1984 Brighton Borough Council election

1984 Brighton Borough Council election
16 out of 48 seats to Brighton Borough Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1984 Brighton Borough Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1984 Brighton Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1984 to elect members of Brighton Borough Council in East Sussex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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1984 Brighton Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	7	1	43.8	16	23	47.9	22,019	42.3	–1.9
	Labour	8	1	50.0	13	21	43.8	20,372	39.2	+5.1
	Alliance	1		6.3	3	4	8.3	9,273	17.8	–3.7
	Ecology	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	308	0.6	N/A
	National Front	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	38	0.1	±0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Duncan*	1,922	43.4	+3.0
	Alliance	G. Ackers	1,815	41.0	–2.8
	Conservative	B. Bradley	578	13.1	–1.4
	Ecology	D. Aherne	112	2.5	N/A
Majority			107	2.4	N/A
Turnout			4,427	50.3	–8.1
Registered electors			8,795
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Morley*	1,934	56.0	+6.4
	Conservative	M. Barratt	1,220	35.3	–2.0
	Alliance	T. Hunter	299	8.7	–4.4
Majority			714	20.7	N/A
Turnout			3,453	44.4	–5.7
Registered electors			7,770
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Haynes	1,621	49.6	+7.7
	Conservative	P. Layfield*	1,447	44.3	–5.0
	Alliance	C. Gray	198	6.1	–2.7
Majority			174	5.3	N/A
Turnout			3,266	47.3	+1.8
Registered electors			6,902
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Radford*	1,471	46.0	+2.0
	Labour	C. Avey	1,463	45.7	+3.6
	Alliance	V. Jones	227	7.1	–4.1
	National Front	W. Kennedy	38	1.2	–0.7
Majority			8	0.3	N/A
Turnout			3,199	40.9	–4.1
Registered electors			7,813
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.8

1984 Brighton Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Hanover

Hollingbury

Kings Cliff

Marine

Moulescombe

Patcham

Preston

Queens Park

Regency

Rottingdean

Seven Dials

St Peters

Stanmer

Tenantry

Westdene

Woodingdean

References

Related Articles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. King*	1,375	58.7	–1.1
	Conservative	J. Stevens	758	32.4	+2.3
	Alliance	B. Meads	209	8.9	+0.6
Majority			617	26.3	N/A
Turnout			2,342	30.3	–6.2
Registered electors			7,740
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wakefield*	1,745	56.3	–5.4
	Labour	J. Scrace	818	26.4	+0.1
	Alliance	M. Birch	534	17.2	+5.2
Majority			927	29.9	N/A
Turnout			3,097	43.2	–3.6
Registered electors			7,165
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Leach*	1,642	44.9	–2.5
	Alliance	R. Eggleston	1,159	31.7	+1.7
	Labour	C. Kedward	798	21.8	–0.8
	Ecology	W. Fuller	60	1.6	N/A
Majority			483	13.2	N/A
Turnout			3,659	45.3	–2.9
Registered electors			8,083
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Stanton*	1,816	56.9	+12.2
	Conservative	M. Byrne	1,377	43.1	+1.6
Majority			439	13.7	N/A
Turnout			3,193	48.4	+2.6
Registered electors			6,593
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Feld*	1,021	34.8	–7.3
	Labour	A. Winter	961	32.7	+12.9
	Alliance	J. Ungar	895	30.5	–7.6
	Ecology	M. Dixon	58	2.0	N/A
Majority			60	2.0	N/A
Turnout			2,935	40.8	+1.2
Registered electors			7,186
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Masefield Baker*	2,588	76.9	+8.2
	Alliance	K. Harwood	433	12.9	–11.7
	Labour	B. Wing	343	10.2	+3.5
Majority			2,155	64.1	+6.1
Turnout			3,364	43.5	–14.5
Registered electors			7,732
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	J. May*	1,180	40.4	–10.3
	Conservative	P. Mallard	962	32.9	+2.3
	Labour	B. Dibley	779	26.7	+8.0
Majority			218	7.5	N/A
Turnout			2,921	39.8	–1.4
Registered electors			7,337
	Alliance hold		Swing	6.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Backwell*	1,487	44.6	+3.8
	Alliance	M. Neves	895	26.8	–1.4
	Conservative	L. Watts	875	26.2	–4.8
	Ecology	K. Simmons	78	2.3	N/A
Majority			592	17.8	N/A
Turnout			3,335	45.5	–2.5
Registered electors			7,325
	Labour hold		Swing	2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Blackwood*	1,710	54.5	+4.0
	Conservative	G. West	1,182	37.7	–0.9
	Alliance	A. Cole	243	7.8	–3.1
Majority			528	16.8	N/A
Turnout			3,135	40.0	–0.6
Registered electors			7,842
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Davies*	1,750	53.8	+6.1
	Conservative	M. Toner	1,202	37.0	+0.3
	Alliance	M. Gare-Simmons	300	9.2	–6.5
Majority			548	16.9	N/A
Turnout			3,252	41.8	–1.2
Registered electors			7,788
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

Westdene
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Jermy*	1,882	61.7	–2.4
	Alliance	D. Roberts	614	20.1	–1.0
	Labour	B. Williams	555	18.2	+3.4
Majority			1,268	41.6	N/A
Turnout			3,051	40.8	–3.4
Registered electors			7,483
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.7

Woodingdean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Hill*	2,069	61.2	+0.7
	Labour	B. Hinchliff	1,040	30.8	+7.5
	Alliance	R. Dore	272	8.0	–8.2
Majority			1,029	30.4	N/A
Turnout			3,381	42.0	–6.0
Registered electors			8,044
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.4

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