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1986 Tayside Regional Council election
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Fourth election to Tayside Regional Council
Scottish local elections/Tayside/Regional Council/1986 results.map yes Interactive map of results in the 46 Tayside electoral divisions
The fourth election to Tayside Regional Council was held on 8 May 1986 as part of the wider 1986 Scottish regional elections. The election saw the Conservatives losing control of the region, with Labour emerging as the single largest force on the 46 seat council. Following the election the Labour Party formed a minority administration.MS 366 Tayside Regional Council Conservative Group http://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=387&dsqSearch=%28Level%3D%27Fonds%27%29 Archive Services Online Catalogue University of Dundee Ian Mackie CBE, the chair of the Conservative Group, was defeated in Clepington-Maryfield ward.
Voter turnout was 44.33%.
Results
1986 Tayside Regional Council election resultRegional elections '86 (p.12) https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860509&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 8 July 2015 The Glasgow Herald 9 May 1986How the Parties Fared Region by Region(p.12) https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860510&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 8 July 2015 The Glasgow Herald 10 May 1986
Scottish Labour Party
20
8
43.5
28.0
Scottish Conservative Party
14
13
30.4
29.1
Scottish National Party
9
4
19.6
40.8
Independent politician
2
4.3
0.0
SDP-Liberal Alliance
1
1
2.2
2.1
Ward results
July 2015
References
Tayside
1986