The 1984 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 3 May 1984. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1980. The Labour Party retained control of the council.
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11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing the results the 1984 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives seats. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 81.8 | 54.0 | 13,268 | 10.7 | |
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18.2 | 38.9 | 9,554 | 1.0 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 1,426 | 4.2 | ||
Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 142 | 0.2 | ||
Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 202 | New | ||
Total | 11 | 24,592 |
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1980 election.
Ward results
editAbbey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | J. Robertson | 1,339 | 66.0% | |
Conservative | J. Frost | 691 | 34.0% | |
Turnout | 37.3% | |||
Labour hold |
Birchwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Wright | 1,183 | 56.0% | |
Conservative | Cumberhulme | 929 | 44.0% | |
Turnout | 35.0% | |||
Labour hold |
Boultham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ralph Toofany[4] | 1,276 | 49.9% | |
Conservative | P. Samways | 958 | 37.5% | |
Alliance | Addlesee | 257 | 10.1% | |
Ecology | C. Moulton | 64 | 2.5% | |
Turnout | 51.3% | |||
Labour hold |
Bracebridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Phoenix | 917 | 38.2% | |
Labour | Fipperd | 887 | 36.9% | |
Alliance | Robins | 397 | 16.5% | |
Ind. Conservative | P. Roe | 202 | 8.4% | |
Turnout | 41.1% | |||
Conservative hold |
Carholme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | C. Ireland | 1,278 | 51.0% | |
Labour | Parker | 1,229 | 49.0% | |
Turnout | 45.6% | |||
Conservative hold |
Castle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Withers | 1,433 | 66.1% | |
Conservative | M. Mellows | 736 | 33.9% | |
Turnout | 41.4% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Longdales
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | D. Miller | 1,390 | 59.1% | |
Conservative | R. Long | 963 | 40.9% | |
Turnout | 48.5% | |||
Labour hold |
Minster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Courtney | 1,419 | 47.8% | |
Conservative | Horn | 1,215 | 40.9% | |
Alliance | Feeney | 337 | 11.3% | |
Turnout | 48.2% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Moorland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | N. Baldock | 880 | 44.4% | |
Conservative | Keat | 665 | 33.6% | |
Alliance | Tromans | 435 | 22.0% | |
Turnout | 39.7% | |||
Labour hold |
Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | J. Plant | 1,010 | 61.3% | |
Alliance | Adams | 559 | 33.9% | |
Ecology | K. Yates | 78 | 4.7% | |
Turnout | 33.0% | |||
Labour hold |
Tritton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | H. Hubbard | 1,222 | 65.5% | |
Conservative | Spratt | 643 | 34.5% | |
Turnout | 43.0% | |||
Labour hold |
References
edit- ^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
- ^ "Local Election Summaries 1984". The Elections Centre.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Councillors - Boultham ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.