. Gould	1,558	23%
Majority			192
Registered electors			13,914
Turnout			6,780	49%

Woolton

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ruth Dean	4,696	69%
	Labour	R. J. Lafferty	1,208	18%
	Liberal	D. E. Huish	951	14%
Majority			3,488
Registered electors			12,857
Turnout			3,488	53%

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