1984 City of Lincoln Council election

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.

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 2 2 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

Overall results

1984 City of Lincoln Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	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

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. "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.