1986 St Albans City and District Council election

1986 English local election The 1986 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England.https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/St.-Albans-1973-2012.pdf Results 1973 to 2012 Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University 23 January 2023 This was on the same day as other local elections. At the election, the SDP-Liberal Alliance displaced the Conservatives as the largest party for the first time since the council's creation in 1973. Summary 1986 St Albans City and District Council election SDP-Liberal Alliance 11 2 55.0 14 25 43.9 19,743 39.4 –1.9 Conservative Party (UK) 6 2 30.0 17 23 40.4 18,776 37.5 –3.7 Labour Party (UK) 3 1 15.0 5 8 14.0 9,620 19.2 +3.7 Independent politician 0 1 0.0 1 1 1.8 1,067 2.1 +0.4 Independent Labour 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 553 1.1 N/A Green Party (UK) 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 300 0.6 +0.4 Ward results Ashley Ashley SDP-Liberal Alliance T. Allison 1,157 48.5 –9.8 Conservative Party (UK) S. Capper 722 30.3 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) C. Leet 507 21.2 +7.0 435 18.2 N/A 2,386 49.0 –7.4 4,869 SDP-Liberal Alliance 6.3 Batchwood Batchwood (2 seats due to by-election) Labour Party (UK) D. McManus 955 38.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Biddle 939 37.5 Labour Party (UK) R. Mills 930 37.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Haggerty 873 34.8 Conservative Party (UK) G. Barnes 613 24.5 Conservative Party (UK) A. Smith 545 21.7 2,507 49.0 5,116 Labour Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance Clarence Clarence SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Burton 1,237 47.9 +8.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Telfer 925 35.8 –10.4 Labour Party (UK) S. Seelig 421 16.3 +2.4 312 12.1 N/A 2,583 59.0 +0.7 4,378 SDP-Liberal Alliance 9.2 Colney Heath Colney Heath SDP-Liberal Alliance B. Howard* 868 59.8 –2.3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Wakeley 369 25.4 –5.3 Labour Party (UK) D. Landman 215 14.8 +7.6 499 34.4 +3.1 1,452 52.0 +0.4 2,792 SDP-Liberal Alliance 1.5 Cunningham Cunningham SDP-Liberal Alliance C. Gunner* 1,052 46.9 –12.2 Conservative Party (UK) C. Ellis 739 33.0 +5.6 Labour Party (UK) T. Jones 451 20.1 +6.6 313 14.0 –17.8 2,242 47.0 –5.3 4,770 SDP-Liberal Alliance 8.9 Harpenden East Harpenden East SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Burrows 1,283 44.1 –1.4 Conservative Party (UK) B. Bartman* 1,214 41.7 –3.7 Labour Party (UK) D. Crew 286 9.8 +0.7 Green Party (UK) J. Bishop 128 4.4 N/A 69 2.4 +2.3 2,911 57.0 +4.7 5,107 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 1.2 Harpenden North Harpenden North Conservative Party (UK) K. Haywood* 1,380 47.0 –5.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Wright 1,066 36.3 +4.0 Labour Party (UK) B. Saffery 317 10.8 –0.4 Green Party (UK) H. Swailes 172 5.9 +1.3 314 10.7 –9.0 2,935 51.0 +8.4 5,755 Conservative Party (UK) 4.5 Harpenden South Harpenden South Conservative Party (UK) K. McCaw* 1,434 56.7 –10.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance L. Johnstone 874 34.6 +11.6 Labour Party (UK) J. Bailey 220 8.7 +1.2 560 22.2 –21.5 2,528 49.0 +6.8 5,159 Conservative Party (UK) 10.8 Harpenden West Harpenden West Conservative Party (UK) J. Roberts 1,461 54.8 –3.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Groom 982 36.8 +3.1 Labour Party (UK) L. Fryd 225 8.4 +0.9 479 18.0 –7.0 2,668 51.0 +2.7 5,231 Conservative Party (UK) 3.5 London Colney London Colney Labour Party (UK) R. Ranstead 1,016 41.9 –18.3 Conservative Party (UK) T. Rodell 694 28.6 –11.2 Independent Labour F. Perham* 553 22.8 N/A Independent politician I. Holt 161 6.6 N/A 322 13.3 –7.1 2,424 43.0 +8.6 5,637 Labour Party (UK) 3.6 Marshallwick North Marshallwick North SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Churchard* 1,337 49.5 +0.2 Conservative Party (UK) L. Caims 1,095 40.6 –1.1 Labour Party (UK) C. Pearce 268 9.9 +0.8 242 9.0 +1.4 2,762 53.0 –1.6 5,094 SDP-Liberal Alliance 0.7 Marshallwick South Marshallwick South SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Rowlands 1,285 44.4 +2.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hill 1,281 44.2 –4.9 Labour Party (UK) L. Adams 330 11.4 +2.2 4 0.2 N/A 2,896 56.0 +3.8 5,171 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 3.8 Park Street Park Street SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Lawrence 935 51.9 –3.1 Conservative Party (UK) S. Biggs 581 32.3 –3.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Gipps 285 15.8 +6.1 354 19.7 ±0.0 1,801 42.0 –9.2 4,288 SDP-Liberal Alliance 0.0 Redbourn Redbourn Conservative Party (UK) D. Robinson* 1,065 46.9 +5.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Schofield 759 33.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) G. Harris 447 19.7 +4.3 306 13.5 N/A 2,271 51.0 +3.9 4,453 Conservative Party (UK) N/A Sopwell Sopwell Labour Party (UK) K. Pollard* 1,245 48.1 +3.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Saunders 784 30.3 +2.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Rabuszko 562 21.7 –5.7 461 17.8 +0.3 2,591 51.0 +5.3 5,080 Labour Party (UK) 0.1 St. Peters St. Peters SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Thompson* 1,037 46.4 –1.1 Labour Party (UK) G. Powell 652 29.2 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) F. Newton 547 24.5 –1.8 385 17.2 –4.0 2,236 50.0 –2.7 4,472 SDP-Liberal Alliance 2.0 St. Stephens St. Stephens Conservative Party (UK) M. Heap* 1,093 35.1 –8.1 Independent politician A. Neasel 869 27.9 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance F. Smith 812 26.1 –20.6 Labour Party (UK) K. Morcom 341 10.9 +0.8 224 7.2 N/A 3,115 54.0 –0.9 5,769 Conservative Party (UK) N/A Verulam Verulam Conservative Party (UK) R. Moss 1,404 49.1 –0.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance C. White 1,107 38.7 –2.1 Labour Party (UK) M. Bromberg 309 10.8 +1.5 Independent politician A. Clifford 37 1.3 N/A 297 10.4 +1.3 2,857 55.0 –2.9 5,195 Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance 0.7 Wheathampstead Wheathampstead SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Whittaker 1,356 52.0 +0.8 Conservative Party (UK) R. Norsworthy 1,052 40.3 +0.7 Labour Party (UK) J. McPheat 200 7.7 –1.5 304 11.7 +0.1 2,608 54.0 +5.5 4,830 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 0.0 References Saint Albans Category:St Albans City and District Council elections Category:1980s in Hertfordshire Category:May 1986 in the United Kingdom