1986 Scottish regional elections

none August 2019 1986 Scottish regional elections Scotland parliamentary no 1984 Scottish local elections 1984 1988 Scottish local elections 1988 yes 1986 05 08 Start campagne voor Europese verkiezingen van PvdA (Rotterdam) Neal Kinnoch , k, Bestanddeelnr 932-9811.jpg 113 113 160 0 0 Neil Kinnock 2 October 1983 Scottish Labour 43.9% 223 37 6.3% Margaret Thatcher in Israel (cropped).jpg 113 113 160 0 0 Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Scottish Conservatives 65 54 8.2% 16.9% David Steel 1985 (cropped2).jpg 150 57 160 0 50 David Owen-1.jpg 113 57 160 0 15 David Steel (Lib.) David Owen (SDP) 7 July 1976 (Steel) 21 June 1983 (Owen) SDP–Liberal Alliance 40 15 3.0% 15.1% Winnie_Ewing_and_Gordon_Wilson_Brussels_(cropped).jpg 160 120 160 0 20 Gordon Wilson 15 September 1979 Scottish National Party 36 13 4.8% 18.2% Scottish local Regional elections, 1986.svg 350px Colours denote the winning party with outright control Scottish Regional Council election, 1986.svg 350px Results by ward Regional elections were held in Scotland on Thursday 8 May 1986, under the terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The previous elections had been held in 1982. The elections took place a year before the Conservative's third general election victory. Elections took place in England and Wales on the same day. National results Summary of the 1986 Scottish regional council election resultsMcConnell Alan Scottish Local Government Edinburgh University Press 2004 978-0-7486-2005-0 |- !colspan=2|Parties !Votes !Votes % !+/- !Wards !NetGain/Loss |- | Scottish Labour Party | |43.9 | |223 | |- | Scottish National Party | |18.2 | |36 | |- | Scottish Conservatives | |16.9 | |65 | |- | SDP-Liberal Alliance | |15.1 | |40 | |- | Independent politician | |4.8 | |79 | |- !colspan=2|Total!! !! 45.2!! ?? !!524 !! |} Party performance Labour continued to make gains, increasing their number of councillors in most of the areas contested. The Conservatives suffered heavy losses, losing control of Lothian council to Labour and Grampian and Tayside councils to no overall control. They lost all their Councillors in Dumfries and Galloway. The SNP vote failed to recover from its decline since 1980. Results by council area +Scottish Regional election results, 1986https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZPE9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=40gMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4085%2C2483086 How the parties fared region by region The Glasgow Herald 10 May 1986 6 28 December 2016 Council Lab Con All SNP Other Total seats Turnout Control Details Borders 0 6 (-2) 2 (-1) 2 (+1) 14 (+1) 23 37.02% Independent politician holdDetails Central 23 (+1) 4 1 5 1 (-1) 34 47.49% Scottish Labour holdDetails Dumfries and Galloway 7 (+3) 0 (-4) 4 (+2) 5 (+2) 19 (-3) 35 40.66% Independent politician holdDetails Fife 30 (+3) 4 (-5) 8 (+3) 2 (+1) 2 (-1) 46 46.74% Scottish Labour holdDetails Grampian 18 (+2) 15 (-11) 12 (+7) 9 (+5) 3 57 35.61% No overall control gain from ConservativesDetails Highland 6 (+1) 2 (+1) 2 (-1) 2 (+1) 40 (-2) 52 41.85% Independent politician HoldDetails Lothian 30 (+7) 13 (-8) 3 2 (+1) 1 49 49.21% Scottish Labour gain from NOCDetails Orkney 0 - - - 24 24 ??% Independent politician HoldDetails Shetland 4 (+1) - - - 21 (-1) 25 ??% Independent politician HoldDetails Strathclyde 88 (+8) 6 (-8) 5 (+1) 1 (-1) 3 103 45.46% Scottish Labour holdDetails Tayside 20 (+8) 14 (-13) 1 (+1) 9 (+4) 2 46 47.64% No overall control gain from ConservativeDetails Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) 0 - - - 30 30 ??% Independent politician HoldDetails References 1986 Ele Category:May 1986 in the United Kingdom