1984 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1983.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1984
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	22	12	1	1		54.5	42.9	48,597	1.8
	Labour	22	8	0	0		36.4	38.0	43,096	2.7
	Alliance	22	2	1	1		9.1	18.9	21,480	1.0
	Ind. Conservative	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	147	N/A
	Ecology	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	56	N/A

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Bebington

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Richmond	3,208	55.2	1.4
	Labour	P. McCarthy	1,790	30.8	2.3
	Alliance	M. Miller	818	14.1	0.8
Majority			1,418	24.4	3.8
Registered electors			11,572
Turnout				50.3	0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.9

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Bidston

Bidston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Stapleton	3,431	83.0	2.7
	Conservative	W. Houldin	444	10.7	0.4
	Alliance	J. Hughes	258	6.2	2.4
Majority			2,987	72.3	3.1
Registered electors			10,970
Turnout				37.7	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	1.6

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Birkenhead

Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Lungley	3,027	73.5	6.9
	Alliance	Stephen Niblock	589	14.3	6.6
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	503	12.2	0.4
Majority			2,438	59.2	13.5
Registered electors			11,563
Turnout				35.6	1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	6.8

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Bromborough

Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jackson	2,824	50.8	2.4
	Conservative	J. Byrne	2,002	36.0	1.4
	Alliance	F. Mushrow	734	13.2	1.0
Majority			822	14.8	3.8
Registered electors			11,764
Turnout				47.3	3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	3.9

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Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Moore	3,753	59.4	3.0
	Labour	G. Farmer	1,437	22.8	1.6
	Alliance	P. Lloyd	1,124	17.8	1.5
Majority			2,316	36.7	4.5
Registered electors			13,805
Turnout				45.7	1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.3

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Claughton

Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian McKellar	2,047	38.4	3.2
	Alliance	V. Quinn	1,705	32.0	7.0
	Labour	M. Yates	1,580	29.6	3.8
Majority			342	6.4	N/A
Registered electors			10,795
Turnout				49.4	1.1
	Conservative gain from Alliance		Swing	5.1

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Eastham

Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	D. Charles	2,364	40.5	0.8
	Labour	M. Benson	1,754	30.0	2.5
	Conservative	I. Allison	1,722	29.5	3.4
Majority			610	10.4	3.6
Registered electors			12,133
Turnout				48.1	2.5
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	1.9

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Egerton

Egerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. McGenity	2,712	56.0	5.5
	Conservative	M. Cureton	1,465	30.2	2.5
	Alliance	Simon Holbrook	670	13.8	3.0
Majority			1,247	25.7	7.9
Registered electors			11,580
Turnout				41.9	1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	4.0

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Heswall

Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Banks	3,997	71.6	2.9
	Alliance	G. Collins	1,047	18.8	2.5
	Labour	J. Prendiville	535	9.6	0.3
Majority			2,950	52.9	5.3
Registered electors			12,999
Turnout				42.9	0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

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Hoylake

Hoylake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Jones	3,534	65.7	0.7
	Alliance	J. Otterson	1,180	21.9	4.0
	Labour	I. Millichap	664	12.3	3.2
Majority			2,354	43.8	4.7
Registered electors			12,520
Turnout				43.0	1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

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Leasowe

Leasowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Edwards	2,362	62.7	0.2
	Conservative	E. Sanders	1,071	28.4	2.5
	Alliance	Peter Reisdorf	337	8.9	2.6
Majority			1,291	34.2	2.4
Registered electors			10,718
Turnout				35.2	0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

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Liscard

Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Ebbs	2,164	41.9	5.8
	Labour	William Nock	2,159	41.8	7.9
	Alliance	Moira Gallagher	842	16.3	2.1
Majority			5	0.1	13.8
Registered electors			12,152
Turnout				42.5	2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.9

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Moreton

Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Walker	2,043	44.0
	Labour	Stuart Marshall-Clarke	2,033	43.7	3.1
	Alliance	J. Eyres	572	12.3	3.1
Majority			10	0.2	3.3
Registered electors			9,546
Turnout				48.7	2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

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New Brighton

New Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Higgins	2,431	47.0	6.2
	Labour	P. Spruce	1,715	33.1	2.6
	Alliance	J. Richardson	883	17.1	0.7
	Ind. Conservative	A. Adams	147	2.8	New
Majority			716	13.8	8.9
Registered electors			11,861
Turnout				43.6	6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.4

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Oxton

Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Michael Cooke	2,454	43.6	2.4
	Conservative	R. Firth	1,873	33.3	3.6
	Labour	J. Dunn	1,245	22.1	0.9
	Ecology	B. Pemberton	56	1.0	New
Majority			581	10.3	6.0
Registered electors			11,514
Turnout				48.9	2.7
	Alliance hold		Swing	3.0

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Prenton

Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Clement	2,607	44.6	5.4
	Labour	P. Taylor	1,988	34.0	1.6
	Alliance	John Thornton	1,251	21.4	3.8
Majority			619	10.6	7.0
Registered electors			12,854
Turnout				45.5	0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.5

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Royden

Royden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Robinson	3,052	64.1	0.6
	Alliance	F. Lewis	946	19.9	3.4
	Labour	C. Holmes	765	16.1	4.0
Majority			2,106	44.2	2.8
Registered electors			12,267
Turnout				38.8	0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.4

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Seacombe

Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Watkins	3,281	67.7	6.7
	Conservative	L. Kennedy	1,135	23.4	2.7
	Alliance	D. Kelly	433	8.9	4.0
Majority			2,146	44.3	9.4
Registered electors			12,510
Turnout				38.8	2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	4.7

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Thurstaston

Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sid Dunn	3,478	68.1	1.5
	Labour	M. Cooper	929	18.2	0.4
	Alliance	S. Hassall	701	13.7	1.9
Majority			2,549	49.9	1.2
Registered electors			12,451
Turnout				41.0	0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.6

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Tranmere

Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Davies	2,882	73.9	3.5
	Conservative	W. Lloyd	573	14.7	3.5
	Alliance	W. Wood	447	11.5	0.1
Majority			2,309	59.2	7.0
Registered electors			11,137
Turnout				35.0	1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	3.5

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Upton

Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Rimmer	2,949	50.9	1.3
	Conservative	W. McKenzie	1,934	33.4	1.5
	Alliance	Eric Copestake	906	15.7	2.0
Majority			1,015	17.5	2.7
Registered electors			12,723
Turnout				45.5	1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	1.4

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Wallasey

Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kate Wood	3,561	61.2	3.7
	Alliance	B. Thomas	1,219	21.0	2.3
	Labour	A. Barker	1,034	17.8	1.3
Majority			2,342	40.3	5.9
Registered electors			12,535
Turnout				46.4	1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.0

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• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

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