1984 City of Lincoln Council election[1][2]
3 May 1984
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 23 10
Seats won 9 2
Seats after 25 8
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
Popular vote 13,268 9,554
Percentage 54.0% 38.9%
Map showing the results the 1984 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives seats.
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

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.

Overall results

1984 City of Lincoln Council Election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 9 2 0 Increase2 81.8 54.0 13,268 Increase10.7
  Conservative 2 0 2 Decrease2 18.2 38.9 9,554 Increase1.0
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 5.8 1,426 Decrease4.2
  Ecology 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.6 142 Increase0.2
  Ind. Conservative 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.8 202 New
Total 11 24,592

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1980 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward
Abbey[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour J. Robertson 1,339 66.0%
Conservative J. Frost 691 34.0%
Turnout 37.3%
Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward
Boultham[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Wright 1,183 56.0%
Conservative Cumberhulme 929 44.0%
Turnout 35.0%
Labour hold

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward
Boultham[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

Location of Bracebridge ward
Bracebridge[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

Location of Carholme ward
Carholme[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative C. Ireland 1,278 51.0%
Labour Parker 1,229 49.0%
Turnout 45.6%
Conservative hold

Castle

Location of Castle ward
Castle[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Withers 1,433 66.1%
Conservative M. Mellows 736 33.9%
Turnout 41.4%
Labour gain from Conservative

Longdales

Location of Longdales ward
Longdales[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour D. Miller 1,390 59.1%
Conservative R. Long 963 40.9%
Turnout 48.5%
Labour hold

Minster

Location of Minster ward
Minster[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

Location of Moorland ward
Moorland[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour N. Baldock 880 44.4%
Conservative Keat 665 33.6%
Alliance Tromans 435 22.0%
Turnout 39.7%
Labour hold

Park

Location of Park ward
Park[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour J. Plant 1,010 61.3%
Alliance Adams 559 33.9%
Ecology K. Yates 78 4.7%
Turnout 33.0%
Labour hold

Tritton

Location of Tritton ward
Tritton[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour H. Hubbard 1,222 65.5%
Conservative Spratt 643 34.5%
Turnout 43.0%
Labour hold


References

  1. ↑ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
  2. ↑ "Local Election Summaries 1984". The Elections Centre.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Councillors - Boultham ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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