# 1984 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 3 May 1984. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1988. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.

## Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1984 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 29 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 82.8 | 57.0 | 75,337 | +5.4% |
| Conservative | 4 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 11.4 | 27.2 | 36,027 | -3.9% |
| Alliance | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.7 | 15.4 | 20,443 | -1.7% |
| National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 163 | +0.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 156 | +0.1% |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 93 | -0.0% |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
| Party | Seats | +/- |
| Labour | 79 | +7 |
| Conservative | 14 | -8 |
| Alliance | 6 | +1 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

## Ward results
### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Dale* | 1,956 | 76.5 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Lundy | 408 | 15.9 | +0.4 |
| | Alliance | Norman Allen | 194 | 7.6 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,548 | 60.5 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,558 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony Burns* | 2,631 | 66.6 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Ennis | 993 | 25.1 | −3.3 |
| | Alliance | Georgina Hall | 328 | 8.3 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,638 | 41.4 | +7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,952 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 | |

### Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Johnston | 2,004 | 46.5 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Henry Moore* | 1,503 | 34.9 | −3.3 |
| | Alliance | Simon Gluck | 799 | 18.6 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 501 | 11.6 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,306 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 | |

### Benchill

Benchill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Veronica Myers* | 2,147 | 75.7 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Gladys Parry | 425 | 15.0 | −0.5 |
| | Alliance | Gilbert Stacey | 264 | 9.3 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,722 | 60.7 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,836 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 | |

### Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jack Flanagan* | 2,432 | 76.2 | +7.3 |
| | Conservative | David Eager | 543 | 17.0 | −5.0 |
| | Alliance | Angus Bateman | 148 | 4.6 | −2.1 |
| | National Front | Alfred Coles | 68 | 2.1 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,889 | 59.2 | +12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,191 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.1 | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eddie Newman* | 2,522 | 66.2 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Y. Whitehurst | 904 | 23.7 | −4.9 |
| | Alliance | L. Gordon | 386 | 10.1 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,618 | 42.4 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,812 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Heald | 2,455 | 79.3 | +6.5 |
| | Conservative | M. Payne | 402 | 13.0 | −4.9 |
| | Alliance | S. Donnelly | 237 | 7.7 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,053 | 66.4 | +11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,094 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Broderick | 2,188 | 49.3 | +6.9 |
| | Labour | Paul Clarke | 2,119 | | |
| | Conservative | J. Graham | 1,741 | 39.2 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | Arthur O'Connor* | 1,729 | | |
| | Alliance | Jeffrey Burton | 508 | 11.4 | −0.7 |
| | Alliance | Peter Thompson | 464 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 378 | 10.1 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,749 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.6 | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Clegg | 2,418 | 48.9 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Nicholson | 1,847 | 37.4 | −3.4 |
| | Alliance | Kenneth McKeon | 678 | 13.7 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 571 | 11.6 | +8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,943 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.1 | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon Conquest* | 1,852 | 82.1 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | C. Lundy | 297 | 13.2 | +0.8 |
| | Alliance | Muhammad Qureshi | 106 | 4.7 | −6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,555 | 69.0 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,255 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |

### Charlestown

Charlestown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Ford* | 2,537 | 59.4 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative | M. Jones | 1,252 | 29.3 | −2.0 |
| | Alliance | Teresa Lyons | 479 | 11.2 | −5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,285 | 30.1 | +8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,268 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. McCardell | 2,560 | 68.0 | +1.3 |
| | Alliance | K. Evans | 863 | 22.9 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | P. Martyniuk | 344 | 9.1 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,697 | 45.0 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,767 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.3 | |

### Chorlton

Chorlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | E. Walker | 2,167 | 42.3 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Davies | 2,149 | | |
| | Labour | W. Courtney | 2,104 | 41.1 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | Richard Reddington | 1,906 | | |
| | Alliance | John Commons | 752 | 14.7 | −1.4 |
| | Alliance | Margaret Boyle | 708 | | |
| | Communist | Michael Waterfield | 93 | 1.8 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | 1.2 | −9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,879 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.5 | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Leese | 2,090 | 49.4 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Frederick Lever* | 1,640 | 38.8 | −4.3 |
| | Alliance | H. Showman | 501 | 11.8 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 450 | 10.6 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,231 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.7 | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Duke* | 2,543 | 48.5 | −3.8 |
| | Labour | R. Whyte | 1,521 | 29.0 | +8.0 |
| | Alliance | John Whitman | 1,181 | 22.5 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,022 | 19.5 | −6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,245 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.9 | |

### Fallowfield

Fallowfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rhona Graham | 2,122 | 54.0 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | George Taylor | 1,368 | 34.8 | −3.5 |
| | Alliance | George Nevins | 439 | 11.2 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 754 | 19.2 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,929 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.7 | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Thomas Hamnett* | 2,868 | 68.9 | +14.3 |
| | Conservative | Christopher McGregor | 957 | 23.0 | −2.9 |
| | Alliance | S. Muir | 338 | 8.1 | −11.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,911 | 45.9 | +17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,163 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | N. Litherland | 2,522 | 63.8 | +11.5 |
| | Alliance | Dorothy Bell | 825 | 20.9 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative | N. Dentith | 609 | 15.4 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,697 | 42.9 | +20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,956 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 10.2 | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Graham Stringer* | 1,985 | 68.3 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | W. Smith | 511 | 17.6 | −7.2 |
| | Alliance | Gerald Landsman | 411 | 14.1 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,474 | 50.7 | +17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,907 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 8.5 | |

### Hulme

Hulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Valerie Dunn* | 2,243 | 80.6 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | R. Lamptey | 337 | 12.1 | −0.7 |
| | Alliance | Simon Lewis | 202 | 7.3 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,906 | 68.5 | +6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,782 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Janet Blessing* | 2,404 | 46.1 | +8.3 |
| | Labour | John Rimington | 1,897 | 36.3 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | Gerald Carey | 918 | 17.6 | −13.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 507 | 9.7 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,219 | | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | +1.6 | |

### Lightbowne

Lightbowne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alison Kelly* | 2,576 | 56.0 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Gwendoline Hurley | 1,556 | 33.8 | −1.4 |
| | Alliance | John Cookson | 471 | 10.2 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,020 | 22.2 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,603 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kathleen Robinson* | 2,622 | 64.2 | +8.7 |
| | Alliance | Altaf Ahmed | 813 | 19.9 | −4.3 |
| | Conservative | B. Carey | 579 | 14.2 | −4.6 |
| | Independent | M. Amin | 69 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,809 | 44.3 | +13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,083 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 | |

### Moss Side

Moss Side :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Spencer* | 2,764 | 78.4 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | Grant Higginson | 495 | 14.0 | −4.2 |
| | Alliance | Delsya Redford | 265 | 7.5 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,269 | 64.4 | +10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,524 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.1 | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leonard Kelly | 2,471 | 53.6 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Goulding* | 1,661 | 36.0 | −3.0 |
| | Alliance | Martin Gradwell | 476 | 10.3 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 810 | 17.6 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,608 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.5 | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Smith* | 2,293 | 73.4 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | R. Driver | 535 | 17.1 | −6.7 |
| | Alliance | M. Clune | 203 | 6.5 | −1.3 |
| | National Front | Bryan Nylan | 95 | 3.0 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,758 | 56.2 | +12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,126 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.4 | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harold Brown* | 2,529 | 54.6 | +10.2 |
| | Conservative | George Leigh | 1,662 | 35.9 | −5.9 |
| | Alliance | L. Shields | 444 | 9.6 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 867 | 18.7 | +16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,635 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.0 | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | B. Harrison | 2,732 | 52.6 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | Gerard Fitzsimons* | 1,797 | 34.6 | −2.2 |
| | Alliance | Richard Clayton | 664 | 12.8 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 935 | 18.0 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,193 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.2 | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Nicholson* | 2,125 | 48.1 | +1.2 |
| | Alliance | Guy Goodman | 1,525 | 34.5 | +10.4 |
| | Conservative | S. Denney | 685 | 15.5 | −12.2 |
| | Independent | S. Shah | 87 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 600 | 13.6 | −5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,422 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.6 | |

### Sharston

Sharston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevan Lim* | 2,213 | 53.0 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | A. Kenyon | 1,362 | 32.6 | +1.4 |
| | Alliance | Herbert Griffiths | 598 | 14.3 | −7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 851 | 20.4 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,173 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 | |

### Whalley Range

Whalley Range :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Catherine McQuade | 1,870 | 42.4 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | Roy Walters | 1,840 | 41.8 | +3.8 |
| | Alliance | Muriel James | 696 | 15.8 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30 | 0.7 | −7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,406 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.6 | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | A. Firth | 1,940 | 36.3 | −5.7 |
| | Labour | Graham Martin | 1,845 | 34.5 | +12.8 |
| | Conservative | Joan Jacobs* | 1,566 | 29.3 | −7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | 1.8 | −3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,351 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | -9.2 | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. Ainsworth | 2,273 | 72.7 | +12.4 |
| | Conservative | P. Champion | 550 | 17.6 | −3.4 |
| | Alliance | Eileen Wildman | 305 | 9.8 | −8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,723 | 55.1 | +15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,128 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.9 | |