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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.

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  • 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. (en)
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  • 1984-05-03 (xsd:date)
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  • 1984 United Kingdom local elections (en)
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  • Councils (en)
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  • Councils +/- (en)
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  • Councillors (en)
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  • 2331 (xsd:integer)
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  • 10393 (xsd:integer)
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  • Councillors +/- (en)
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  • 88 (xsd:integer)
  • 160 (xsd:integer)
  • 164 (xsd:integer)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • 1984-05-03 (xsd:date)
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  • 1984 (xsd:integer)
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  • 0001-06-21 (xsd:gMonthDay)
  • 1975-02-11 (xsd:date)
  • 1976-07-07 (xsd:date)
  • 1983-10-02 (xsd:date)
  • (en)
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  • 1985 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1985 (xsd:integer)
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  • Conservative Party (en)
  • Labour Party (en)
  • SDP–Liberal Alliance (en)
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  • 37.0
  • 21.0
  • 38.0
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  • 1983 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1983 (xsd:integer)
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  • All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 123 out of 296 English districts and all 53 Scottish districts (en)
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  • legislative (en)
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  • 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. (en)
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  • 1984 United Kingdom local elections (en)
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