1986 Leeds City Council election

1986 UK local government election November 2019 July 2026 right|thumb|500px|Map of the results for the 1986 Leeds council election. The 1986 Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 8 May 1986, with one third of the council and a vacancy in Halton to be elected, following the resignation by Conservative incumbent Martin Dodgson in March. Prior to that, there had been a defection by the former-Alliance councillor in Armley, Sandy Melville, to Independent in January and a sacking (from committees) and de-selection as Labour candidate for Wortley for Pat Fathers after he was found to be leaking information the previous December. Although largely a re-run of the last election's wins (with an extra victory in Pudsey South) for Labour, these seats having been last fought in the 1982 election with a much stronger performance from the Conservatives resulted in a handful of gains for Labour. The Conservatives continued their decline, winning less than a quarter of the wards for the first time, with their wins mostly confined to the north of the city facing an increasingly competitive Alliance there. The Alliance, resurgent after much of their 1982 spike had looked to be ebbing away, were now close to usurping the Conservatives for second place in votes. Labour captured the remaining Tory seats in Barwick & Kippax and Garforth & Swillington, and increased their representation in Morley North and Pudsey South with gains from the weakened Conservatives there. Labour also gained the sole Alliance seat in Richmond Hill, and came within 26 votes from gaining Armley from them. The Alliance however managed to offset their loss with a gain of their own in Moortown, ousting prominent Tory Sydney Symmonds.District results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 9 May 1986 Election result Leeds local election result 1986 Labour Party (UK) 20 5 0 +5 58.8 41.9 91,312 -0.8 Conservative Party (UK) 9 0 5 -5 26.5 29.8 64,949 -3.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 1 1 0 14.7 27.6 60,036 +5.0 Green Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 861 +0.2 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 223 -0.0 Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 151 +0.1 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 135 -1.2 British National Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 69 +0.0 National Front (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 58 +0.0 This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 53 58 Conservatives 33 28 Alliance 11 11 Independent 2 2 Total 99 99 Working majority #FFBF00  7 darkgray #FFBF00 17 darkgray Ward results Aireborough Conservative Party (UK) J. Atkinson 3,260 38.2 -4.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) J. Brown 2,841 33.3 +7.0 Labour Party (UK) M. Dunn 2,432 28.5 -2.5 419 4.9 -6.8 8,533 Conservative Party (UK) -5.7 Armley SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) M. Roberts 2,465 41.7 -14.2 Labour Party (UK) L. Hodgson 2,439 41.3 +11.8 Conservative Party (UK) E. McKimmings 951 16.1 +1.5 Independent (politician) S. McBarron 55 0.9 +0.9 26 0.4 -26.0 5,910 SDP-Liberal Alliance -13.0 Barwick & Kippax Labour Party (UK) J. Parker 4,111 52.2 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) B. Rowley 2,612 33.2 -6.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) N. Snowdon 1,155 14.7 +4.2 1,499 19.0 +8.0 7,878 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +4.0 Beeston Labour Party (UK) Jon Trickett 2,812 61.0 -1.7 Conservative Party (UK) H. Woodhead 1,078 23.4 -4.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) S. Holland 723 15.7 +7.3 1,734 37.6 +3.2 4,613 Labour Party (UK) +1.6 Bramley Labour Party (UK) D. Atkinson 3,302 57.3 +4.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) M. Tones 1,522 26.4 -7.2 Conservative Party (UK) L. Hargreaves 940 16.3 +3.1 1,780 30.9 +11.3 5,764 Labour Party (UK) +5.6 Burmantofts SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) M. Clay 3,399 50.0 -0.4 Labour Party (UK) B. Ewart 2,977 43.8 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) C. Jones 380 5.6 +0.0 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Monkman 37 0.5 +0.5 422 6.2 -0.4 6,793 SDP-Liberal Alliance -0.1 Chapel Allerton Labour Party (UK) N. Taggart 3,845 62.9 +3.0 Conservative Party (UK) B. Sampford 1,318 21.6 -5.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) T. Garbett 953 15.6 +3.5 2,527 41.3 +8.2 6,116 Labour Party (UK) +4.1 City & Holbeck Labour Party (UK) C. Myers 3,350 69.6 +0.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) J. Clay 845 17.6 -2.2 Conservative Party (UK) G. Dye 617 12.8 +1.8 2,505 52.1 +2.7 4,812 Labour Party (UK) +1.3 Cookridge Conservative Party (UK) J. Carter 3,788 47.7 -1.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) M. Cooksey 2,748 34.6 +4.4 Labour Party (UK) B. Dale 1,406 17.7 -3.4 1,040 13.1 -5.4 7,942 Conservative Party (UK) -2.7 Garforth & Swillington Labour Party (UK) A. Groves 3,743 45.0 -6.7 Conservative Party (UK) N. May 2,825 34.0 -3.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) E. Ayres 1,752 21.1 +10.1 918 11.0 -3.2 8,320 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -1.6 Halton Conservative Party (UK) D. Schofield 3,142 44.1 -9.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Wood 3,028 Labour Party (UK) M. Burton 2,270 31.9 -3.0 Labour Party (UK) K. Prior 2,099 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) A. Readman 1,712 24.0 +12.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) T. Ayres 1,608 758 12.2 -6.2 7,124 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -3.0 Harehills Labour Party (UK) T. Briggs 3,031 51.2 -13.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) C. Holden 2,084 35.2 +22.9 Conservative Party (UK) K. Weightman 730 12.3 -11.2 Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978) E. Oliver 75 1.3 +1.3 947 16.0 -24.6 5,920 Labour Party (UK) -17.9 Headingley Labour Party (UK) Paul Truswell 3,317 47.4 -9.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) A. Shaw 1,970 28.2 +16.9 Conservative Party (UK) S. Gordon 1,273 18.2 -9.3 Green Party (UK) G. Rainford 371 5.3 +1.8 Communist Party of Great Britain I. Dixon 66 0.9 +0.0 1,347 19.3 -9.9 6,997 Labour Party (UK) -13.1 Horsforth SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) J. Cummins 3,704 46.2 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) S. Whitehead 3,112 38.8 -3.1 Labour Party (UK) F. Hamilton 1,210 15.1 +5.8 592 7.4 +0.3 8,026 SDP-Liberal Alliance +0.1 Hunslet Labour Party (UK) John Gunnell 2,423 76.3 -6.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) D. Hollingsworth 365 11.5 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) H. Lavery 331 10.4 +2.3 National Front (UK) H. Hilton 58 1.8 +1.8 2,058 64.8 -9.0 3,177 Labour Party (UK) -4.4 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) Bernard Atha 3,450 57.0 +2.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) N. Batterham 1,536 25.4 +4.1 Conservative Party (UK) S. Morris 1,071 17.7 -5.1 1,914 31.6 -0.6 6,057 Labour Party (UK) -1.0 Middleton Labour Party (UK) L. Middleton 3,112 72.4 -2.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Larvin 630 14.7 -0.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) S. Cohen 522 12.2 +2.5 Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978) R. Matthews 32 0.7 +0.7 2,482 57.8 -1.5 4,296 Labour Party (UK) -0.7 Moortown SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) W. Winlow 3,987 50.9 +5.9 Conservative Party (UK) S. Symmonds 2,562 32.7 -7.1 Labour Party (UK) M. Stinson 1,277 16.3 +1.2 1,425 18.2 +13.0 7,826 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) +6.5 Morley North Labour Party (UK) P. Fitzpatrick 3,126 44.2 -6.9 Conservative Party (UK) R. Verity 2,650 37.5 -3.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) P. Haywood 1,300 18.4 +10.7 476 6.7 -3.1 7,076 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -1.5 Morley South Labour Party (UK) K. Burnley 3,340 57.0 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. Grayson 1,577 26.9 -0.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) H. Smith 945 16.1 +4.5 1,763 30.1 -3.3 5,862 Labour Party (UK) -1.6 North Conservative Party (UK) K. Sibbald 3,327 47.3 -4.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) D. Midgley 2,605 37.0 +9.3 Labour Party (UK) B. Selby 1,107 15.7 -5.0 722 10.3 -13.6 7,039 Conservative Party (UK) -6.8 Otley & Wharfedale SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) C. Campbell 4,062 42.8 +1.7 Conservative Party (UK) G. Francis 3,615 38.0 -5.6 Labour Party (UK) M. Attwood 1,531 16.1 +2.3 Green Party (UK) A. Stevens 293 3.1 +1.6 447 4.7 +2.2 9,501 SDP-Liberal Alliance +3.6 Pudsey North Conservative Party (UK) J. Bashall 3,175 39.0 -12.1 Labour Party (UK) J. McKenna 2,585 31.7 -5.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) C. Garner 2,383 29.3 +17.4 590 7.2 -6.9 8,143 Conservative Party (UK) -3.4 Pudsey South Labour Party (UK) R. Lewis 3,051 43.1 +11.7 Conservative Party (UK) J. Mortimer 2,217 31.3 +10.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) P. Garbutt 1,808 25.6 +14.9 834 11.8 +6.5 7,076 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +0.8 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) E. McGee 4,163 69.1 +12.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) K. Norman 1,300 21.6 -16.6 Conservative Party (UK) D. Boynton 492 8.2 +2.6 British National Party D. Owens 69 1.1 +1.1 2,863 47.5 +29.5 6,024 Labour Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance +14.7 Rothwell Labour Party (UK) A. Hudson 3,756 65.0 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) B. Caro 1,181 20.4 -1.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) S. Browning 840 14.5 +4.6 2,575 44.6 -1.9 5,777 Labour Party (UK) -1.0 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) J. White 3,807 52.6 -8.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) C. Fieldhouse 2,162 29.9 +9.4 Labour Party (UK) R. Darrington 1,271 17.6 -1.0 1,645 22.7 -17.8 7,240 Conservative Party (UK) -8.9 Seacroft Labour Party (UK) A. Vollans 3,404 71.9 -0.2 Conservative Party (UK) D. Townsley 707 14.9 -5.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) D. Parr 582 12.3 +4.4 Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978) E. McEvoy 44 0.9 +0.9 2,697 56.9 +4.9 4,737 Labour Party (UK) +2.4 University Labour Party (UK) D. Jenner 3,258 70.7 +0.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. Clifton 704 15.3 +2.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Savage 527 11.4 -2.9 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Honey 120 2.6 +0.2 2,554 55.4 -1.0 4,609 Labour Party (UK) -1.3 Weetwood Conservative Party (UK) J. Hamilton 3,195 37.8 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Page 2,987 35.3 -3.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) K. Lee 2,079 24.6 +6.5 Green Party (UK) C. Nash 197 2.3 -0.2 208 2.5 -0.2 8,458 Conservative Party (UK) -0.1 Wetherby Conservative Party (UK) J. Gray 4,715 62.1 -8.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) T. Burgess 1,875 24.7 +7.5 Labour Party (UK) C. Dews 1,001 13.2 +0.7 2,840 37.4 -15.8 7,591 Conservative Party (UK) -7.8 Whinmoor Labour Party (UK) G. Platt 3,002 53.8 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) M. Silversides 1,809 32.4 -2.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) G. Boustead 767 13.8 +2.7 1,193 21.4 +3.2 5,578 Labour Party (UK) +1.6 Wortley Labour Party (UK) M. Bedford 3,223 46.2 +5.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) L. Thackray 2,341 33.5 -1.7 Conservative Party (UK) H. Connah 1,335 19.1 -4.6 Independent (politician) L. Wilkinson 80 1.1 +1.1 882 12.6 +6.8 6,979 Labour Party (UK) +3.4 By-elections between 1986 and 1987 Aireborough by-election 18 August 1986replacing T. Hawkins SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) Janet Brown 3,008 43.9 +10.6 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Widdop 2,095 30.6 -7.6 Labour Party (UK) Mora Dunn 1,741 25.4 -3.1 913 13.3 +8.4 6,844 35.2 -8.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) +9.1 References 1 expanded Category:1986 English local elections 1986 Category:1980s in Leeds