Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on 3 May 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, with the SDP now led by David Owen, gained 160 seats and finished with 2,331 councillors.
Three parliamentary by-elections were also held on the same day in the Cynon Valley, Stafford and South West Surrey constituencies. Labour held Cynon Valley, and the Conservatives held Stafford and South West Surrey.
Results
England
Metropolitan boroughs All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley holdDetailsBirmingham gainDetailsBolton holdDetailsBradford holdDetailsBury holdDetailsCalderdale holdDetailsCoventry holdDetailsDoncaster holdDetailsDudley gainDetailsGateshead holdDetailsKirklees holdDetailsKnowsley holdDetailsLeeds holdDetailsLiverpool holdDetailsManchester holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne holdDetailsNorth Tyneside holdDetailsOldham holdDetailsRochdale holdDetailsRotherham holdDetailsSalford holdDetailsSandwell holdDetailsSefton holdDetailsSheffield holdDetailsSolihull holdDetailsSouth Tyneside holdDetailsSt Helens holdDetailsStockport holdDetailsSunderland holdDetailsTameside holdDetailsTrafford holdDetailsWakefield holdDetailsWalsall holdDetailsWigan holdDetailsWirral holdDetailsWolverhampton holdDetails
District councils 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.
Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur holdDetailsAmber Valley holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness holdDetailsBasildon holdDetailsBasingstoke and Deane holdDetailsBassetlaw holdDetailsBath holdDetailsBlackburn gainDetailsBrentwood holdDetailsBrighton holdDetailsBristol holdDetailsBroadland holdDetailsBroxbourne holdDetailsBurnley holdDetailsCambridge holdDetailsCannock Chase holdDetailsCarlisle holdDetailsCheltenham holdDetailsCherwell holdDetailsChester holdDetailsChorley holdDetailsColchester holdDetailsCongleton holdDetailsCraven holdDetailsCrawley holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich holdDetailsDaventry holdDetailsDerby holdDetailsEast Devon holdDetailsEastbourne gainDetailsEastleigh holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston holdDetailsElmbridge holdDetailsEpping Forest holdDetailsExeter gainDetailsFareham holdDetailsGillingham holdDetailsGloucester gainDetailsGosport holdDetailsGreat Grimsby holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth holdDetailsHalton holdDetailsHarlow holdDetailsHarrogate holdDetailsHart holdDetailsHartlepool holdDetailsHastings holdDetailsHavant holdDetailsHereford holdDetailsHertsmere holdDetailsHinckley and Bosworth holdDetailsHuntingdon holdDetailsHyndburn gainDetailsIpswich holdDetailsKingston upon Hull holdDetailsLeicester holdDetailsLeominster holdDetailsLincoln holdDetailsMacclesfield holdDetailsMaidstone holdDetailsMid Sussex holdDetailsMilton Keynes holdDetailsMole Valley holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme holdDetailsNorth Bedfordshire holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire holdDetailsNorwich holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth holdDetailsOadby and Wigston holdDetailsOxford holdDetailsPendle holdDetailsPenwith holdDetailsPeterborough holdDetailsPortsmouth holdDetailsPreston holdDetailsPurbeck holdDetailsReading holdDetailsRedditch holdDetailsReigate and Banstead holdDetailsRochford holdDetailsRossendale holdDetailsRugby holdDetailsRunnymede holdDetailsRushmoor holdDetailsScunthorpe holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham holdDetailsSlough holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire holdDetailsSouth Herefordshire holdDetailsSouth Lakeland holdDetailsSouthampton gainDetailsSouthend-on-Sea holdDetailsSt Albans gainDetailsStevenage holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon holdDetailsStroud gainDetailsSwale holdDetailsTamworth holdDetailsTandridge holdDetailsThamesdown holdDetailsThree Rivers holdDetailsThurrock holdDetailsTonbridge and Malling holdDetailsTorbay holdDetailsTunbridge Wells holdDetailsWatford holdDetailsWaveney holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield holdDetailsWest Dorset holdDetailsWest Lancashire holdDetailsWest Lindsey holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire gainDetailsWeymouth and Portland holdDetailsWinchester holdDetailsWoking holdDetailsWokingham holdDetailsWoodspring holdDetailsWorcester holdDetailsWorthing holdDetailsWyre Forest holdDetailsYork holdDetails
Scotland
District councils
Council Previous control Result DetailsAberdeen holdDetailsAngus gainDetailsAnnandale and Eskdale holdDetailsArgyll holdDetailsBadenoch and Strathspey holdDetailsBanff and Buchan holdDetailsBearsden and Milngavie holdDetailsBerwickshire holdDetailsCaithness holdDetailsClackmannan holdDetailsClydebank holdDetailsClydesdale holdDetailsCumbernauld and Kilsyth holdDetailsCumnock and Doon Valley holdDetailsCunninghame holdDetailsDumbarton holdDetailsDundee holdDetailsDunfermline holdDetailsEast Kilbride holdDetailsEast Lothian holdDetailsEastwood holdDetailsEdinburgh gainDetailsEttrick and Lauderdale holdDetailsFalkirk holdDetailsGlasgow holdDetailsGordon holdDetailsHamilton holdDetailsInverclyde holdDetailsInverness holdDetailsKilmarnock and Loudoun holdDetailsKincardine and Deeside holdDetailsKirkcaldy holdDetailsKyle and Carrick gainDetailsLochaber holdDetailsMidlothian holdDetailsMonklands holdDetailsMoray holdDetailsMotherwell holdDetailsNairn holdDetailsNithsdale holdDetailsNorth East Fife gainDetailsPerth and Kinross gainDetailsRenfrewDetailsRoss and Cromarty holdDetailsRoxburgh gainDetailsSkye and Lochalsh holdDetailsStewartry holdDetailsStirling holdDetailsStrathkelvin holdDetailsSutherland holdDetailsTweeddale holdDetailsWest Lothian holdDetailsWigtown holdDetails
References
Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News