1984 Harlow District Council election

The 1984 Harlow District Council election took place on 3 May 1984 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

1984 Harlow District Council election[1][2]

3 May 1984

14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Alliance	Conservative
Last election	34	4	3
Seats won	12	1	1
Seats after	33	5	4
Seat change	1	1	1
Popular vote	11,808	4,532	4,503
Percentage	56.7%	21.7%	21.6%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1984 Harlow District Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

Election result

1984 Harlow local election result[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	12	1	2	1	85.7	56.7	11,808	5.6
Alliance	1	1	0	1	7.1	21.7	4,532	8.9
Conservative	1	1	1		7.1	21.6	4,503	3.1

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1980 election.

Ward results

Brays Grove

Location of Brays Grove ward

Brays Grove[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Burnham	858	71.4%
	Conservative	H. Willcox	343	28.6%
Turnout				35.3%
	Labour hold

Great Parndon

Location of Great Parndon ward

Great Parndon[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. McClarnon	842	45.5%
	Labour	J. Cave	807	43.6%
	Alliance	B. Manktelow	201	10.9%
Turnout				53.3%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Hare Street and Town Centre

Location of Hare Street and Town Centre ward

Hare Street and Town Centre[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Hobbs	828	66.6%
	Conservative	K. Eaton	245	19.7%
	Alliance	A. Merryweather	171	13.7%
Turnout				40.9%
	Labour hold

Kingsmoor

Location of Kingsmoor ward

Kingsmoor[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Young	925	48.6%
	Conservative	M. Tombs	768	40.4%
	Alliance	E. Scammell	209	11.0%
Turnout				39.7%
	Labour hold

Latton Bush

Location of Latton Bush ward

Latton Bush[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Jones	1,075	65.2%
	Conservative	K. Smart	391	23.7%
	Alliance	S. James	182	11.0%
Turnout				38.0%
	Labour hold

Little Parndon

Location of Little Parndon ward

Little Parndon[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Condon
	Labour hold

Mark Hall South

Location of Mark Hall South ward

Mark Hall South[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Farr	1,078	60.0%
	Alliance	C. Brown	445	24.8%
	Conservative	S. Tucker	274	15.2%
Turnout				43.8%
	Labour hold

Netteswell East

Location of Netteswell East ward

Netteswell East[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Balbi	755	62.1%
	Conservative	R. Dixon	241	19.8%
	Alliance	J. Taylor	220	18.1%
Turnout				40.8%
	Labour hold

Netteswell West

Location of Netteswell West ward

Netteswell[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Nethercott	602	66.3%
	Conservative	S. Rigden	159	17.5%
	Alliance	R. Fautley	147	16.2%
Turnout				36.8%
	Labour hold

Old Harlow

Location of Old Harlow ward

Old Harlow[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Howitt	1,309	55.0%
	Conservative	R. Cross	1,069	45.0%
Turnout				51.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Passmores

Location of Passmores ward

Passmores[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Rogers	949	53.7%
	Alliance	A. Thomson	455	25.7%
	Conservative	C. Starr	364	20.6%
Turnout				41.8%
	Labour hold

Potter Street

Location of Potter Street ward

Passmores[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Phelps	876	53.3%
	Alliance	A. Lee	769	46.7%
Turnout				50.1%
	Labour hold

Stewards

Location of Stewards ward

Stewards[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	P. Reid	1,075	57.7%
	Labour	H. Talbot	639	34.3%
	Conservative	J. Cross	150	8.0%
Turnout				46.5%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Tye Green

Location of Tye Green ward

Tye Green[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Evans	1,107	77.8%
	Conservative	A. Brown	315	22.2%
Turnout				35.9%
	Labour hold

References

"Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
"Local Election Summaries 1984". The Elections Centre.
"Harlow District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

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