Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1984
The 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
Bilston East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
J Collingswood |
1968 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Mrs A Nightingale |
1137 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
A Lewis |
297 |
|
|
Majority |
831 |
|
|
Bilston North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
J Kyte |
1853 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
A Mills |
1046 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
J Speakman |
727 |
|
|
Majority |
807 |
|
|
Blakenhall |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
R Jones |
2409 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
K Clark |
1262 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Mrs G Hammond |
323 |
|
|
Majority |
1147 |
|
|
Bushbury |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
C Brueton |
1533 |
|
|
|
Labour |
S Lydon |
1445 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
I Jenkins |
687 |
|
|
Majority |
88 |
|
|
East Park |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Mrs P Byrne |
1920 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
M Hutt |
525 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal 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 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
F Bayley |
249 |
|
|
Majority |
1233 |
|
|
Fallings Park |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Mrs T Walton |
2007 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
A Griffiths |
1544 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
D Hislop |
507 |
|
|
Majority |
463 |
|
|
Graiseley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
J Bird |
2553 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
P Windridge |
1456 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal 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 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
C Hallmark |
673 |
|
|
Majority |
709 |
|
|
Low Hill |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
R Garner |
1963 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
K Gliwitzki |
583 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
J Thompson |
268 |
|
|
Majority |
1380 |
|
|
Merry Hill |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
R Bradley |
2034 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
B Lamb |
1317 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Mrs A Denham |
729 |
|
|
Majority |
717 |
|
|
Oxley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
J Clifford |
2284 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
A Findlay |
1537 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
G Carter |
290 |
|
|
Majority |
747 |
|
|
Park |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
R Swatman |
2433 |
|
|
|
Labour |
P Plummer |
1134 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
L Sherwin |
540 |
|
|
Majority |
1299 |
|
|
Penn |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
A Hart |
2708 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Dr J Gabriel |
731 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
J White |
629 |
|
|
Majority |
1977 |
|
|
St Peter's |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
S S Duhra |
2367 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Mrs T Ling |
512 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
R Gray |
431 |
|
|
|
Communist |
Dr G Barnsby |
86 |
|
|
Majority |
1855 |
|
|
Spring Vale |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
R Whitehouse |
2551 |
|
|
|
Labour |
N Davies |
1736 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
P Nicholls |
369 |
|
|
Majority |
815 |
|
|
Tettenhall Regis |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Mrs D Seiboth |
2076 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Mrs J Aubrey |
1346 |
|
|
|
Labour |
P Pittam |
521 |
|
|
Majority |
730 |
|
|
Tettenhall Wightwick |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
A Rissbrook |
2403 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
D Pottle |
874 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Mrs B Hill |
605 |
|
|
Majority |
1529 |
|
|
Wednesfield North |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
P Bateman |
2114 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
R Woodhouse |
1376 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
M Pearson |
629 |
|
|
Majority |
738 |
|
|
Wednesfield South |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
B Servian |
2112 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
B Findlay |
1370 |
|
|
|
SDP–Liberal Alliance |
E George |
365 |
|
|
Majority |
742 |
|
|
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| Metropolitan boroughs | |
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| District councils (England) | |
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| District councils (Scotland) |
- Aberdeen
- Angus
- Annandale and Eskdale
- Argyll and Bute
- Badenoch and Strathspey
- Banff and Buchan
- Bearsden and Milngavie
- Berwickshire
- Caithness
- Clackmannan
- Clydebank
- Clydesdale
- Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
- Cumnock and Doon Valley
- Cunninghame
- Dumbarton
- Dundee
- Dunfermline
- East Kilbride
- East Lothian
- Eastwood
- Edinburgh
- Ettrick and Lauderdale
- Falkirk
- Glasgow
- Gordon
- Hamilton
- Inverclyde
- Inverness
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun
- Kincardine and Deeside
- Kirkcaldy
- Kyle and Carrick
- Lochaber
- Midlothian
- Monklands
- Moray
- Motherwell
- Nairn
- Nithsdale
- North East Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Renfrew
- Ross and Cromarty
- Roxburgh
- Skye and Lochalsh
- Stewartry
- Stirling
- Strathkelvin
- Sutherland
- Tweeddale
- West Lothian
- Wigtown
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