1984 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 1984 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

Source:^[1]

Bilston East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J Collingswood	1968
	Alliance	Mrs A Nightingale	1137
	Conservative	A Lewis	297
Majority			831

Bilston North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J Kyte	1853
	Conservative	A Mills	1046
	Alliance	J Speakman	727
Majority			807

Blakenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R Jones	2409
	Conservative	K Clark	1262
	Alliance	Mrs G Hammond	323
Majority			1147

Bushbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	C Brueton	1533
	Labour	S Lydon	1445
	Alliance	I Jenkins	687
Majority			88

East Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mrs P Byrne	1920
	Conservative	M Hutt	525
	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
	Alliance	F Bayley	249
Majority			1233

Fallings Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mrs T Walton	2007
	Conservative	A Griffiths	1544
	Alliance	D Hislop	507
Majority			463

Graiseley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J Bird	2553
	Conservative	P Windridge	1456
	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
	Alliance	C Hallmark	673
Majority			709

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	R Garner	1963
	Conservative	K Gliwitzki	583
	Alliance	J Thompson	268
Majority			1380

Merry Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	R Bradley	2034
	Alliance	B Lamb	1317
	Labour	Mrs A Denham	729
Majority			717

Oxley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J Clifford	2284
	Conservative	A Findlay	1537
	Alliance	G Carter	290
Majority			747

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	R Swatman	2433
	Labour	P Plummer	1134
	Alliance	L Sherwin	540
Majority			1299

Penn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	A Hart	2708
	Labour	Dr J Gabriel	731
	Alliance	J White	629
Majority			1977

St Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	S S Duhra	2367
	Conservative	Mrs T Ling	512
	Alliance	R Gray	431
	Communist	Dr G Barnsby	86
Majority			1855

Spring Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Alliance	R Whitehouse	2551
	Labour	N Davies	1736
	Conservative	P Nicholls	369
Majority			815

Tettenhall Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mrs D Seiboth	2076
	Alliance	Mrs J Aubrey	1346
	Labour	P Pittam	521
Majority			730

Tettenhall Wightwick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	A Rissbrook	2403
	Alliance	D Pottle	874
	Labour	Mrs B Hill	605
Majority			1529

Wednesfield North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	P Bateman	2114
	Conservative	R Woodhouse	1376
	Alliance	M Pearson	629
Majority			738

Wednesfield South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	B Servian	2112
	Conservative	B Findlay	1370
	Alliance	E George	365
Majority			742

References

^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[1] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

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