1984 Stevenage Borough Council election explained

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.

Overall results

|-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.

Ward results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Council compositions by year. The Elections Centre.
  2. Web site: Local Election Summaries 1984. The Elections Centre.