Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1984

Map of the results for the 1984 Solihull council election.

The Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 3 May 1984, with one third of the council to be elected and a double vacancy in Shirley West. The Conservatives retained control of the council. Voter turnout was 35.2%^[1]^[2]

Election result

Solihull Local Election Result 1984
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	0	0	0	61.1	48.4	25,459
	Labour	5	0	0	0	27.8	27.5	14,494
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents	2	0	0	0	11.1	8.1	4,285
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	14.9	7,861
	Traditional Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	441
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	70

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	33	33
	Labour	13	13
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents	4	4
	Alliance	1	1
Total		51	51
Working majority		15	15

Ward results

Bickenhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Ryan	2,083	50.5
	Conservative	Graham Juniper	1,702	41.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	David Moore	272	6.6
	Independent Ratepayers	John Keight	64	1.5
Majority			381	9.2
Turnout			4,121	47.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Bromwich^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Richards	2,485	68.9
	Labour	Robert Overton	1,124	31.1
Majority			1,361	37.7
Turnout			3,609	39.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chelmsley Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Hill	1,894	75.5
	Conservative	Michael Wyldbore-Smith	615	24.5
Majority			1,279	51.0
Turnout			2,509	28.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elmdon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Page	1,452	48.1
	Labour	Ian Jamieson	960	31.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	Robert Kirkham	607	20.1
Majority			492	16.3
Turnout			3,019	33.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fordbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Corser	1,101	55.5
	Conservative	David Scott	442	22.3
	Traditional Labour	James O'Callaghan	441	22.2
Majority			659	33.2
Turnout			1,984	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingshurst^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Haslewood	1,606	66.6
	Conservative	Dorothy Wallace	806	33.4
Majority			800	33.2
Turnout			2,412	34.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Knowle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Scannell	2,017	66.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	Celia Marshall	821	26.9
	Labour	Simon Johnson	209	6.9
Majority			1,196	39.2
Turnout			3,047	37.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyndon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Duddy	1,463	44.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	Ian Gillett	1,083	32.8
	Labour	Sean Gilmore	759	23.0
Majority			380	11.5
Turnout			3,305	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Meriden^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Vincent	1,820	56.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	Arthur Crossley	1,117	34.7
	Labour	Thomas Hayes	282	8.8
Majority			703	21.8
Turnout			3,219	40.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Olton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Holl-Allen	1,893	51.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	John Windmill	1,411	38.6
	Labour	Warren McDivitt	353	9.6
Majority			482	13.2
Turnout			3,657	38.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Packwood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kenneth Meeson	1,887	49.9
	Conservative	Peter Tebbit	1,711	45.3
	Labour	Harry Challis	181	4.8
Majority			176	4.7
Turnout			3,779	41.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Shirley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Toye	1,711	53.5
	Independent	Anthony Ebden	1,042	32.6
	Labour	Peter McLouchlin	443	13.9
Majority			669	20.9
Turnout			3,196	33.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shirley South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eric Pemberton	1,292	46.7
	Conservative	Anthony Bennett	1,111	40.1
	Labour	Barry Beattie	364	13.2
Majority			181	6.5
Turnout			2,767	30.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Shirley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sylvia McCulloch	1,332	49.0
	Conservative	Keith Samuels	1,262
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	David Delve	771	28.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	Carol Lea	658
	Labour	Roy May	545	20.0
	Labour	Susan Knowles	526
	National Front	Norman Tomkinson	70	2.6
Majority			561	20.6
Turnout			2,718	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Silhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bertram Hyde	1,969	59.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	Karol Bard	904	27.5
	Labour	Alfred Porter	413	12.6
Majority			1,065	32.4
Turnout			3,286	32.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Smith's Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derrick Harrison	2,010	78.0
	Conservative	Robin Draycott	568	22.0
Majority			1,442	55.9
Turnout			2,578	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Alphege^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Green	2,362	69.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	Carol Lindfield	875	25.7
	Labour	Frederick Hislop	167	4.9
Majority			1,487	43.7
Turnout			3,404	38.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Solihull M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 3 May 1984", Solihull M.B.C.(1984).
↑ "Vote 2012: Solihull". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2013-01-26.

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