United Kingdom local elections, 1984

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3 May 1984

1985 →

All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 123 out of 296 English districts and all 53 Scottish districts

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Margaret Thatcher	Neil Kinnock	David Steel (Liberal) David Owen (SDP)
Party	Conservative	Labour	SDP–Liberal Alliance
Leader since	11 February 1975	2 October 1983	7 July 1976 (Steel) 21 June 1983 (Owen)
Percentage	38%	37%	21%
Councillors	10,393	8,870	2,331
Councillors +/-	164	88	160

Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1984. There was a slight reversal in the Conservative government's fortunes, but the party remained ahead. The projected share of the vote was Conservatives 38%, Labour 37%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 21%.

Labour gained 88 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 8,870 in the first elections under the leadership of Neil Kinnock who had succeeded Michael Foot the previous autumn.

The Conservatives lost 164 seats, leaving them with 10,393 councillors.

The SDP-Liberal Alliance, now led by David Owen, gained 160 seats and finished with 2,331 councillors.

All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

In 123 districts one third of the council was up for election.

A further 20 councils had passed a resolution under section 7 (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972, requesting a system of elections by thirds. They could do so because they had had their new ward boundaries introduced at the 1983 elections.

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