1984 Reading Borough Council election

1984 Reading Borough Council election
3 May 1984 (1984-05-03)
15 seats of 45 on council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
Lib
Leader Deryck Morton Mike Orton Basil Dunning
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Alliance Alliance
Seats before 26 13 6
Seats after 23 17 5
Seat change 3 4 1
Popular vote 16,843 13,286 9,216
Percentage 42.4% 33.5% 23.2%
Swing 3.7% 3.6% 0.1%

The 1984 Reading Borough Council election was held on 3 May 1984, at the same time as other local elections across England and Scotland. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election.

The election saw the Conservatives' majority on the council reduced to just one seat. After the election, the Conservatives had 23 seats, Labour had 17 seats, and the SDP-Liberal Alliance had 5 seats.

The leader of the Conservative group was Deryck Morton, and the leader of the Labour group was Mike Orton, both remaining in post after the election. The Liberal leader on the council prior to the election was Basil Dunning, but he was replaced immediately after the election by former leader Jim Day, who had lost his seat in 1983 but regained it at this election.

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