1986 United Kingdom local elections

none 1986 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1985 United Kingdom local elections 1985 1987 United Kingdom local elections 1987 All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,123 out of 296 English districts, 1 local education authority and all 12 Scottish regions 8 May 1986 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Margaret Thatcher in Israel (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 center Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Conservative Party (UK) 34% 975 Start campagne voor Europese verkiezingen van PvdA (Rotterdam) Neal Kinnoch , k, Bestanddeelnr 932-9811.jpg 120 120 160 center Neil Kinnock 2 October 1983 Labour Party (UK) 37% 13 David Steel 1985 (cropped2).jpg 120 120 80 10 center David Owen-1.jpg 120 120 80 32 center SDP–Liberal Alliance David Steeland David Owen 7 July 1976 and 21 June 1983 26% 338 The 1986 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 8 May 1986.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1986, Volume 1 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3REdBNlNFY3o0TVU/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1986, Volume 2 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3YTUyYm1yT09LWGc/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 There was a 3% reduction in the number of councillors, owing to the abolition of the Greater London Council and the Metropolitan County Councils. The national projected share of the vote was Labour 37%, Conservative 34%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 26%. The Conservatives lost 975 seats, Labour gained 13 seats and the Liberal-SDP Alliance gained 338 seats. Two parliamentary by-elections were also held on the same day in the West Derbyshire and Ryedale constituencies. The Conservatives held West Derbyshire, though only by 100 votes. The Alliance gained Ryedale from the Conservatives. The elections were delayed a week from the usual date of the first Thursday in May, due to 1 May 1986 falling within Passover.Local Elections: 1986 Date - Hansard - UK Parliament https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1984-10-23/debates/34676927-8bb1-484e-ac30-aaeeabacc10d/LocalElections1986Date 2025-11-08 hansard.parliament.uk enRepresentation of the People Act 1985 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/50/section/18/enacted Results September 2015 England London boroughs 1986 London local elections In all 32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarking and Dagenham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarnet Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBexley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBrent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBromley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCamden Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCroydon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEaling Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsEnfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGreenwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHackney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHammersmith and Fulham No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsHaringey Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrow Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHavering Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHillingdon Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHounslow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsIslington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKensington and Chelsea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Thames Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsLambeth No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsLewisham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMerton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNewham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRedbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRichmond upon Thames Conservative Party (UK) SDP–Liberal Alliance gainDetailsSouthwark Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSutton Conservative Party (UK) SDP–Liberal Alliance gainDetailsTower Hamlets Labour Party (UK) SDP–Liberal Alliance gainDetailsWaltham Forest No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWandsworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWestminster Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Metropolitan boroughs All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBirmingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBury Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCalderdale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsOldham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRochdale No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSefton Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSolihull Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWolverhampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails District councils Whole council In 2 districts the whole council was up for election. In 2 districts there were new ward boundaries, following further electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Council Previous control Result DetailsHalton ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThamesdown ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council In 121 districts one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur No overall control SDP–Liberal Alliance gainDetailsAmber Valley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasildon Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasingstoke and Deane No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBath Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBlackburn No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBrentwood Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBrighton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBristol No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBroadland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCannock Chase No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCarlisle Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCheltenham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCherwell Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChester Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsChorley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsColchester Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCongleton Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCraven Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDaventry Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDerby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Devon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastbourne No overall control SDP–Liberal Alliance gainDetailsEastleigh No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsEpping Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsExeter No overall control No overall control holdDetailsFareham Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsGillingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGloucester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGosport Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Grimsby No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsGreat Yarmouth Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrogate Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHart No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHartlepool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHastings No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHavant Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHereford SDP–Liberal Alliance SDP–Liberal Alliance holdDetailsHertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHinckley and Bosworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsIpswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Hull Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeicester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeominster Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsLincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMid Sussex Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMilton Keynes No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMole Valley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsNorth Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOadby and Wigston Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPendle No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPenwith Independent (politician) No overall control gainDetailsPeterborough No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPortsmouth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsPreston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPurbeck Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsReading Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRedditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsReigate and Banstead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRochford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRossendale Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsRugby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRushmoor Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsScunthorpe Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSlough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsSouth Herefordshire Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Albans No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStroud No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSwale Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsTamworth Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsTandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsThurrock Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTonbridge and Malling Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTorbay Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWaveney Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Dorset Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsWest Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWoking Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWokingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWoodspring Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWorcester No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWorthing Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWyre Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsYork No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetails Local education authority This was the first and only election to the directly elected local education authority established by the Local Government Act 1985. However, it was short-lived, being abolished four years later by the Education Reform Act 1988. Council Previous control Result DetailsInner London Education Authority NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)Details Scotland Regional councils 1986 Scottish regional elections Council Previous control Result DetailsBorders Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsCentral Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsDumfries and Galloway Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsFife Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsGrampian Scottish Conservatives No overall control gainDetailsHighland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsLothian No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsOrkney Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsShetland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStrathclyde Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsTayside Scottish Conservatives No overall control gainDetailsWestern Isles Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails References Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News