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1986 Newham London Borough Council election
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1986 local election in England
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The 1986 Newham Council election for the Newham London Borough Council was held on 8 May 1986. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 30.7%. Labour, for the first time, won all 60 seats.
Election result
Newham local election result 1986Rallings Colin Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher Michael Thrasher Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre 1993 PlymouthLondon Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986 http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1986-5-8.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20141217153923/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1986-5-8.pdf dead 17 December 2014 London Datastore London County Council 4 August 2019London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Newham-1964-2010.pdf Elections Centre Plymouth University 22 July 2019
Labour Party (UK)
60
6
0
+6
100.0
60.7
Conservative Party (UK)
0
0
0
0
0.0
16.5
SDP-Liberal Alliance
0
0
6
-6
0.0
21.7
Other parties
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
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Background
A total of 184 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour party, whilst the Conservative party stood 51 candidates. The Liberal and SDP parties ran 37 joint candidates whilst the Liberal party also ran 11 candidates under the Liberal Alliance Focus Team banner. Other candidates included 12 Independents, 8 Green, 1 Communist, 2 Revolutionary Communist and 2 National Front.
Results by ward
Beckton
Beckton (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Maureen Knight
693
70.4
-2.8
Labour Party (UK)
Derek A. Whitbread
637
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Suzan E. Statter
158
16.0
-10.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Gladys V. Smith
134
26.8
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Louis Pampouris
119
N/A
22.5
+0.9
4,219
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Bemersyde
Bemersyde (2)
Labour Party (UK)
John P. Lang
806
47.5
-9.4
Labour Party (UK)
Peter E. Landman
770
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Adrian G. Cole
592
34.9
-8.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Lee Reeves
59
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Ian R. Martin
298
17.6
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Susan G. Martin
254
N/A
38.3
+8.9
4,616
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Canning Town & Grange
Canning Town & Grange (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Jack A. Hart
1,058
67.5
-6.6
Labour Party (UK)
Charles Whincup
1,022
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Mark H. Harrington
367
21.1
-11.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter J. Doe
256
14.7
N/A
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Mohanlal D. Chouhan
56
3.2
N/A
26.5
-4.4
5,847
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Castle
Castle (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Edwin R. Mann
1,224
58.7
-3.7
Labour Party (UK)
Sarah L. M. Murray
1,207
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Peter Bragg
566
27.2
-10.4
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Lamont M. Moyer
439
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Helena D. Bernstein
294
14.1
N/A
39.1
+8.4
5,589
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Central
Central (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Gordon T. George
1,257
54.0
+0.9
Labour Party (UK)
Stanley Hopwood
1,219
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Harbans S. Jabbal
369
36.3
-20.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Lesley M. Fitzgerald
360
15.7
N/A
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Mohammad Sarawar
302
13.2
N/A
38.0
+1.3
5,475
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Custom House & Silvertown
Custom House & Silvertown (3)
Labour Party (UK)
William A. Chapman
1,350
64.8
+3.0
Labour Party (UK)
Julia C. I. Garfield
1,334
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
Judith A. Jorsling-Thomas
1,221
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Elizabeth Campion
394
18.9
-19.3
SDP–Liberal Alliance
David J. Richardson
390
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Sandra Y. Richardson
383
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
June P. L. Colton
338
16.2
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
June M. Eason
334
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Erica H. Privett
319
N/A
27.2
+3.5
8,285
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Forest Gate
Forest Gate (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Margaret P. Olley
1,566
55.0
+15.0
Labour Party (UK)
Conor M. McAuley
1,550
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
Ronald G. Augley
1,524
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard J. Arnopp
669
23.5
-0.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Robin D. Atter
659
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
John B. M. Steinberg
575
N/A
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
David C. Powell
286
10.0
-22.7
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Anne Butcher
277
N/A
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Mark A. Tavener
256
N/A
Green Party (UK)
Varyah A. de Grandis-Harrison
200
7.0
N/A
Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978)
Alex Farrell
66
2.3
N/A
Communist Party of Great Britain
John G. Grahl
60
2.1
N/A
37.4
+8.7
7,603
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Greatfield
Greatfield (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Jeffrey Crooks
1,410
39.8
-1.2
Labour Party (UK)
Kevin J. Jenkins
1,322
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
Martin J Watkinson
1,258
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Neal A. Chubb
1,022
28.9
-30.1
SDP–Liberal Alliance
David Gotobe
1,019
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Leslie E. Groombridge
878
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert J. Vinter
810
22.9
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Steven P. Nash
790
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Rosa E. Gurney
781
N/A
National Front (UK)
Michael B. Hipperson
199
5.6
N/A
National Front (UK)
Peter J. Turpin
153
N/A
Green Party (UK)
Ian C. Macdonald
99
2.8
N/A
41.1
+8.4
8,545
Labour Party (UK)
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Labour Party (UK)
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Labour Party (UK)
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Hudsons
Hudsons (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick C. Jones
1,173
57.1
-3.9
Labour Party (UK)
Margaret D. Brown
1,035
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
Graham J. Lane
992
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Stephen T. Bell
481
23.4
-5.3
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Martin J. Lammin
410
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Josephine M. Child
401
19.5
-0.1
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Ann C. Winfield
60
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Alexander G. Hope-Thompson
360
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Leslie A. Smith
350
N/A
28.7
+2.0
7,527
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Kensington
Kensington (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Kenneth C. R. Massey
1,705
68.1
+8.7
Labour Party (UK)
Harmegh S. Rattan
1,576
N/A
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Eric P. Laws
555
22.2
N/A
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Sylvia E. Neal
443
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Doris E. McWilton
187
7.5
N/A
Green Party (UK)
Rosalind M. Shanley Jordaan
55
2.2
N/A
44.0
+2.2
5,690
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Little Ilford
Little Ilford (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Colin M. Copus
2,117
54.4
+11.7
Labour Party (UK)
Stephen C. Timms
1,021
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
Patricia A. Heron
931
N/A
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Rif Winfield
1,477
38.0
-16.0
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Thomas J. Humfrey
1,317
N/A
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Clefene Skyers
1,291
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Roy A. Bull
296
7.6
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Gillian M. Stannett
275
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Mark W. Money
255
N/A
47.9
+15.7
8,217
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Manor Park
Manor Park (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Amarjit Singh
1,665
54.9
+5.3
Labour Party (UK)
James A. Parnell
1,651
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
Elizabeth C. Fullick
1,651
N/A
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
June M. Gasper
825
27.2
N/A
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Philip C. Wainewright
716
N/A
Liberal Democratic Focus Team
Mohammed A. Siddiqui
674
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Douglas E. G. Webb
541
17.8
-10.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Martin Bayes
528
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Mary M. King
524
N/A
40.1
+3.8
8,164
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Monega
Monega (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Lewis E. Boyce
1,355
61.1
+3.1
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick E. York
1,266
N/A
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Manoj K. Mann
573
25.9
N/A
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Javad Rahman
486
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Wendy N. Blanchard
288
13.0
N/A
38.5
+3.2
5,722
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
New Town
New Town (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Henry C. Cleghorn
921
66.9
+18.3
Labour Party (UK)
Peter J. Pendle
895
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
David Knight
239
17.4
-4.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Florence Jackson
215
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Elizabeth Barker
159
11.6
-17.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Davinder S. Sagoo
127
N/A
Green Party (UK)
Paramjit S. Bahra
57
4.1
N/A
29.5
+1.0
5,123
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Ordnance
Ordnance (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Charles A. Flemwell
734
73.3
+1.5
Labour Party (UK)
Anne King
662
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Jennifer Sutherland
158
15.8
-12.4
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Francis J. Rowden
148
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Roger J. L. Ham
110
11.0
N/A
26.2
+5.1
4,148
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Park
Park (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Brown
1,368
56.3
+6.0
Labour Party (UK)
John Lock
1,364
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
John Plant
1,239
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Andrew J. Bolton
437
18.0
-10.6
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Frances L. Bolton
436
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Mohammed T. Jawed
434
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Roger M. Barker-Green
408
16.8
-4.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Simon N. C. Pearce
405
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard C. Strauss
362
N/A
Green Party (UK)
Leo M. Fletcher
215
8.9
N/A
32.8
+2.0
7,990
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Plaistow
Plaistow (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Christine Shepherd
1,118
63.1
-13.7
Labour Party (UK)
Alexander Thomson
1,047
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
Anand N. Patil
1,022
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Bridget A. Watts
355
20.0
+1.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Derek S. Vivash
298
16.8
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Ian W. F. Macfadyen
297
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Mary M. Vivash
256
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Mohammed Sarwar
228
N/A
28.6
-1.1
6,795
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Plashet
Plashet (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Maganbhal G. Patel
1,442
40.1
+10.8
Labour Party (UK)
Jan Tallis
1,410
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph C. Sambrano
1,282
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Barry W. Roberts
520
18.3
-12.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Vera E. Ingleby
506
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Brendan M. Morley
485
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Terence R. J. Wells
472
16.6
-0.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Belboda J. B. Cooke
455
N/A
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Abdul K. Sheikh
401
14.1
N/A
33.4
-4.5
8,412
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
St Stephens
St Stephens (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Nolan
1,279
67.1
+5.0
Labour Party (UK)
Linda A. Jordan
1,030
N/A
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Ahmed S. Motala
360
18.9
N/A
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Bahadur S. Gahir
321
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Barbara M. Sutton
268
14.1
N/A
37.4
-3.0
5,298
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
South
South (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Edward F. Corbett
1,269
44.7
-5.4
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas A. Jenkinson
1,215
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
John Wilson
1,103
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Sean Cadogan
876
30.9
+2.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Craig J. P. Hands
874
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Damian P. J. Sutton
836
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
James C. Evans
693
24.4
+2.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Alec J. Kellaway
659
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
William A. Robinson
619
N/A
33.7
+4.8
9,175
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Stratford
Stratford (2)
Labour Party (UK)
James C. Riley
769
61.5
+4.3
Labour Party (UK)
James C. Goldsmith
733
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
William G. Flynn
228
18.2
-0.1
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Michael J. Hogan
203
16.2
-8.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Antoinette Tuthill
174
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Charmaine C. Pierre
167
N/A
Green Party (UK)
Paul Bridewell Mason
50
4.0
N/A
26.6
+3.0
5,977
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Upton
Upton (3)
Labour Party (UK)
John R. Clow
1,915
60.3
+1.7
Labour Party (UK)
Muhammad Aslam
1,710
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
Pamela Furness
1,695
N/A
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Dilip Rana
585
18.4
N/A
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Ahmed Din
569
N/A
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Bhikhu B. Vara
417
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Marilyn Barker-Green
415
13.1
+2.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Anna Z. McWilton
324
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Kelvin C. V. McWilton
324
N/A
Green Party (UK)
Arthur L. Taylor
188
5.9
N/A
Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978)
Kenan Malik
74
2.3
N/A
37.2
+2.6
8,273
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Wall End
Wall End (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Theodore L. Etherden
1,568
47.5
+0.2
Labour Party (UK)
Sarah J. Reeves
1,552
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
Bashirul Hafeez
1,523
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Diane E. Harley
1,003
30.4
+0.9
Conservative Party (UK)
John P. R. Colthurst
988
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony G. Moran
878
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Richard H. Lomas
431
13.0
-10.3
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Piara Mehtab
302
9.1
N/A
Independent (Newham Broad Alliance)
Leon Netto
293
N/A
39.5
+4.9
8,498
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
West Ham
West Ham (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Ronald N. Manley
1,176
64.8
+10.4
Labour Party (UK)
John Isted
1,061
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Dennis F. Privett
328
18.1
-3.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Georgina Williams
258
N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Victor Schofield
248
13.7
-10.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Leslie Sutherland
201
N/A
Green Party (UK)
Amanda J. Sandford
64
3.5
N/A
30.9
+2.7
6,248
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
By-elections between 1986 and 1990
South
South by-election, 5 February 1987London Borough Council Elections 3 May 1990 https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1990-5-3.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160113101252/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1990-5-3.pdf dead 13 January 2016 London Datastore London County Council 9 September 2019
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Alec J. Kellaway
1,000
37.8
+13.4
Labour Party (UK)
Doris A. Maxwell
805
30.5
-14.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Damian P. J. Sutton
769
29.1
-1.8
Green Party (UK)
Terence C. J. Macdonald
68
2.6
N/A
195
7.3
N/A
28.7
-5.0
9,240
SDP–Liberal Alliance
Labour Party (UK)
The by-election was called following the resignation death of Cllr. John Wilson.
Little Ilford
Little Ilford by-election, 13 October 1988
Labour Party (UK)
Lyn C. Brown
1027
50.9
-3.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Leslie E. Groombridge
614
30.4
-7.6
Conservative Party (UK)
John P. R. Colthurst
324
16.0
+8.4
Independent (politician)
Dexter H. Hanoomansingh
54
2.7
N/A
413 20.5 N/A
24.9
-23.0
8,112
Labour Party (UK)
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Colin M. Copus.
St Stephens
St Stephens by-election, 13 October 1988
Labour Party (UK)
Catherine J. Parry
704
53.0
-14.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles R. P. G. Meaby
219
16.5
+2.4
Independent Labour
Baldev Barrah
214
16.1
N/A
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Peter Bragg
143
10.7
N/A
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Matthew M. Huntbach
49
3.7
-20.7
485 36.5 N/A
24.8
-12.6
5,365
Labour Party (UK)
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Thomas Nolan.
Plashet
Plashet by-election, 30 November 1989
Labour Party (UK)
Mohammad K. Khawaja
801
52.0
+1.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Barry W. Roberts
385
25.0
+6.7
Green Party (UK)
Amanda J. Sandford
205
13.3
N/A
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Mohammed A. Siddiqui
149
9.7
-14.7
416 27.0 N/A
18.8
-14.6
8,215
Labour Party (UK)
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph C. Sambrano.
References
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