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.

1984 Liverpool City Council election

3 May 1984 (1984-05-03)
34 of 105 seats to Liverpool City Council
First party Second party Third party   class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid # ED1941"| Leader Derek Hatton Party Labour Liberal Militant tendency (labour party UK) Leader's seat Last election 51 30 Seats before 51 30 Seats after 58 28 16 Seat change 7 2 Popular vote 90,219 67,234 Percentage 46% 35%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Conservative Communist Leader's seat Last election 18 0 Seats before 18 0 Seats after 17 0 Seat change 1 0 Popular vote 37,055 250 Percentage 19% 0.1%

This election was during the time the far left trotskyist entryist group within the Labour Party called the Millitant Tendency had significant influence on the council, they had 16 out of the 58 councilors on the council.

Under millitant's influence the council built thousands of counil houses, created thousands of jobs. They fought the conservative government then led under Margret Thatcher and mobalised workers, working class people and community campaigners against the government and won a victory achiving funding for the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Composition of Liverpool City Council after 1984, with Militant tendency in dark red

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	58	+7
	Militant tendency (Labour)	16
	Liberal	28	-2
	Conservative	17	-1

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	Alex Doswell	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%