1984 Stevenage Borough Council election

1984 UK local government election

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3 May 1984

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13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Alliance	Conservative
Seats before	27	10	2
Seats won	11	2	0
Seats after	26	11	2
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	11,138	6,545	5,618
Percentage	47.8%	28.1%	24.1%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1984 Stevenage Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1984 Stevenage Borough 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 which were last contested in 1980. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

Overall results

1984 Stevenage Borough Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	0	1	1	84.6	47.8	11,138	13.0
	Alliance	2	1	0	1	15.4	28.1	6,545	16.8
	Conservative	0	0	0		0.0	24.1	5,618	3.8
Total		13						20,523

	Labour hold

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

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Woodward	1,113	62.2%
	Alliance	Warr	403	22.5%
	Conservative	Kolinski	273	15.3%
Turnout				37.0%
	Labour hold

Bedwell Plash

Bedwell Plash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Downing	1,200	61.5%
	Conservative	Percival	394	20.2%
	Alliance	Atkins	356	18.3%
Turnout				47.0%
	Labour hold

Chells

Chells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Vale	812	54.3%
	Alliance	Batley	350	23.4%
	Conservative	Blanchette	333	22.3%
Turnout				44.3%
	Labour hold

Longmeadow

Longmeadow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Boutell	902	40.1%
	Labour	J. Tye	761	33.8%
	Conservative	H. Grant	586	26.1%
Turnout				45.0%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Martins Wood

Martins Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Drake	694	39.0%
	Alliance	Akhurst	674	37.9%
	Conservative	M. Mason	411	23.1%
Turnout				32.3%
	Labour hold

Mobbsbury

Mobbsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Neal	785	40.6%
	Labour	Dunnell	736	38.1%
	Conservative	G. Smith	411	21.3%
Turnout				54.1%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Monkswood

Monkswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Jackson	746	64.9%
	Conservative	R. Edwards	215	18.7%
	Alliance	Ffinch	188	16.4%
Turnout				45.1%
	Labour hold

Old Stevenage

Old Stevenage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Morris	1,093	45.0%
	Conservative	D. Eaton	1,007	41.5%
	Alliance	O'Callaghan	327	13.5%
Turnout				47.1%
	Labour hold

Pin Green

Pin Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Campbell	868	49.5%
	Alliance	J. Lucioli	480	27.4%
	Conservative	Portsmouth	404	23.1%
Turnout				44.6%
	Labour hold

Roebuck

Roebuck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Schofield	781	45.1%
	Alliance	Edwards	524	30.2%
	Conservative	McPartland	428	24.7%
Turnout				40.7%
	Labour hold

St Nicholas

St Nicholas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Fowler	632	44.7%
	Alliance	J. Lucioli	510	36.0%
	Conservative	S. Woods	273	19.3%
Turnout				38.2%
	Labour hold

Shephall

Shephall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	I. Johnson	770	54.6%
	Alliance	Akhurst	405	28.7%
	Conservative	Baillie	236	16.7%
Turnout				39.4%
	Labour hold

Symonds Green

Symonds Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Munden	932	42.0%
	Conservative	J. Halling	674	30.4%
	Alliance	G. Balderstone	614	27.7%
Turnout				41.5%
	Labour hold

References

"Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
"Local Election Summaries 1984". The Elections Centre.
^ "Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2019.

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