The

Leeds City Council Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of l ...

election was held on Thursday, 3 May 1984, with one third of the council to be elected. In the interim there had been a by-election in

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to replace the incumbent councillor

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after he was elected the

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MP, resulting in an

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hold. The Conservative's downward trend continued after the previous year's respite to a new party low, resulting in a 3% swing to

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. In contrast, the Alliance support stabilised after the prior year's fall to retain a healthy proportion of their initial 1982 surge. Despite the swing towards them, Labour finished the night with a net loss, as the Alliance won the only remaining

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seat they did not hold from them. The Alliance also gained in Moortown, winning their first seat in the ward from the Conservatives - who lost another in

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South to their former incumbent turn

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, achieving the feat of first elected Independent onto the council.

Election result

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

Ward results

By-elections between 1984 and 1986

References

{{Leeds Council elections 1984 English local elections

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