Election Name: | 1984 Stevenage Borough Council election[1] [2] |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1983 Stevenage Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1983 |
Next Election: | 1986 Stevenage Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1986 |
Seats For Election: | 13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 20 |
Election Date: | 3 May 1984 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 27 |
Seats1: | 11 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Seats After1: | 26 |
Popular Vote1: | 11,138 |
Percentage1: | 47.8% |
Party2: | SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Seats Before2: | 10 |
Seats2: | 2 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Seats After2: | 11 |
Popular Vote2: | 6,545 |
Percentage2: | 28.1% |
Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 2 |
Seats3: | 0 |
Seats After3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 5,618 |
Percentage3: | 24.1% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Labour |
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.
|-bgcolor=#F6F6F6| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 13| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 20,523| style="text-align: right;" | |-|colspan="11" style="color:inherit;background:"||-| style="color:inherit;background:"|| colspan="10"| Labour holdAll comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1980 election.