1984 Sheffield City Council election explained

Election Name:1984 Sheffield City Council election
Country:England
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:1983 Sheffield City Council election
Previous Year:1983
Next Election:1986 Sheffield City Council election
Next Year:1986
Seats For Election:31 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
Majority Seats:44
Election Date:3 May 1984
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats1:22
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats2:5
Seat Change2:1
Party3:SDP–Liberal Alliance
Seats3:4
Seat Change3:1
Map Size:400px
Majority party
Posttitle:Majority party after election
Before Election:Labour Party (UK)
After Election:Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 3 May 1984. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px"Partyvalign=top style="width: 30px"Previous councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"New council
Labour6061
Conservatives1817
SDP–Liberal Alliance99
Total8787
Working majority

Ward results

John Butler was a sitting councillor for Sharrow ward